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Pump And Bloors Farm, Lower Rainham ME8 7AT

MC/26/1472Scoping OpinionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (as amended) - Request for a scoping opinion for an outline planning application comprising: a mixed-use development, including up to 825 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), with affordable housing, 15no. units temporary accommodation; a local centre with retail floorspace (Use Class E(a)); community facilities (Use Class F2(b) (hall or meeting place) and (medical or health services)), a care home (Use Class C2), a primary school (Use Class F1(a)), a secondary school (Use Class F1(a)) and public open space, with all matters reserved except for access from Lower Rainham Road, Lower Bloors Lane and Pump Lane.

Received
4 August 2026
Decision due
8 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 3 November 2026
Ward
Rainham North
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application at Pump And Bloors Farm, Lower Rainham ME8 7AT. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Rainham North. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 postcode area.

89% of outline applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME8 7AT
Application type
Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
825
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026
Decision issued
8 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Iceni Projects

Planning decision

Decision
EIA Required
Case officer
Nick Roberts
Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Medway

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