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Allowed12 March 20253350824

23 Railway Street And Paddock House, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4HU

Planning appeal 3350824 at 23 Railway Street And Paddock House, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4HU (Medway Council) was allowed on 12 March 2025 by Inspector Pattison B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide future occupiers with adequate living conditions having regard to the size and layout of Flat 1 located at ground and basement level.

Change of use from office to seven flats together with construction of a second and third floor extension with associated refuse and cycle stores (re -submission of application MC/23/0737 dated 28 July 2024)

Authority
Medway Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Pattison B
Postcode
ME4 4HU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would provide future occupiers with adequate living conditions having regard to the size and layout of Flat 1 located at ground and basement level

What decided it

Flat 1 would exceed the 37 square metre GIA standard applicable to a 1-person, 1-bedspace dwelling and would provide reasonably sized, well-proportioned habitable space across two storeys, thereby securing adequate living conditions for future occupiers.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BNE2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 135

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