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Planning appeals in Medway, 2024

43 appeals decided in 2024, 25% of them allowed. Each links to its own page and to the Inspector’s letter. The authority’s record has the whole run since 2016.

  1. Dismissed3 December 2024· minor3342620
    Commercial Unit to the Rear of 4 Batchelor Street , Chatham , Medway , ME44BJ

    the change of use of an existing commercial building into 6no. dwellinghouses

  2. Dismissed22 November 2024· minor3342681
    33 High Dewar Road, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8DN

    ‘a 2 storey rear extension, 3 storey side extension, conversion of existing first floor 7 bed HMO, and loft conversion with dormer windows to create a total of 9 new residential flats, resubmission of application MC/22/2240’

  3. Allowed22 November 2024· minor3342035
    287 Castle Road, Chatham, Medway, ME4 5JA
  4. Allowed22 November 2024· minor3339076
    287 Castle Road, Chatham, Medway, ME4 5JA

    change of use from C3 to large HMO (sui generis)

  5. Dismissed24 October 2024· ldc3338822
    89 Bryant Road, Strood, Rochester, Medway, ME2 3ES

    described as ‘C3 – Dwellinghouse - No 89b has been in use since the 1970s approx.’

  6. Notice upheld24 October 2024· enforcement3335501
    60 Linden Road, Gillingham, ME7 2PH
  7. Notice upheld24 October 2024· enforcement3335500
    60 Linden Road, Gillingham, ME7 2PH

    Without the benefit of planning permission, the conversion and change of use of the residential dwelling (C3) on the Land to a nine person House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (sui generis)

  8. Dismissed21 October 2024· minor3338349
    34 Thorndale Close, Chatham, ME5 9SW

    new dwelling adjoining No 34 Thorndale Close

  9. Dismissed17 October 2024· minor3332380
    412 Maidstone Road, Rainham, Gillingham, Medway, ME8 0JA

    construction of an outbuilding for a dental practice at the rear garden of 412 Maidstone Road

  10. Dismissed18 September 2024· householder3337768
    Ranscombe Farm House, Ranscombe Farm, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1LA

    removal of existing outbuilding and to be replaced by a single-storey annex

  11. Allowed12 September 2024· householder3343941
    11 Windward Road, Rochester, ME1 2ND

    engineering works to front to provide a vehicle hardstanding and crossover. S

  12. Allowed12 September 2024· minor3280975
    89 Ingram Road, Gillingham, ME7 1SH
  13. Planning permission granted12 September 2024· enforcement3280974
    Flat Block at the Rear of Ingram Court, 89 Ingram Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1SH
  14. Dismissed14 August 2024· minor3329104
    Land Between 46-52 Cliffe Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3DR

    ‘construction of semi detached properties consisting of 4 residential units with associated parking’

  15. Dismissed19 July 2024· minor3329042
    Land Adjacent 8 St James Close, Isle of Grain, Rochester, Kent, ME3 0BX

    sever land a erect a bungalow on land adj 8 St James Close

  16. Dismissed18 July 2024· minor3332412
    Land West of Meresborough Road and South of Moor Park Close, Meresborough Road, Rainham, Kent , ME8 8QT

    redevelopment of the site to provide 9 residential dwellings along with access and parking

  17. Split Decision17 July 2024· householder3334049
    24 Ravenswood Avenue, Strood, Rochester, Medway, ME2 3BX

    construction of two front dormers and one rear dormer to facilitate living accommodation within the roof space along with raising the roof height. Construction of a single storey extension to the rear/side and a single storey detached outbuilding to rear – resubmission of MC/22/2672

  18. Dismissed11 July 2024· minor3332198
    Hempstead Medical Centre, 144 Hempstead Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3QE

    the demolition of existing medical centre to facilitate the construction of a detached two storey medical centre with associated parking

  19. Dismissed5 July 2024· major3284817
    55 Marlborough Road, Gillingham, ME8 6JB
  20. Quashed On Legal Grounds5 July 2024· enforcement3284561
    55 Marlborough Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6JB

    without the benefit of planning permission the erection of a residential block of flats comprising 25 one-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom flats on the Land

  21. Notice upheld14 May 2024· enforcement3305416
    Land at 5 Merivale Grove, Chatham, Kent, ME5 8HP
  22. Notice upheld14 May 2024· enforcement3305415
    Land at 5 Merivale Grove, Chatham, Kent, ME5 8HP

    without the benefit of planning permission the construction of a two storey wooden structure/outbuilding to the rear of the dwelling

  23. Allowed9 May 2024· minor3314655
    104 High Street, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8AD

    Construction of a terrace of six two-storey three-bedroom dwellings with associated parking

  24. Dismissed8 May 2024· householder3337319
    17 Kings Avenue, Rochester, ME1 3DS

    part demolition of existing building, construction of a 2-storey dwelling with rear extension plus extension of existing garage

  25. Split Decision8 April 2024· enforcement3294407
    Land at Merryboys House, Merryboys Road, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, Kent, ME3 7TP

    Without the benefit of planning permission, the erection of boundary treatment more than two metres in height consisting of telegraph poles, bamboo fencing and camouflage mesh, and the erection of three detached buildings on the Land

  26. Allowed2 April 2024· minor3329590
    Land Rear of 9-15 Railway Street, Gillingham, Medway, ME7 1XF

    described on the application form as ‘the construction of a pair of semi-detached mews houses (demolition of existing double garage)

  27. Quashed On Legal Grounds27 March 2024· enforcement3299988
    Former Varnish Factory At Norbond Site, Sole Street, Cobham Gravesend, Kent, DA13 9AE
  28. Allowed25 March 2024· minor3326810
    No1 Primrose Cottages, Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo, Kent, ME3 8QF

    a three bedroomed attached dwelling with associated parking

  29. Allowed22 March 2024· minor3328739
    Avenue Tennis Club , Glebe Road, Medway , Gillingham , ME7 2HU

    the erection of 7no dwellings and 1no bungalow with associated access and parking

  30. Allowed12 March 2024· minor3323335
    Land East of Rainham Pumping Station and North of Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Kent, ME8 7TX

    construction of 2 detached residential properties with associated parking, access and landscaping works

  31. Dismissed4 March 2024· minor3318596
    1 Gibraltar Cottages, Ham Lane, Gillingham, ME7 3JJ

    the construction of a detached dwelling to the south east side of 1 Gibraltar Cottages, including enabling work to the south east side of the existing dwelling to remove side aspect windows and door with a two storey extension providing front and rear aspect windows and doors

  32. Dismissed1 March 2024· minor3325108
    Land to the North of 2 Farm Cottages, Lodge Hill Lane, Chattenden, Rochester, ME3 8NS

    the demolition of existing structures and erection of 9No. residential dwellings. Formalisation of the existing access from Lodge Hill Lane and provision of associated car parking, hardstanding, landscaping and infrastructure including drainage and earthworks

  33. Dismissed1 March 2024· minor3325107
    Land off Lodge Hill Lane, Chattenden, ME3 8NY

    the erection of 8 to 12 self-build dwellings with all matters reserved except for access. Provision of open spaces, landscape buffers, drainage features and earthworks. Enhancement and widening of existing access track from Lodge Hill Lane and formation of 2No. new cross-over accesses from Lodge Hill Lane to serve 2No. dwellings

  34. Dismissed29 February 2024· minor3323010
    Land on West Side of Newlands Farm Road, St Marys Hoo, Rochester, Kent, ME3 8QT

    outline application for four self build/custom home build plots

  35. Dismissed23 February 2024· householder3330069
    10 Sir Evelyn Road, Rochester , Kent , ME1 3NB

    a single storey brick extension, with a warm tiled pitched roof

  36. Dismissed14 February 2024· minor3317825
    75 White Road, Chatham, ME4 5TL

    a two-storey side extension to create a new dwelling

  37. Dismissed6 February 2024· minor3328049
    16 The Close, Medway, Rochester, ME1 1SD

    change of use from single dwellinghouse (Class C3) to residential accommodation and care to people in need of care (Use Class C2)

  38. Dismissed6 February 2024· minor3317586
    37 Cranmere Court, Strood, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4SF

    proposed new 3 storey detached dwelling on land adjacent 37 Cranmere Court, with inclusion of two new parking bays and alteration of existing parking bay position to 37 Cranmere Court

  39. Quashed On Legal Grounds25 January 2024· enforcement3306983
    Port Werburgh, South of Vicarage Lane, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9TW
  40. Notice varied and upheld25 January 2024· enforcement3296166
    The Woodlands, Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3QL

    Without the benefit of planning permission the material change of use of the Property to a mixed use for a scrap yard, vehicle breaking and repair, waste deposit, processing and transfer, residential and forestry

  41. Dismissed23 January 2024· minor3318618
    5 Bellwood Court, St. Mary Hoo, Rochester, ME3 8RT

    a single self-build detached house

  42. Dismissed17 January 2024· householder3329606
    1 Park Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 4AS

    installation of three roof lights to the front and one roof light and dormer to the rear

  43. Dismissed12 January 2024· minor3319155
    Little Temptations, 260 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4AN

    the addition of 2no. additional storeys of accommodation as set out under the GPDO guidance, and as shown in the submitted plans

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Decisions without a recorded authority may be missing. Research, not advice: verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.