53 Imperial Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5PH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 6 bedroom 6 person house in multiple occupation (Class C4) together with construction of a single storey rear extension, L-shaped dormer window to rear and installation of roof lights to front to provide additional living accommodation with roof space with associated bin/cycle store Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 8 May 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Medway Planning Committee on 6 May 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because communal space and bedroom 5 provided poor living conditions, and habitat mitigation information or payment was missing.
- Two objections raised concerns about parking, HMO concentration, waste, noise and overlooking.
- The committee refused the application for both reasons set out in the report.
Source: Plota analysis of Medway's committee minutes of 6 May 2026.
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £245,000 in December 2025. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 88 days from validation, 32 days slower than Medway's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 24% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Medway in the last twelve months, from validation. Medway decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14687428
- Neighbours
- 10 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 10 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 3 Mar 2026
- Committee
- 6 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
11 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Medway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #8 out of 296. Only 19% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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