The Mast And Rigging Gillingham Gate Road Chatham Docks Gillingham Medway ME4 4FT Data via plota.co.uk

MC/26/1637 - Discharge Condition Decided

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 14 (Drainage Verification Report ) on planning permission for (Construction of a residential care home (class C2) together with ancillary facilities, access, parking, amenity space and associated works) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
27 Aug 2026
Decided

Decided on · Last checked 1 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Otterham Creek to Stoke Marshes across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Article 4 direction
Gillingham North. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; 1 listed building within 150 m; SSSI 443 m away: Tower Hill to Cockham Wood SSSI; Inside the Gillingham (Medway) built-up area; Air quality management area 69 m away: Gillingham AQMA.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Medway
Application type
Discharge Condition
Postcode
ME4 4FT
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
Gillingham North
Applicant
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Public comments

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Last counted 1 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15188445
Env. assessment
No
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9.2/10
Excellent
#3 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Medway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #99 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #53 of 296
94%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #8 of 296
19%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #16 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
106 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
67 decided
999
Total decisions
88 refused in the year to March 2026