47 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for change of use of the property from a single dwellinghouse (Class C3a) to a small-scale Residential Family Assessment Service (Class C3b). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 £620,000 in December 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Medway
- Application type
- Certificate of Proposed Use
- Postcode
- ME4 6DP
- Received
- 19 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Fort Pitt
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approval
- Decision date
- 3 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Independent Consultant
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 158 days from validation, 102 days slower than Medway's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 75% 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-14565196
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14565196
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 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 boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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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