4 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
Decided
MC/25/2297
Description
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the conversion of garage to a habitable space
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Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
1 Lullingstone Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TS
T1 - Monterey Cypress - whole crown reduction to provide sufficient clearance to property…
2025
24 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
T1 - horse chestnut -fell to ground. Reason - 4 limbs have broken off due to wind and dam…
2025
1 Lullingstone Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TS
Construction of a part two storey rear extension, and loft conversion along with the erec…
2025
With conditions
19 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
Conversion of existing garage to a habitable space, (replacing existing garage door with…
2025
With conditions
26 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
Construction of a single storey detached annexe to rear/side garden
2024
With conditions
2 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
T1 - Alder - Reduce tree by no more than 30% taking 2 meters of the top leaving 14 meters…
2024
Refused
1 Lullingstone Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TS
Construction of a part two/ part single storey extension to rear, hip to gable roof with…
2024
With conditions
16 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
Construction of a detached outbuilding to rear together with patio area
2024
Refused
7 Lullingstone Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TS
T1 and T2 - Oak - Crown lift to 10m and remove all dead wood from the two oak trees as sp…
2023
With conditions
7 Lullingstone Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TS
T1 - Oak - Crown lift to 5m, remove dead wood T2 - Oak - Crown lift to 5m, remove dead wo…
2023
With conditions
16 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
Construction of an extension to rear along with a single storey extension to front to inc…
2023
Refused
1 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
T1 - Alder tree -Dismantle to ground level
2023
Refused
24 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
T1 and T2 - Oak - fell and replace T3 and T4 - Chestnut - fell and replace T5 - Cherry…
2022
With conditions
4 Lullingstone Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TS
T1 - Sweet Chestnut - Crown lift secondary branches on southern canopy to achieve 5m grou…
2023
With conditions
1 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD
Construction of a single storey extension to the rear
2021
With conditions
Alandale 8 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
T2 Sweet Chestnut (stems B, D & E) Crown lift to no more than 5m above ground level. T3 S…
2023
With conditions
Alandale 8 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
T1 - Cherry (A) - Fell T2 - Oak (B) - Fell
2021
Approved
21 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
Application for lawful development certificate (proposed) for construction of a detached…
2021
Withdrawn
4 Lullingstone Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TS
Sweet Chestnut (T1) - crown lift secondary branches to achieve 5.5m ground clearance. Rem…
2021
With conditions
6 Lullingstone Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TS
Oak (T1) - Remove epicormic growth up to 6m above tree base. Thin canopy by 10%. Remove d…
2017
With conditions
17 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RY
T1 - Sweet Chestnut - Fell and replace with Acer campestre Elsrijk (Field Maple) planted…
2017
With conditions
3 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RY
T2 - Hornbeam - Crown lift to provide up to 5.5m clearance over the highway. Remove epico…
2017
Withdrawn
3 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RY
T2 - Hornbeam - To crown lift the canopy by the removal of epicormic growth to the first…
2016
With conditions
13 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RY
Demolition of existing double garage and construction of side extension to provide an enl…
2016
With conditions
12 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RY
Construction of single storey extension in order to extend existing garage together with…
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9/10
Excellent
#5 of 292 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
Medway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #11 out of 292. Only 20% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 40% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).
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Medway decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, 2025
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #85 of 292
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #55 of 292
92%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (64%) #11 of 292
20%
Extended time limit
Below avg (40%) #20 of 292
82%
Minor dwellings approved
103 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
32 decided (10+ homes)
73%
Change of use approved
64 decided
1,025
Total decisions
86 refused in 2025