Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3JJ Data via plota.co.uk

MC/26/1921 - Discharge Condition Registered
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 15 (CEMP: Biodiversity) and condition 20 (Construction Method Statement) on planning permission for Outline application with some matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout, scale) for construction of up to 450 market and affordable dwellings with associated access, estate roads and residential open space Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
21 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 1 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 1 Dec 2026.

Comments are open until 11 Nov 2026

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Documents 1

Application forms 1

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Associated applications 15

Site constraints 6

Ancient woodland 6 m away
Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.
National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.
Public byway open to all traffic 9 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Priority habitat 6 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 13 October 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.

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Important details

Council
Medway
Application type
Discharge Condition
Postcode
ME7 3JJ
Received
6 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Lordswood & Walderslade
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15225182
Planning Portal ref
PP-15225182
Consultation
21 Oct 2026
Comments by
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

17 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 26 (Archaeology) on planning permission MC/18/0556 - Outlin…
MC/25/2504
2025
Details pursuant to condition 14 (ecological design strategy) on planning permission MC/1…
MC/25/2263
2025
Details pursuant to condition 9 (Arboricultural method statement) on planning permission…
MC/25/2222
2025
Details pursuant to condition 26 (Archaeological work) on outline application MC/18/0556…
MC/25/2021
2021 Approved
Outline Application (with all matters reserved except access) for the erection of up to 4…
MC/21/1296
2020
Application for approval of reserved matters being appearance, landscaping, layout and sc…
MC/20/0347
2018 Withdrawn
Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 request…
MC/18/3491
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
1 Gibraltar Cottages Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3JJ
Outline application with all matters reserved for one additional detached dwelling to the…
MC/25/1925
2025
Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3JJ
Details pursuant to condition 3 (phasing plan) on planning permission MC/18/0556, outline…
MC/25/2218
2025
Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3JJ
Application for a Non-Material amendment on planning permission MC/18/0556 - to add phasi…
MC/25/2020
2023
Land At East Hill Chatham
Adjoining Authority Application: Reserved matters application for Phase 1 (For the constr…
23/500679/ADJ
2019 Refused
Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham Kent ME7 3JJ
Outline Application (with all matters reserved except access) for the erection of up to 4…
MC/19/0336
2020
Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempsted Gillingham Boxley Road Walderslade Kent ME7 3JJ
Adjoining Authority Application for approval of reserved matters being appearance, landsc…
20/501168/ADJ
2018 Approved
Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempsted Gillingham Boxley Road Walderslade Kent ME7 3JJ
Adjoining Authority Consultation from Medway Council - Screening Opinion for the Erection…
18/505867/ADJ
2018 Approved
Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempsted Gillingham Boxley Road Walderslade Kent ME7 3JJ
Adjoining Authority Consultation from Medway Council - Screening Opinion for the Erection…
18/505867/ADJ
2018 Approved
Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3JJ
Outline application with some matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout, scale) f…
MC/18/0556
2017 Approved
1 Gibraltar Cottages Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3JJ
Change of use of existing outbuilding to self contained holiday let
MC/17/2642
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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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