Phase 6 Land At East Hill Chatham Kent Data via plota.co.uk

MC/26/1411 - Approval of Reserved Matters Registered
Commercial & major worksSchools, care & communityNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Reserved matters application for Phase 6 (for the construction of 120 residential units including affordable housing together with associated access, parking, landscaping, open space, infrastructure and earthworks) pursuant to Outline application (APP/) - Outline planning application with some matters reserved (appearance, layout, scale and landscaping) for construction of up to 800 dwellings, site for a primary school, supporting retail space of up to 150sqm and community/nursery facility with associated road link between North Dane Way and Pear Tree Lane and other road infrastructure, open space and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 23 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 98.

The consultation period closed on 27 Aug 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Associated applications 13

Site constraints 5

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 ↗
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: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 380 m away: Darland Banks; Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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
Approval of Reserved Matters
Postcode
ME7 3JE
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Lordswood & Walderslade
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Agent
DHA Planning

Decision outlook

Day 98, past the statutory target. 72% of new homes in Medway are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 987 days past the 91-day target
57%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
11%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Medway in the last twelve months, from validation. Medway decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

81 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14659451
Planning Portal ref
PP-14659451
Neighbours
4 Aug 2026
Consultation
31 Jul 2026
Comments by
27 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
13 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
393 Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME7 3JE
Conversion of garage
MC/25/1218
2024 Approved
291 Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME7 3JE
Alterations to roof to facilitate a replacement first floor together with replacement win…
MC/24/1487
2022 Approved
Capstone Pumping Station Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME7 3JE
Details pursuant to condition 8 (Archaeological report) on planning permission MC/19/0765…
MC/22/2781
2021 Approved
389 Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Gillingham Medway ME7 3JE
Construction of a first floor extension to the side together with an extension to the exi…
MC/21/1718
2020 Refused
Land At 481 Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME7 3JE
Construction of a detached 3 bedroom bungalow with associated parking
MC/20/0563
2018 Approved
289 Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Gillingham ME7 3JE
Construction of a single storey pitched roof rear extension
MC/18/0566
2016 Approved
407 Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Gillingham ME7 3JE
Construction of a detached granny annexe
MC/16/4101
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9.2/10
Excellent
#3 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings