Land On Northern Side Of Canterbury Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Outline planning application (access, layout and scale sought) for the erection of up to 31no. new dwellings, new access on to Canterbury Lane and associated road widening, provision of open space and hard and soft landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 23 Dec 2025; it is now day 414.
Documents 11
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 9
Site constraints 6
Checked on 12 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Decision outlook
Day 414, past the statutory target. 63% of outline applications 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 27 Oct 2026.
Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Medway to go on. Medway decision record →
Public comments
6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 16 Sept 2025
- Consultation
- 2 Dec 2025
- Comments by
- 23 Dec 2025
- Site or press notice
- 18 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
11 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%).
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The consultation period closed on 23 Dec 2025.