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42 New Road Chatham Medway ME4 4QR

Refused Medway MC/21/1262 Full Application

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from a 6 bedroom (6 person) HMO (use class C4) to a 7 bedroom (7 person) HMO (sui generis).

As published by the council, reference MC/21/1262

Application record

Reference
MC/21/1262
Type
Full Application
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refused As published: Refusal
Received
30 Apr 2021
Validated
11 May 2021
Decided
4 Aug 2021
Ward
Chatham Central Ward
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
ME4 4QR

Site history

Applications at this address on the Medway register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • MC/21/1478 Granted

    42 New Road Chatham Medway ME4 4QR

    Details pursuant to condition 3 (Air Quality Mitigation), 4 (Acoustic protection) and 5 (Parking Management Plan) on planning application MC/20/3318 for Conversion of the basement rooms to create a studio flat

    Decided 14 Jul 2021 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Apr 2021

    Received by Medway

  2. 11 May 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 4 Aug 2021

    Decision issued: Refusal

  4. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

14 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Medway refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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