Planning application
Pear Tree House 68 West Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EF
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior notification of a proposed change of use of a building from office (Class E) to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to create 12 flats
As published by the council, reference MC/23/0387
Application record
- Reference
- MC/23/0387
- Type
- Office to residential
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required - Approved
- Received
- 14 Feb 2023
- Validated
- 1 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 25 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Gillingham North Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME7 1EF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Feb 2023
Received by Medway
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1 Mar 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Prior Approval Required - Approved
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30 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, an architecture practice registered in Cleckheaton
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9 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
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