70 Middleton Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LR

1. 23 Sep 2024

   Received by Medway

2. 9 Oct 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 3 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: Approval with Conditions

4. 20 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden: extensions, loft and garage conversions, porches, outbuildings and similar alterations within the boundary of the home. They cannot be used to create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. Councils aim to decide them within eight weeks, and immediate neighbours are usually notified and given a chance to comment.

More on householder applications in our guide

• 34 Middleton Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LR

  TPA/25/2234 Submitted 14 Nov 2025 2m away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~9 Jan

  T1 - Oak - Crown lift to a height no greater than 6m above ground level, retaining all primary branches and making cuts at suitable growth points. Remove stem and basal growth to a height no greater than 6m above ground level. Crown thin by 20%. remove deadwood.

  Decided Trees

• 4 Middleton Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LR

  MC/26/1640 Submitted 28 Aug 2026 2m away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~23 Oct

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the conversion of the existing integral garage to habitable accommodation (study), including removal of the existing garage door and infilling of the opening with external wall construction incorporating a new window, and internal alterations.

  Awaiting decision Windows or glazing

• 40 Tyler Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LU

  TPA/26/1410 Submitted 24 Jul 2026 30m away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~18 Sep

  T1 - Oak - removal of deadwood and crown reduce lateral from 13m to 10m, height from 22m to 16.5m

  Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs

• 643 Mierscourt Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8RD

  TPA/24/2161 Submitted 21 Oct 2024 132m away

  T1 Sweet Chestnut - Crown lift to provide 6m clearance above ground level removing secondary branches. Cut back tree crown by 3m to create sufficient gap between retained growth and the structure of the dwellings at 643 and 645 Mierscourt Road.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 561 Mierscourt Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8RB

  MC/26/0716 Submitted 15 Apr 2026 154m away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~10 Jun

  Construction of a single storey side and rear extension together with the construction of an extension to existing porch and dormer to front.

  Decided Extension Loft or dormer
  Small domestic

• 8 Tyler Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LT

  TPA/25/1575 Submitted 31 Jul 2025 160m away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

  T1 - Oak -Quercus petrea - Pendunculate oak located in the rear garden, that is causing excessive shade -remove deadwood (>30mm) from the crown of the tree. Crown lift the tree to crown break at 7-8m AGL, removing growth from the main stem and any other branches up to the first major union. Height reduced from 16m to 12-12.5 and radial spread from 7-7.5m to 4m. REDUCE the remaining crown of the tree by the selective removal of between 3.5-4 metres from the branch tips depending on the opportunities for cutting back to suitable live growth in each instance. Branches growing towards the properties will be pruned by the above or to give 3m clearance from the buildings, whichever is greater.

  Decided Trees

• MC/26/0591 Granted

  82 Chestnut Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9BD

  Enlargement of dwelling house by creation of an additional storey with first-floor rear extension, single-storey extension to rear with raised terrace and front bay window roof alterations

  25 Mar 2026 Householder
• MC/26/0698 Granted

  47 Abinger Drive Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8UL

  Construction of a two storey side extension - removal of existing shed

  13 Apr 2026 Householder
• MC/26/0427 Granted

  1 Capel Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TF

  Retrospective application for the construction of a timber built outhouse to the rear of the property

  3 Mar 2026 Householder
• MC/26/0635 Granted

  42 Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6JE

  Construction of a single storey orangery to rear - demolition of existing conservatory

  1 Apr 2026 Householder
• MC/26/0618 Granted

  803 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8JP

  Construction of a part single storey and part two storey rear extension, internal remodelling, gates and raising of entrance walls and new porch and bay window, and flat roof

  30 Mar 2026 Householder