7 Institute Road Chatham Medway ME4 4PF

1. 23 Feb 2026

   Received by Medway

2. 24 Feb 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 27 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 21 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Medway took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• 21 Institute Road Chatham Medway ME4 4PF

  MC/26/0281 Submitted 16 Feb 2026 50 yards away

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for the Change of use from class (C3) Single dwelling house to class (C4) 6 bed House of multiple occupants

  Decided 6 docs
  Domestic

• 423 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NU

  MC/24/2338 Submitted 15 Nov 2024 50 yards away

  Installation of a new shopfront

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 7 docs

• 386 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NP

  MC/21/2436 Submitted 16 Aug 2021 100 yards away

  Advertisement consent for the upgrade of existing 48 sheet advert to support digital poster

  Refused Advertising 11 docs

• 346A High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NP

  MC/21/0936 Submitted 31 Mar 2021 100 yards away

  Roof extension to construct two additional storeys on the existing building to create 9 new dwellings.

  Refused Full applications New dwelling Extension 8 docs
  Several homes

• 11 Chelmar Road Chatham Medway ME4 4PB

  MC/26/1782 Submitted 15 Sep 2026 100 yards away

  70% historically approved · decision due ~27 Nov

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for change of use from dwellinghouse to four studio flats

  Awaiting decision New dwelling 4 docs
  Domestic

• 10 Chelmar Road Chatham Medway ME4 4PB

  MC/26/0582 Submitted 25 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  Application for a Lawful development Certificate (Existing) for the change of use from Class (C3) Single dwelling house class to (E(c)(ii) - Professional services)

  Decided 7 docs
  Domestic

• MC/26/0974 Granted

  18 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY

  Demolition of the existing dwelling.

  Received 21 May, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
• MC/26/1354 Granted

  Star House 8 Star Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1UX

  Removal and relocation of 3 existing antennas and installation of 3 new antennas, removal of 2 existing cabinets and installation of 1 new cabinet and PSU and installation of remote radio units (RRUs), break out boxes (BOBs) and a GPS node with associated apparatus and ancillary works

  Received 16 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
• MC/26/1181 Granted

  Buhrstone House And Wiley House Mill Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1HZ

  Proposed cladding remediation works to remove combustible cladding elements and replace them with materials and systems of limited combustibility and non-combustible materials: Reinstate bricks (if necessary). Remove render works, HPL panels, and timber cladding, including insulation and supporting rails, and replace with A2 render carrier board, A1 Aluminium cladding, and A2 Cedral cladding, matching the existing.

  Received 22 Jun, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
• MC/26/1351 Granted

  Robin Hood Filling Station 430 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9LL

  Construction of a single storey extension to side/rear

  Received 15 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
• MC/26/1331 Granted

  78 Ingram Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1SH

  Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 7 bedroom house of multiple occupation (Sui generis) together with construction of a single storey rear extension, construction of a dormer window to rear and installation of a roof light to front to provide additional living accommodation within roof space with associated bin store/cycle store

  Received 13 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications