Planning application
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Works: Extension Demolition Major scheme
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Proposal
Conversion of the existing building to accommodate up to 11 residential units, (demolition of existing extensions), and the construction of an apartment block to the rear accommodating up to 12 units with associated works for access, parking and infrastructure
As published by the council, reference MC/26/0561
Application record
- Reference
- MC/26/0561
- Type
- Full Application
- Received
- 20 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 20 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Fort Pitt
- Postcode
- ME4 6DP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Medway register
This site has had 15 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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MC/26/1449 Awaiting decision
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Details of Biodiversity Gain Plan pursuant to planning permission MC/25/0753 for Demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works.
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MC/26/1402 Awaiting decision
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Details pursuant to condition 12 (Lighting) on planning permission MC/25/0753 for Demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works.
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MC/26/1118 Awaiting decision
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Details pursuant to condition 14 (landscape management plan) on planning permission MC/25/0753 for demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works
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MC/26/1022 Awaiting decision
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Details pursuant to condition 13 (boundary treatment) on planning permission MC/25/0753 for demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works
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MC/26/1018 Granted
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Details pursuant to condition 11 (biodiversity enhancement) on planning permission MC/25/0753 for demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works
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MC/26/0928 Decided
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Details pursuant to condition 6 (Drainage Scheme) on planning permission MC/25/0753 - Demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works
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MC/26/0909 Decided
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission MC/25/0753 for implementation of external stair to access soft-landscaping zone at rear of store, small Deposit Return Scheme enclosure added, 2 additional fire escape doors added to the rear of the store and internal plant room and Deposit Return Scheme swapped around internally
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MC/26/0831 Decided
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Details pursuant to condition 10 (acoustic assessment - mechanical plant) on planning permission MC/25/0753 for the demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works
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MC/26/0826 Decided
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Details pursuant to condition 9 (materials) on planning permission MC/25/0753 for demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works
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MC/26/0748 Decided
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to planning permission MC/25/0753 to amend the wording of condition 30 to extend the use of the temporary construction site access from Scotteswood Avenue for an additional 5 weeks
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Mar 2026
Received by Medway
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Status changed to Registered
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 May 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
DHA Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Maidstone
Active · incorporated 1992 · Maidstone
403 applications on PlanIndex · across 55 councils · 93% granted
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See their track recordImperium Engineering Ltd Applicant, an engineering consultancy
1 application on PlanIndex
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
129 documents on file for this application
- STATUTORY - KCC BIODIVERSITY
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- NEW BUILD APARTMENTS FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 00
- NEW BUILD APARTMENTS FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 01
- NEW BUILD APARTMENTS FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 02
- 79 MAIDSTONE ROAD - PROPOSED SOUTH & WEST ELEVATIONS
- NEW BUILD APARTMENTS PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - NORTH & EAST
- NEW BUILD APARTMENTS PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - SOUTH & WEST
- SOUTHERN ACCESS ROAD - CELL WEB
- CELL WEB LOADING REQUIREMENTS
- AERIAL VIEW
- MAIN VIEW
- SECONDARY VIEW
- REPTILE SURVEY REPORT
- BAT SURVEY REPORT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED NORTH & EAST ELEVATIONS (NO. 79)
- PROPOSED SOUTH & WEST ELEVATIONS (NO.79)
- PROPOSED SITE SECTION A&B
- PROPOSED SITE SECTION C&D
- MAIDSTONE ROAD SOUTH ENTRANCE ELEVATION
- MAIDSTONE ROAD SOUTH ENTRANCE SECTION
- PROPOSED AND EXISTING SURFACING
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT REPORT
- VISIBILITY SPLAYS
- INTERVISIBILITY SPLAY
- VEHICLE SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS VEHICLES PASSING
- VEHICLE SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS WAITING AT ACCESS
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN REV D
- TRIP RATE CALCULATION INFORMATION
- STATUTORY - KCC BIODIVERSITY
- OBJECTION - F CHINYEMBA
- OBJECTION - D TIMMS
- STATUTORY - HISTORIC ENGLAND
- OBJECTION - L SHARP
- REVISED ARBORICULTURAL REPORT
- STATUTORY - SGN
- STATUTORY - SGN
- STATUTORY - SGN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- OBJECTION - J WRAIGHT
- GROUND FLOOR DEMOLTION PLAN
- FIRST FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN
- SECOND FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED GF
- PROPOSED FF
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- NEW BUILD APARTMENTS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS NORTH & EAST
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS EAST AND WEST
- PROPOSED SITE SECTION NORTH AND EAST
- SOUTH ENTRANCE ELEVATIONS
- SOUTH ENTRANCE SECTION
- HERITAGE ADDENDUM
- SUPPORTING LETTER
- PEDESTRIAN VISIBILITY
- REFUSE VEHICLE
- FIRE TENDER
- ESTATE CAR
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- STATUTORY - KCC BIODIVERSITY
- OBJECTION - L SHARP
- OBJECTION - OWNER/OCCUPIER
- COMMENT - P MOSS/ALDI
- STATUTORY - SGN
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED ROAD SECTIONS
- OBJECTION - J ZARYCH
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 1
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 2
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 3
- STATUTORY - SOUTHERN WATER - PART 1
- STATUTORY - SOUTHERN WATER - PART 2
- STATUTORY - HISTORIC ENGLAND
- STATUTORY - KENT POLICE
- REDACTED
- DRAWING ISSUE SHEET
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL REPORT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- TREE SURVEY PLAN
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY STATEMENT
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT REPORT
- LETTER RE DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- BIODIVERSITY GAIN REPORT
- ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- JOHN FISHER THE STATUTORY METRIC
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN
- EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 00
- EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 01
- EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 02
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS - NORTH AND EAST
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS - SOUTH AND WEST
- EXISTING SITE SECTIONS - NORTH AND EAST
- EXISTING SITE SECTIONS - SOUTH AND WEST
- EXISTING SECTIONS
- BASEMENT DEMOLITION PLAN
- GROUND FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN
- FIRST FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN
- SECOND FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 01
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 00
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 01
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 02
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- NEW BUILD APARTMENTS FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 00
- NEW BUILD APARTMENTS FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 01
- NEW BUILD APARTMENT FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 02
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - NORTH AND EAST
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - SOUTH AND WEST
- PROPOSED NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- PROPOSED SITE SECTION
- PROPOSED SITE SECTION
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- TREE AND DEMOLITIONS
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