Planning application
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference MC/26/1118
Application record
- Reference
- MC/26/1118
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 12 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jun 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/26/1022 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
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MC/26/0561 Status unknown
St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jun 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 7 August 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: MC/25/0753
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
ALDI Stores Ltd Applicant
108 applications on PlanIndex · across 48 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
- STATUTORY - KCC BIODIVERSITY
- LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE & MANAGEMENT PLAN REV P01
- REDACTED
- LANDSCAPE PLAN
- R01 5 YEAR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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About this record
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