Planning application
Land South Of Innovation Centre Medway Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9FD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction of an 80-bed care home and 11 adult social care units (Class C2) together with associated access, parking and hard and soft landscaping
As published by the council, reference MC/26/1255
Application record
- Reference
- MC/26/1255
- Type
- Full Application
- Received
- 1 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Fort Horsted
- Postcode
- ME5 9FD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Jul 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 26 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.
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
525 applications on PlanIndex · across 61 councils · 93% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
75 documents on file for this application
- STATUTORY - SOUTHERN WATER
- STATUTORY - SOUTHERN WATER
- STATUTORY - NATURAL ENGLAND
- OBJECTION - S HAGGERTY
- OBJECTION - M YAQUB
- STATUTORY - SGN
- NEUTRAL - P COLE
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 1
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 2
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 3
- STATUTORY - SOUTHERN WATER PLANNING
- STATUTORY - ENVIROMENT AGENCY
- STATUTORY - KENT POLICE
- REDACTED
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 3
- PROPOSED PLAN - RF
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS BLOCK A
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - BLOCK B1 AND B2
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS BLOCK E
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 1
- PRPOSED ELEVATIONS - BLOCK C
- PROPOSED PLAN - L2
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN AND BLOCK PLAN - BLOCK E
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN AND BLOCK PLAN - BLOCK A
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN AND ROOF PLAN - BLOCK C
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN AND ROOF PLAN - BLOCK B1 AND B2
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- PROPOSED PLAN - L1
- PROPOSED PLAN - LG
- PROPOSED SITE SECTIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 2
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN AND BLOCK PLAN - BLOCK D
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS BLOCK D
- EMISSIONS MITIGATION ASSESSMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL SURVEY
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- ENERGY STATEMENT
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- MEDWAY CARE HOME GIR MEMO
- GEO ENVIROMENTAL AND GEOTECHNICAL GROUND INVESTIGATION REPORT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXPLORATORY BOREHOLE LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PHOTOGRAPHS
- SITE INVESITGATION MEDTHOD DETAILS
- TRIAL PIT
- METHOD REPORT
- ANALYTICAL REPORT
- ILLUSTRATIVE LANDSCAPE SECTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN
- LANDSCAPE DESIGN STRATEGY
- EXISTING SITE SECTIONS 1 & 2
- UTILITY STATEMENT
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 1
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 2
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 3
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 4
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 5
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 6
- ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- V5 - THE STATUTORY METRIC MACRO DISABLED
- THE STATUTORY METRIC MACRO DISABLED 1.0.4 HEADLINE RESULTS
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND ROOST ASSESSMENT
- FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN
- PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- COVERING LETTER
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