Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

6 Station Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7PH

Awaiting decision Medway MC/26/1496

Works: Extension Windows or glazing Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of use from retail (Class E(a)) to pharmacy (Class E(e)) together with construction of a single storey extension to rear and new shop front

As published by the council, reference MC/26/1496

Application record

Reference
MC/26/1496
Status
Registered
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Rainham North
Postcode
ME8 7PH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Aug 2026

    Received by Medway

  2. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 2 October 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 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What happens while it is decided

The process from here

This application is with Medway for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Medway is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Stanford House 2 - 4 Station Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7PH

    MC/25/2207 Submitted 10 Nov 2025 0m away

    89% historically approved · decision due ~5 Jan

    Details pursuant to condition 1 (acoustic assessment) on planning permission MC/25/0413 - prior approval for conversion of rear parts of ground floor retail unit to four flats

    Decided New dwelling
    Several homes
  • 37 Station Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7SB

    MC/23/0469 Submitted 23 Feb 2023 46m away

    Construction of a single storey extension to side/ rear and a two storey side extension - demolition of existing single storey extension

    Refused Householder Extension Demolition 9 docs
    Small domestic
  • 109A High Street Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 8AA

    MC/04/1423 Submitted 10 Jun 2004 99m away

    Variation of condition numbers 3, 5 and 7 of planning permission MC2002/1587 (change of use from electrical wholesaler to fast food cooking and distribution premises) to allow deliveries by motor car and for food purchases to be collected from premises; external waste storage area and extend operating hours to 22.30 on Sundays and National Holidays

    Refused Amendments 1 doc
  • Su3 Rainham Shopping Centre Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7HW

    MC/26/1146 Submitted 17 Jun 2026 123m away

    89% historically approved · decision due ~12 Aug

    Conversion of existing retail unit to Banking Hub together with installation of a new shop front and installation of two louvre's and a new single condenser unit within service yard

    Decided Windows or glazing
  • Su3 Rainham Shopping Centre Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7HW

    MC/26/1147 Submitted 17 Jun 2026 123m away

    89% historically approved · decision due ~12 Aug

    Advertisement consent for installation of an externally-illuminated fascia and projecting sign, an internally-illuminated poster, two internally-illuminated vinyl's and two non-illuminated information signs

    Decided
  • 18 Hothfield Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8BJ

    MC/21/1853 Submitted 22 Jun 2021 135m away

    Construction of a two storey extension to rear

    Granted Householder Extension 12 docs
    Domestic