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Barclays Bank 263 - 265 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BZ

Status unknown Medway MC/26/1711 Commercial to Residential

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Proposal

Prior notification of a proposed change of use from office (Class E) to dwelling (Class C3) at second floor level for five units

As published by the council, reference MC/26/1711

Application record

Reference
MC/26/1711
Type
Commercial to Residential
Received
4 Sep 2026
Validated
4 Sep 2026
Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
Postcode
ME4 4BZ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Medway register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • MC/24/2408 Granted

    Barclays Bank 263 - 265 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BZ

    Details pursuant to conditions 4 (CEMP) on planning permission MC/23/0501 - Change of use of first floor from Class E(C)(i) (financial & professional) to C3 (residential) consisting of 2no. two bedroom, 2no. one bedroom and 1no. studio flats. First and second floor glazing to be infilled with brickwork to match existing. Ground floor alterations including installation of new access ramp and creation of new internal bin store and formation of cycle storage areas in basement resubmission of MC/19/3317

    Decided 11 Dec 2024 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Sep 2026

    Received by Medway

  2. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 30 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 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: MC/22/2971

Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

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  • Barclays Bank 263 - 265 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BZ

    MC/24/2408 Submitted 27 Nov 2024 50 yards away

    Details pursuant to conditions 4 (CEMP) on planning permission MC/23/0501 - Change of use of first floor from Class E(C)(i) (financial & professional) to C3 (residential) consisting of 2no. two bedroom, 2no. one bedroom and 1no. studio flats. First and second floor glazing to be infilled with brickwork to match existing. Ground floor alterations including installation of new access ramp and creation of new internal bin store and formation of cycle storage areas in basement resubmission of MC/19/3317

    Granted Conditions New dwelling Windows or glazing 6 docs

  • 269 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BN

    MC/23/0165 Submitted 24 Jan 2023 50 yards away

    Change of use from Gym/Fitness Studio (Class E) to Nail Bar/Salon (Sui Generis)

    Granted Full applications 6 docs

  • 263-265 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BZ

    MC/23/0501 Submitted 1 Mar 2023 50 yards away

    Change of use of first floor from Class E(C)(i) (financial & professional) to C3 (residential) consisting of 2no. two bedroom, 2no. one bedroom and 1no. studio flats. First and second floor glazing to be infilled with brickwork to match existing. Ground floor alterations including installation of new access ramp and creation of new internal bin store and formation of cycle storage areas in basement resubmission of MC/19/3317.

    Granted Full applications New dwelling Windows or glazing 10 docs

  • Land Rear Of 263-269 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BZ

    MC/23/0486 Submitted 27 Feb 2023 50 yards away

    Construction of a three storey building consisting of a retail unit at ground floor and a two bedroom residential unit above.

    Granted Full applications 9 docs

  • Land Rear Of 247-253 High Street And 1-5 Batchelor Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BJ

    MC/24/2104 Submitted 14 Oct 2024 50 yards away

    Details pursuant to condition 12 ( SUDs - verification report) on planning permission MC/22/0238 for (Construction of a five storey block comprising of four 1 bedroom flats and ten 2-bedroom flats including part semi basement level comprising ancillary accommodation, external landscaping and cycle/refuse storage )

    Granted Conditions New dwelling 2 docs

  • 18-20 Batchelor Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BJ

    MC/26/0030 Submitted 7 Jan 2026 50 yards away

    81% historically approved · decision due ~9 Mar

    Retrospective construction of 6-storey building comprising of Class E (Previously A1) retail use on ground floor together with 34 student rooms incorporated into 10 flats over including basement level containing ancillary accommodation together with cycle and bin storage - Demolition of the existing single storey buildings

    Status unknown Full applications New dwelling Demolition 24 docs
    Major scheme