Planning application
Fomer 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 17 (Customer Sustainable Transport Initiative ) on planning application 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.
As published by the council, reference MC/26/1918
Application record
- Reference
- MC/26/1918
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 6 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 6 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Fort Pitt
- Postcode
- ME4 6DP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Oct 2026
Received by Medway
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7 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 December 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
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The Harris Partnership Ltd. Agent, registered in West Yorkshire
Active · incorporated 1984 · West Yorkshire
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
- REDACTED
- SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL PACK FULL - CONDITION 17 (COMPRESSED)
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Medway for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Medway's median decision took 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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