3 Watling Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HA

This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.

• MC/26/1524 Refused

  3 Watling Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HA

  Details pursuant to condition 4 (Cycle parking) on planning permission MC/26/0724 for change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)

  Decided 5 Oct 2026
• MC/26/0724 Decided

  3 Watling Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HA

  Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)

  Decided 30 Jun 2026

1. 21 Oct 2026

   Received by Medway

2. 22 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 22 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 17 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.

• MC/26/0724 Decided

  3 Watling Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HA

  Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)

  Decided 30 Jun 2026

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.

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Medway's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

• 3 Watling Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HA

  MC/26/0724 Submitted 16 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)

  Decided 9 docs
  Domestic

• 3 Watling Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HA

  MC/26/1524 Submitted 11 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  Details pursuant to condition 4 (Cycle parking) on planning permission MC/26/0724 for change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)

  Refused 5 docs
  Domestic

• 168 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME5 7EN

  MC/26/0804 Submitted 29 Apr 2026 100 yards away

  Change of use from betting shop (sui generis) to restaurant (Class E) along with change of shop front and installation of a ventilation system.

  Decided Windows or glazing 10 docs

• Land South Of Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME5 7EN

  MC/25/1899 Submitted 23 Sep 2025 100 yards away

  Replacement of existing paper and paste advertisement display with new digital format, D-Poster internally illuminated LED displaying panels with multiple static adverts on rotation.

  Decided 4 docs

• The Old Ash Tree 136 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME5 7EN

  MC/23/0633 Submitted 14 Mar 2023 100 yards away

  Installation of a new covered structure and screening to front terrace.

  Granted Full applications 9 docs

• Ambulance Station Star Mill Lane Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HE

  MC/24/1692 Submitted 15 Aug 2024 100 yards away

  Details pursuant to conditions 4 (remediation strategy) and 8 (drainage strategy) on planning permission MC/23/2814 demolition of the existing buildings, clearance of the site and the creation of 14 no. new homes and associated amenity, landscaping, access and parking.

  Granted Conditions Demolition 9 docs