Medway planning news
Medway planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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Hoo 134 Homes Lose 25% Affordable Housing Guarantee
Councillors removed the 25% affordable homes duty from the Stoke Road scheme on 21 October. Moat Homes plans to deliver them with grant funding instead.
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Planning
Gillingham and Rochester HMOs: Three Refused, One Approved
Councillors refused three shared-house plans on 21 October, two against officers' advice, and approved 45 Cleave Road despite 54 objections.
Planning
Borstal Children's Home Plan: Site Notice Runs to 9 Nov
A site notice for the Borstal Street vicarage plan runs to 9 November. Oasis wants a home there for five 16 and 17 year olds, some from custody.
Rochester
Clive Road Rochester Children's Home Refused, 27 Objected
Medway Council has refused a three-child children's home at 9 Clive Road, Rochester. The 112 sqm terrace is 8 sqm under the size test and staff traffic would harm a cul-de-sac with no turning space. An appeal is open for six months.
Cliffe
Cliffe 100 Homes Refused: Six Reasons and 124 Objections
Gleeson Land's outline plan for up to 100 homes on the pear orchard between Higham Road and Buckland Road was refused on 7 September. The six reasons, the housing mix lost, and what happens next.
Gillingham
Gillingham HMOs: Councillors Refuse Three in One Night
Medway's planning committee threw out three Gillingham HMO conversions on 26 August, two against officer advice, and one is already at appeal. The six applications and how each went.
Planning
Chatham Care Home: 60 Beds on Old School Playing Field
A 60-bed care home is proposed on the last parcel of the former St John Fisher school field in Chatham. Comments close on 12 October, with 16 parking spaces.
Planning
Medway Planning Committee Shrinks and Loses Call-In
Medway's Planning Committee drops to 13 councillors on 31 October, call-in ends and objection counts stop counting. Two people will decide what is heard.
Planning
Allhallows Holiday Park: Comments Close 19 September
The deadline to comment on the bid to open Allhallows caravans from 1 February has moved to 19 September. One objection so far, and it came from a Kent charity.
Planning
Cliffe 250 Homes: Decision Deadline Passed, 88 Objections
Medway's deadline on the Cliffe detailed plans passed on 8 September with no decision. 88 objections, none in support, and six pre-start conditions now filed.
Upnor
Arethusa Centre Upnor: 31 Flats, No Affordable Homes
Officers back replacing the vacant Arethusa Venture Centre at Upnor with 31 flats. A viability report says the scheme works only with no affordable homes at all.
Chatham
Longhill Avenue: 16 Homes Backed on Chatham Chalk Slope
Officers recommend 16 houses beside Samuels Towers on land inside the Great Lines wildlife site, four years after the application. Kent Wildlife Trust still objects.
Planning
Cliffe 250 Homes: 77 Objections, and the Missing Deeds
77 objections and no letters of support across the three Cliffe applications. A residents' group says two 1940s and 1950s deeds for the sports ground were never filed.
Planning
Docking Station Chatham: Access Road Plan In, Opens 2027
Chatham's Docking Station has planning consent but no road to it. A bid filed on 19 August would run a 3.1m lane from the Dockyard car park to the front door.
Planning
Allhallows Holiday Park Bids to Open From 1 February
The Allhallows holiday park wants caravans occupied from 1 February, a month earlier than its permission allows. Comments now close on 19 September.
Planning
Cliffe 250 Homes: Detailed Plans In, Comment by 28 August
Detailed plans for 250 homes either side of Church Street, Cliffe: 63 affordable, all two-storey, 560 parking spaces, new pitches and pavilion. Comment by 28 August.
Planning
Strood Rede Court: Barratt Plans 360 Homes on Green Belt
Barratt David Wilson wants up to 360 homes on Green Belt farmland north of Strood, with access off Clinton Avenue and Beaufort Road. Comments close 3 September.
Rainham
Rainham Defibrillator and Bleed Kit Planned for High Street
Nationwide has applied to put a 24/7 defibrillator and a bleed control kit by the Cricketers bus stop on Rainham High Street. Comments close 4 September.