Greatfield Lodge Darnley Road Strood Rochester ME2 2UU
Withdrawn on 18 August 2017
Council decision: Withdrawn by ApplicantPlanning committee
Proposal
Proposed part demolition of existing communal facilities block and addition of first floor to create a two-storey building (block 3), addition of new storey to block 1 to create a three/four storey building and extension to front and external staircase to block 2 and other associated works to facilitate conversion of Greatfield Lodge Residential Hostel into 14 one bed and 10 two bed residential self contained flats including creation of an access road onto the site from Hawthorn Road and inclusion of derelict land to the rear of No. 276 Hawthorn Road to form part of the overall site.
- Received
- 10 May 2017
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Strood South Ward
- Agent
- 5 Arches Design & Planning
- ReceivedReceived10 May
- ValidatedValidated26 May
- Consult.Consultation20 Jun
- TargetTarget Date21 Jul
- DecidedDecided18 Aug
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Greatfield Lodge Darnley Road Strood Rochester ME2 2UU. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 100 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 916 applications in total for the ME2 postcode area.
89% of full applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- ME2 2UU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 May 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 20 June 2017
- Consultation start
- 30 May 2017
- Consultation end
- 20 June 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 May 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 June 2017
- Last date for comments
- 20 June 2017
- Target decision date
- 21 July 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- 5 Arches Design & Planning
- Agent address
- 50 Oak Road Glinton Peterborough PE6 7LD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 June 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 June 2017
- Site notice end
- 20 June 2017
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06046134
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201718 Dec
Proposed part demolition of existing communal facilities block and addition of first floor to create a…
Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationMC/17/4357 - 201617 Oct
Details pursuant to conditions 8 and 13 of planning permission MC/13/1469
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/16/4261
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