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Greatfield Lodge Darnley Road Strood Rochester ME2 2UU

MC/17/4357Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 November 2019

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

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
18 December 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
49
Ward
Strood South Ward
Agent
5 Arches Design & Planning
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 665 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. This one was decided in 687 days, 90 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. 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
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2018
Consultation expiry
19 November 2019
Consultation start
27 November 2018
Consultation end
11 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
5 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
19 November 2019
Last date for comments
19 November 2019
Target decision date
8 November 2019
Committee meeting
16 October 2019
Permission expires
5 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
5 Arches Design & Planning
Agent address
50 Oak Road, Glinton, Peterborough, PE6 7LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
668 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2018
Advertisement expiry
5 February 2018
Site notice end
5 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06597014
Documents
57
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Medway

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