Land At Walnut Tree Farm North Of Britannia Road High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SQ

MC/17/4408Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 7 September 2018

Council decision: Approved Subject to S106Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Proposed development of 66 dwellings compromising of 1 x one bed flat, 11 x two bed flats, 4 x two bed houses, 36 x three bed houses, 8 x four bed houses, and 6 x five bed houses together with associated new accessing arrangements, car parking, landscaping and open space.

Received: 21 December 2017
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 48
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
Agent: Judith Ashton Associates

ReceivedReceived21 Dec
ValidatedValidated29 Dec
Consult.Consultation8 Feb
TargetTarget Date7 Sep
DecidedDecided7 Sep

Decided in 252 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Walnut Tree Farm North Of Britannia Road High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SQ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 260 days, 29 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow. We hold 1,083 applications in total for the ME3 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: ME3 8SQ
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 66
Parish: High Halstow

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 December 2017
Consultation expiry: 20 April 2018
Consultation start: 18 January 2018
Consultation end: 8 February 2018
Neighbour consultation start: 6 April 2018
Neighbour consultation end: 20 April 2018
Last date for comments: 30 April 2018
Target decision date: 7 September 2018
Committee meeting: 4 July 2018
Permission expires: 7 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Judith Ashton Associates
Agent address: The Mill House Cackle Street Brede East Sussex TN31 6EA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 252 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 15 January 2018
Advertisement expiry: 29 January 2018
Site notice start: 2 January 2018
Site notice end: 23 January 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06508547
Documents: 132
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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