18 River Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3JT
Approved on 6 August 2019
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of amenity land to residential to facilitate the installation of a vehicle crossover and hardstanding to front
- Received
- 13 February 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Strood South Ward
- ReceivedReceived13 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation12 Jul
- TargetTarget Date12 Aug
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 18 River Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3JT. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 17 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3JT
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 1 August 2019
- Consultation start
- 21 June 2019
- Consultation end
- 12 July 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 June 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 July 2019
- Last date for comments
- 2 August 2019
- Target decision date
- 12 August 2019
- Permission expires
- 6 August 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 July 2019
- Site notice end
- 1 August 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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