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5-6 Saxon Place Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2NW

MC/19/2267Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 November 2019

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of Units B5/B6 from a Warehouse (Use Class B8) to a Gymnastics Club (Use Class D2), together with the reconfiguration of the car park to create additional spaces and external alterations

Received
27 August 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Strood South Ward
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5-6 Saxon Place Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2NW. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 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 2NW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2019
Consultation expiry
26 September 2019
Consultation start
5 September 2019
Consultation end
26 September 2019
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2019
Neighbour consultation end
26 September 2019
Last date for comments
26 September 2019
Target decision date
8 November 2019
Permission expires
7 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
JLL
Agent address
30 Warwick Street London W1B 5NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08042154
Documents
11
Constraints
5

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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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
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    Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/20/1642
  2. 2019
    27 Aug

    Change of Use of Units B5/B6 from a Warehouse (Use Class B8) to a Gymnastics Club (Use Class D2), together…

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/19/2267
  3. 2019
    27 Aug

    Advertisement consent for the installation of 3x non-illuminated banner signs

    Approval with ConditionsAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideMC/19/2268

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