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131 Watling Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3JJ

MC/21/1010Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 26 July 2021

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of amenity land to residential and construction of a vehicular crossover to front

Received
9 April 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Strood South Ward
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 131 Watling Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3JJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 7 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 3JJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2021
Consultation expiry
18 May 2021
Consultation start
26 April 2021
Consultation end
18 May 2021
Neighbour consultation start
26 April 2021
Neighbour consultation end
18 May 2021
Last date for comments
18 May 2021
Target decision date
28 July 2021
Committee meeting
21 July 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
103 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00065/REF

Appeal history

3283495
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 August 2022Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09720543
Documents
11
Constraints
2

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.

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