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Land Between Roman Way And Knight Road East Of The Medway Valley Railway Line (Temple Waterfront) Strood Rochester Kent

MC/21/2588Approval of Reserved MattersApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 26 May 2022

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for approval of reserved matters being access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, details to provide 132 new dwellings of Phase 2 of Outline Permission MC/09/0417 all matters reserved providing up to 620 units (Use Class C3); up to 10,300 sqm of employment floorspace (Use Classes B1a/b/c, B2 and B8); up to 1,800 sqm of retail floorspace (Use Classes A1 to A5); up to 200 sqm community facilities (Use Classes D1/D2); strategic landscaping, improvements to open space, parking and related infrastructure including works in relation to site preparation, flood defence and land raising together with application to discharge conditions: 6 (updated master plan), 8 (RM Appearance); 9 (landscape and open space masterplan); 10 (RM Landscaping) 13 (landscape management plan) 14; (community facility and local centre delivery); 15, 16,17 (design codes/materials/appearance); 33 (surface water drainage); 35 (foul water sewerage) 40 (blue badge); 41 (safety and security) 44 (energy assessment) 45 (energy strategy); 48 (RM Scale); 55 (bus stops); 56 (cycle parking); 57 (highway details) 58 (green travel plans); 62 (noise impact); 66 (archaeology).

Received
3 September 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
17
Ward
Cuxton, Halling & Riverside
Agent
Planning Potential Ltd
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 241 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Between Roman Way And Knight Road East Of The Medway Valley Railway Line (Temple Waterfront) Strood Rochester Kent. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 265 days, 30 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Cuxton, Halling & Riverside.

89% of outline 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

Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
132

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2021
Consultation expiry
24 February 2022
Consultation start
9 February 2022
Consultation end
24 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
15 October 2021
Neighbour consultation end
5 November 2021
Last date for comments
24 February 2022
Target decision date
27 May 2022
Committee meeting
9 March 2022
Permission expires
26 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Planning Potential Ltd
Agent address
Magdalen House 148 Tooley Street London SE1 2TU

Planning decision

Case officer
Wendy Simpson
Statutory period
242 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 October 2021
Advertisement expiry
4 November 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10139985
Documents
86
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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© 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.

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