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16 Stour Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3JX

MC/21/3436Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 16 February 2022

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a two bedroom end of terrace house with associated parking, shed and landscaping together with bin and cycle store and electric vehicle charging points

Received
26 November 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Strood South Ward
Agent
Synergy Planning & Property Consultants
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 16 Stour Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3JX. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 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 3JX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2021
Consultation expiry
28 January 2022
Consultation start
9 December 2021
Consultation end
2 January 2022
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
2 January 2022
Last date for comments
16 February 2022
Target decision date
16 February 2022
Committee meeting
9 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Synergy Planning & Property Consultants
Agent address
Synergy The Office, The Larches Higham Rochester ME3 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 January 2022
Site notice end
28 January 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/00031/REF

Appeal history

3303161
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 June 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10429196
Documents
26
Constraints
2

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.

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.

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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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