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Land Rear Of 18 - 24 City Way Rochester ME1 2AB

MC/23/0038Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 26 October 2023

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a part two storey/ part three storey block of 8 flats with associated external works

Received
6 January 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
13
Ward
Rochester East & Warren Wood
Agent
TaylorHare Architects Ltd
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 267 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Rear Of 18 - 24 City Way Rochester ME1 2AB. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 293 days, 34 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rochester East & Warren Wood. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 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
ME1 2AB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2023
Consultation expiry
10 June 2023
Consultation start
19 May 2023
Consultation end
10 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2023
Last date for comments
10 June 2023
Target decision date
3 November 2023
Committee meeting
25 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
TaylorHare Architects Ltd
Agent address
The Cowshed Overland Lane Canterbury CT3 2LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
275 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 February 2023
Site notice end
7 March 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00015/REFUSE

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11797697
Documents
40
Constraints
4

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.

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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