The Guildhall Museum High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PY
Withdrawn on 22 February 2024
Council decision: Withdrawn by Applicant
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Proposal
Installation of two air source heat pumps and associated supporting systems features to produce 100% of the buildings heat requirements. Internal alterations including replacement of radiators, lighting fixtures and installation of plate heat exchangers.
- Received
- 19 July 2023
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Agent
- Ethical Partnership
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated18 Aug
- Consult.Consultation14 Sep
- TargetTarget Date13 Oct
- DecidedDecided22 Feb
Decided in 188 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Guildhall Museum High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PY. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 218 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Rochester West & Borstal. 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 1PY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 21 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 23 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 14 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 21 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 October 2023
- Permission expires
- 22 February 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ethical Partnership
- Agent address
- 72 B Box Studios Stoddart Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1AN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 September 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 September 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Historic Rochester
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications
- 202319 Jul
Installation of two air source heat pumps and associated supporting systems features to produce 100% of the…
This applicationWithdrawnFullMC/23/1619 - 202319 Jul
Listed building application for the installation of two air source heat pumps and associated supporting…
WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongsideMC/23/1620
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Medway
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