31 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TU
Approved on 31 January 2024
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Construction of a porch to main entrance and adaptation of existing fenestration to front, rear and side of dwelling, raised patios and landscaping to garden area.
- Received
- 4 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Agent
- Design Quarter UK Ltd
- ReceivedReceived4 Oct
- ValidatedValidated6 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Jan
- TargetTarget Date31 Jan
- DecidedDecided31 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a porch at 31 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TU. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Rochester West & Borstal. We hold 342 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 1TU
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 14 January 2024
- Consultation start
- 12 December 2023
- Consultation end
- 5 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 14 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 31 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 31 January 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Design Quarter UK Ltd
- Agent address
- 30 Fieldfare Drive Maidstone Kent ME15 6XL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 December 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 21 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 14 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12496037
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Historic Rochester+1 more
- Article 4 direction: Historic Rochester(1)+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Medway
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