23 Darnley Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2EU
Approved on 19 January 2024
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from retail Class (Ea) to restaurant Class (Eb) including the installation of an extraction flue and associated works
- Received
- 8 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Strood West
- Agent
- AVIM Consultancy Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Nov
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation20 Dec
- TargetTarget Date23 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 Jan
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 23 Darnley Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2EU. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Strood West. 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 2EU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 31 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 29 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 20 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 31 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 23 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- AVIM Consultancy Ltd
- Agent address
- 227 Preston Road Wembley HA9 8NF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 7 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 31 December 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12584522
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202425 Mar
Construction of a single storey extension to rear
Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationMC/24/0626 - 20209 Mar
Change of use from retail (Class A1) to restaurant/hot food take-away (Classes A3 and A5)
RefusedFull ApplicationMC/20/0640 - 202011 Feb
Advertisement consent for installation of an internally-illuminated fascia sign above existing ATM
Approval with ConditionsAdvertisement consentMC/20/0359
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