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Newlands Farm Newlands Farm Road St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RE

MC/23/2694Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 July 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of the agricultural barn, garage, workshop and stable buildings to a 4 bed dwellinghouse and annex including associated building works, landscaping and parking

Received
1 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
All Saints
Agent
Synergy Planning & Property Consultants Ltd
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 217 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Newlands Farm Newlands Farm Road St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RE. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 221 days, 24 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across All Saints. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 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
ME3 8RE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
St Mary Hoo

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2023
Consultation expiry
14 January 2024
Consultation start
21 December 2023
Consultation end
14 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
8 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 December 2023
Last date for comments
14 January 2024
Target decision date
12 August 2024
Permission expires
9 July 2027

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
251 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-12646861
Documents
16
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    1 Dec

    Conversion of the agricultural barn, garage, workshop and stable buildings to a 4 bed dwellinghouse and annex…

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/23/2694
  2. 2023
    1 Dec

    Listed building consent for the conversion of the agricultural barn, garage, workshop and stable buildings to…

    Approval with ConditionsListed building consentFiled alongsideMC/23/2695

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