255 & 257 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ
Approved on 28 October 2024
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Construction of a part single part three storey rear extension with pitched roof and replacement windows to rear; engineering works to front of no. 257 to provide access to lower level with insertion of entrance door and window and access steps with railings and conversion of the buildings into 4 duplex flats in total - part demolition of existing single storey element to rear.
- Received
- 20 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Agent
- Bischell Construction Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation14 Sep
- TargetTarget Date30 Oct
- DecidedDecided28 Oct
Decided in 279 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 255 & 257 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 313 days, 37 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Star Hill to Sun Pier conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1HQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 14 September 2024
- Consultation start
- 23 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 14 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 September 2024
- Last date for comments
- 14 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 30 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 28 October 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bischell Construction Ltd.
- Agent address
- 24 N End Parade London W14 0SJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 281 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 February 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 February 2024
- Site notice start
- 25 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 15 February 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12681268
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Star Hill to Sun Pier
- Article 4 direction: Star Hill to Sun Pier
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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