Land At The Former Sturdee Club And Land At Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh ME3 9BJ
Approved on 18 August 2025
Council decision: Approval with Conditions35 conditions
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Proposal
Construction of 134no. residential dwellings (including affordable and over 55's homes), children's nursery (Class E(f)), cafe/community hub (Class E(b)/F2(b)) and commercial/retail floorspace (E(g)/E(a), new public open spaces, sustainable urban drainage systems, landscaping and biodiversity areas and play areas. Access to be from 4no. new locations from Stoke Road. Provision of roads, parking spaces and earthworks - Demolition of the Sturdee Club and associated structures
- Received
- 22 December 2023
- Public comments
- 29
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated28 Dec
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date19 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Aug
Decided in 599 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Land At The Former Sturdee Club And Land At Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh ME3 9BJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 605 days, 78 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow. 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 9BJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 134
- Parish
- Hoo St. Werburgh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 1 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 11 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 1 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 March 2025
- Committee meeting
- 12 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Arron Nicholls
- Statutory period
- 447 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 January 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 4 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 25 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12662848
- Documents
- 132
- Constraints
- 13
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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