40A High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1LD
Approved on 21 May 2024
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the use of the first and second floor as Class E (e) Provision of Medical or Health Services (except the use of premises attached to the residence of the consultant or practitioner)
- Received
- 24 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- ReceivedReceived24 Mar
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date22 May
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 40A High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1LD. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 postcode area.
94% of amendment 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 1LD
- Application type
- Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 22 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 21 May 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Historic Rochester
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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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Source: Medway
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