259 - 261 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ
Approved on 30 September 2024
Council decision: Discharge of ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Details pursuant to condition 3 (Landscaping) on planning permission MC/23/2514 for Retrospective application for the demolition of existing one and two storey commercial premises and the construction of 22 apartments (3x 3 Bed units, 9x2 Bed units and 10x1 Bed units), in two blocks with amenity spaces and associated parking
- Received
- 19 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Agent
- Golzari NG-Architect
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated19 Jul
- Consult.Consultation13 Aug
- TargetTarget Date2 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Sep
Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at 259 - 261 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ. Medway has handled 623 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Star Hill to Sun Pier conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.
97% of conditions 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
- Discharge Condition
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 22
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 23 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 13 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 13 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 2 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 30 September 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Golzari NG-Architect
- Agent address
- United House 39-41 North Road London N7 9DP
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mary Smith
- Statutory period
- 75 days
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.
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Medway
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