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Plot 2 London Medway Commercial Park James Swallow Way Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9ND

MC/24/1811Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 29 October 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for the development of Plot 2 for Class E(g)(iii) industrial processes/B2 general industrial/B8 storage and distribution uses, access, parking, drainage, landscaping and associated works granted on (15/11/21) ref. MC/21/1383). All pre-commencement planning conditions have been discharged. The development commenced in February 2024 and construction work has included: - completion of secondary site access from the estate; site preparation; earthworks and formation of site levels. Confirmation is sought from Medway Council that the construction of an access road pursuant to Planning Permission ref. MC/21/1383 has been lawfully implemented. Please refer to supporting documents for further information.

Received
4 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Plot 2 London Medway Commercial Park James Swallow Way Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9ND. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
ME3 9ND
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hoo St. Werburgh

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2024
Target decision date
1 November 2024
Permission expires
29 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stantec
Agent address
2 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4AQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13369234
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Medway

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