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1 Pepys Way Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3LH

MC/24/2596Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 April 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retrospective - Construction of a two-storey extension to side/ rear with a single-storey extension to front/ rear and excavation works to basement level to facilitate 1 two-bedroom flat on ground floor level, 1 three-bedroom duplex flat over ground and basement level and 1 two bedroom flat at first-floor level and a 1 three-bedroom duplex flat over first and loft levels; engineering works to facilitate parking to front and rear and associated works

Received
23 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
15
Ward
Strood North & Frindsbury
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 1 Pepys Way Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3LH. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Strood North & Frindsbury. We hold 916 applications in total for the ME2 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
ME2 3LH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2024
Consultation expiry
23 January 2025
Consultation start
2 January 2025
Consultation end
23 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 January 2025
Last date for comments
23 January 2025
Target decision date
16 April 2025
Committee meeting
9 April 2025
Permission expires
11 April 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
113 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13657658
Documents
28
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Strood North & Frindsbury
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Sep

    Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission MC/24/2596

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentMC/26/1891
  2. 2024
    23 Dec

    Retrospective - Construction of a two-storey extension to side/ rear with a single-storey extension to front/…

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/24/2596

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