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64 Rochester Crescent Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9JJ

MC/25/0603Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 May 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a children's home (Class C2)

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
31
Ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 64 Rochester Crescent Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9JJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. 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.

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 9JJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hoo St. Werburgh

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2025
Consultation expiry
23 April 2025
Consultation start
26 March 2025
Consultation end
16 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2025
Last date for comments
23 April 2025
Target decision date
27 May 2025
Committee meeting
2 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Publicity

Site notice start
31 March 2025
Site notice end
23 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13834556
Documents
12
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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