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Plot 1 Land Adjoining 35 Cooling Road High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SA

MC/25/1009Approval of Reserved MattersPending Decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Reserved matters application to consider matters of (appearance, layout, landscaping and scale) together with details to seek discharge of conditions including Conditions 12 (bat and bird boxes), 19 (final design) and 20 (design code) on outline permission MC/21/2065 - Outline application with some matters reserved (appearance, layout, scale) for the construction of five detached self-build dwellings with associated garages, parking, landscaping and improvements to existing vehicular access

Received
16 May 2025
Decided
8 July 2025 · Approval with Conditions
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Medway89% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application at Plot 1 Land Adjoining 35 Cooling Road High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SA. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days longer than Medway's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow. We hold 1,067 applications in total for the ME3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
MC/25/1009
Address
Plot 1 Land Adjoining 35 Cooling Road High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SA
Postcode
ME3 8SA
Local Authority
Medway
Application Type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Conditions
Ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
Parish
High Halstow

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Blackburn Architects Limited
Agent Address
5 Cross Way Rochester ME1 3DX

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
16 May 2025
Consultation Expiry
2 July 2025
Target Decision Date
11 July 2025
Date Decided
8 July 2025
Date Validated
16 May 2025
Date Submitted
16 May 2025
Consultation Start
19 May 2025
Consultation End
10 June 2025
Neighbour Consultation Start
20 May 2025
Neighbour Consultation End
11 June 2025
Last Date for Comments
2 July 2025
Permission Expires
8 July 2027

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
11 June 2025
Site Notice End
2 July 2025

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14023315
Comments
7
Documents
13
Constraints
3
Coordinates
51.448220, 0.557070
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Medway

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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