31 Swain Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3PZ

MC/25/2046Certificate of Proposed UseApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 November 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for conversion of existing detached garage to habitable room

Received: 14 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Strood North & Frindsbury

ReceivedReceived14 Oct
ValidatedValidated14 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date9 Dec
DecidedDecided4 Nov

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 31 Swain Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3PZ. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 outline applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode: ME2 3PZ
Application type: Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 October 2025
Target decision date: 9 December 2025
Permission expires: 4 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Haus360
Agent address: 128 City Road London EC1V 2NX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14399404
Comments: 0
Documents: 8
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.

Source: Medway

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near ME2

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

Find contractors for renovations & refurbishments near this site

View all contractors

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for garage conversions on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your street Buying this property? Report on this address