Forge Cottage 214 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HF

MC/25/2098Listed Buildings AlterationsApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Approval with Conditions4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Listed building consent for reconstruction of the former Forge building with glazed link extension to Forge Cottage to provide an annexe for family living accommodation.

Received: 22 October 2025
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Cuxton, Halling & Riverside

ReceivedReceived22 Oct
ValidatedValidated24 Oct
Consult.Consultation16 Dec
TargetTarget Date19 Dec
DecidedDecided18 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at Forge Cottage 214 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HF. Medway has handled 49 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Cuxton, Halling & Riverside. We hold 916 applications in total for the ME2 postcode area.

94% of heritage 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 1HF
Application type: Listed Buildings Alterations
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Cuxton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 16 December 2025
Consultation start: 27 October 2025
Consultation end: 16 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 16 December 2025
Last date for comments: 16 December 2025
Target decision date: 19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: ACBD
Agent address: 88 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester ME2 1EY

Planning decision

Case officer: Jacky Olsen
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 30 October 2025
Advertisement expiry: 13 November 2025
Site notice start: 18 November 2025
Site notice end: 9 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14431909
Comments: 0
Documents: 18
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Medway
National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Medway

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