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16 - 18 London Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3HT

MC/25/2244Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 January 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of existing commercial building to create four flats, with renovation works including window, facade and internal alterations.

Received
16 November 2025
Ward
Strood North & Frindsbury
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 16 - 18 London Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3HT. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 3HT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
18 December 2025
Consultation start
21 November 2025
Consultation end
16 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
18 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Gatcombe House Copnor Road Portsmouth PO3 5EJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Jonathon Simon
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
18 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14484935
Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Grade II: 10,12 and 14, London RoadOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Strood North & Frindsbury
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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
    31 Mar

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/25/2244

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentMC/26/0623
  2. 2025
    16 Nov

    Change of use of existing commercial building to create four flats, with renovation works including window…

    This applicationApprovedFullMC/25/2244
  3. 2025
    16 Nov

    Listed building consent for the renovation works including window, facade and internal alterations.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideMC/25/2245

Source: Medway

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