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255 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ

MC/25/2430Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) current use is C4 HMO (6 Person ) which has been changed from C3 Dwelling house since year 2017.

Received
13 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rochester West & Borstal
Agent
Bischell Construction
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 255 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Star Hill to Sun Pier conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Rochester West & Borstal. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 postcode area.

94% of amendment 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
ME1 1HQ
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2025
Target decision date
7 February 2026
Permission expires
12 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bischell Construction
Agent address
24 N End Parade London W14 0SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14513688
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Star Hill to Sun Pier
  • Article 4 direction: Star Hill to Sun Pier
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

© 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.

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