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354 - 356 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1DJ

MC/25/2459Approved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use from restaurant (Class E) and takeaway (Sui Generis) to two take aways (Sui Generis)

Received
16 December 2025
Ward
Fort Pitt
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 232 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 354 - 356 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1DJ. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 232 days, 25 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Star Hill to Sun Pier conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME1 1DJ
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jacky Olsen

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: Medway

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