157 Church Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QB
Approved on 13 February 2026
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
Proposal
Part change of use of ground floor storage area and shower/wc to extended beauty salon (Class E) with associated external alterations
- Received
- 19 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Strood Rural
- Agent
- C. B. Wright & Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Dec
- Consult.Consultation15 Jan
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided13 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 157 Church Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QB. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Strood Rural. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 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
- ME3 7QB
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cliffe And Cliffe Woods
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 22 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 15 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 30 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- C. B. Wright & Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- 123 Marlborough Road Gillingham Kent ME7 5HD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 9 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 30 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14579682
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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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.
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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Associated applications
- 202617 Feb
Application for a non-material amendment to planning application MC/25/2503
ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentMC/26/0303 - 202519 Dec
Part change of use of ground floor storage area and shower/wc to extended beauty salon (Class E) with…
This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/25/2503
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