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4 Cookham Wood Road Rochester Medway ME1 3LW

MC/25/2520HouseholderApproved

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a crossover and hardstanding with charging point to front together with construction of a single storey rear extension - Demolition of existing conservatory

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Rochester West & Borstal
Agent
L Brown Associates Ltd.
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 4 Cookham Wood Road Rochester Medway ME1 3LW. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. 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.

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
ME1 3LW
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Consultation expiry
21 January 2026
Consultation start
23 December 2025
Consultation end
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 January 2026
Last date for comments
21 January 2026
Target decision date
13 February 2026
Permission expires
11 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
L Brown Associates Ltd.
Architect profile
L BROWN ASSOCIATES LTD
Agent address
34 Fallowfield Chatham Kent ME5 0DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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.

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