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Formerly Hobby Craft Strood Retail Park Commercial Road Strood Rochester ME2 2AB

MC/25/2547Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Construction of plant cage/compound and bin store, installation of AC plant to resultant plant cage, and forming of 4 no. openings in external wall for associated pipework/vent grilles.

Received
30 December 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Strood North & Frindsbury
  1. Received30 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Formerly Hobby Craft Strood Retail Park Commercial Road Strood Rochester ME2 2AB. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. 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 2AB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation start
23 February 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Kennington Close Thornhill Cardiff CF14 9ED

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephie Theedom
Statutory period
80 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 January 2026
Site notice end
8 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14592500
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Strood North & Frindsbury
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Medway

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