Formerly Hobby Craft Strood Retail Park Commercial Road Strood Rochester ME2 2AB
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions
Proposal
Advertisement consent for installation of an internally-illuminated fascia sign to front and a non-illuminated loading bay sign to rear
- Received
- 13 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Strood North & Frindsbury
- ReceivedReceived13 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Jan
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date10 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Formerly Hobby Craft Strood Retail Park Commercial Road Strood Rochester ME2 2AB. Medway has handled 121 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker 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.
93% of advertising 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
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 8 Kennington Close Thornhill Cardiff CF14 9ED
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 18 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 8 February 2026
Site constraints
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.
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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.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202614 Apr
Details pursuant to condition 3 (Acoustic assessment) on planning permission MC/25/2547
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0709 - 202530 Dec
Construction of plant cage/compound and bin store, installation of AC plant to resultant plant cage, and…
ApprovedFull ApplicationMC/25/2547 - 202530 Dec
Construction of new lean-to canopy and raised platform, partial blocking-up of 1 no. existing door opening…
Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationMC/25/2548
Source: Medway
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- Formerly Hobby Craft Strood Retail Park Commercial Road Strood Rochester ME2 2ABMC/25/2547 · FullApproved0.0 mi
- Formerly Hobby Craft Strood Retail Park Commercial Road Strood Rochester ME2 2ABMC/26/0709 · ConditionsAwaiting decision0.0 mi
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