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58 - 64 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BY

MC/26/0047Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 March 2026

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor level from use class B2 general industrial to E(b) sale of food and drink - with a first floor extension with a cantilevered 3m extension for office use (use class E (g)) together with the installation of an external ventilation system

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Strood North & Frindsbury
Agent
Kentec Draughting Services Ltd
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 58 - 64 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BY. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4BY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation start
4 February 2026
Consultation end
25 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 February 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026
Permission expires
23 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kentec Draughting Services Ltd
Agent address
10-12 High Street Snodland ME6 5DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 February 2026
Site notice end
4 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615799
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
4

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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