30 The Close Rochester Medway ME1 1SD
Approved on 8 April 2026
Council decision: Approval
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Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) For the use Class (C3b) up to six people living together as a single household and receiving care e.g. supported housing schemes such as those for people with learning disabilities or mental health problems
- Received
- 6 February 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Agent
- ECE Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived6 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Apr
- DecidedDecided8 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 30 The Close Rochester Medway ME1 1SD. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. 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.
94% of amendment 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 1SD
- Application type
- Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ECE Planning Limited
- Agent address
- 64-68 Brighton Road Worthing BN11 2EN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Arron Nicholls
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Medway
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