69 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 3BJ
Approved on 10 April 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions
Proposal
Construction of two dormers to the front and rear and gable roof extension to existing dwellinghouse; construction of orangery to the rear; construction of roof extension of existing garage.
- Received
- 16 February 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Agent
- Blackburn Architects Limited
- ReceivedReceived16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Feb
- Consult.Consultation13 Mar
- TargetTarget Date13 Apr
- DecidedDecided10 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 69 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 3BJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Watts Avenue and Roebuck Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3BJ
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Blackburn Architects Limited
- Architect profile
- BLACKBURN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 5 Cross Way Rochester ME1 3DX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jonathon Simon
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 13 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 4 April 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Watts Avenue/Roebuck Road
- Article 4 direction: Watts Avenue
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
Associated applications
- 20266 Jul
Details pursuant to condition 3 (Materials submission) on planning permission MC/26/0285
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1287 - 202616 Feb
Construction of two dormers to the front and rear and gable roof extension to existing dwellinghouse…
This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0285
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