157 Church Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QB
Approved on 18 March 2026
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition
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Proposal
Application for a non-material amendment to planning application MC/25/2503 for alterations to the internal arrangement, not affecting the exterior. The internal changes re-route the way through the building to provide direct access to the accessible w.c. from the cafe, as well as from the hairdressers.
- Received
- 17 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Strood Rural
- Agent
- C. B. Wright & Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 157 Church Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QB. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Strood Rural. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 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
- ME3 7QB
- Application type
- App for Non-Material Amendments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cliffe And Cliffe Woods
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 18 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- C. B. Wright & Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- 123 Marlborough Road Gillingham Kent ME7 5HD
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Amy Shardlow
- Statutory period
- 28 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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Associated applications
- 202617 Feb
Application for a non-material amendment to planning application MC/25/2503
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentMC/26/0303 - 202519 Dec
Part change of use of ground floor storage area and shower/wc to extended beauty salon (Class E) with…
Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationPart ofMC/25/2503
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