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13 - 17 North Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SL

MC/26/0470Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 12 June 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor offices to one flat with associated external alterations

Received
10 March 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Strood North & Frindsbury
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 13 - 17 North Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SL. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 4SL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
4 April 2026
Consultation start
12 March 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 April 2026
Last date for comments
4 April 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
J S Alford RIBA
Agent address
Three Elms Main Road Cooling Rochester Kent ME3 8DH

Planning decision

Case officer
Sam Pilbeam
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14759236
Documents
0
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Former Three Gardners Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Strood North & Frindsbury
  • Brownfield land register: 13-17 North Street, StroodRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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