1 Esplanade Rochester Medway ME1 1QE
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Proposal
Details pursuant to condition 3 (Materials) on planning permission MC/23/2836 for (Listed Building application to facilitate a change of use in No 1 Esplanade and Senlac House from mixed use (residential and commercial) Class C (3) and E to commercial use class E (g)(i); Refurbishment of No 1 Esplanade and Senlac House.
- Received
- 11 March 2026
- Decision due
- 6 May 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 16 October 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Agent
- Baynes and Mitchell Architects
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation19 Apr
- TargetTarget Date6 May
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at 1 Esplanade Rochester Medway ME1 1QE. Medway has handled 623 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications 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.
97% of conditions 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 1QE
- Application type
- Discharge Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 April 2026
- Decision issued
- 1 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Baynes and Mitchell Architects
- Architect profile
- BAYNES AND MITCHELL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 27 Poland Street Fourth Floor London W1F 8QP
Planning decision
- Decision
- Discharge of Conditions
- Case officer
- Sam Pilbeam
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14773128
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Historic Rochester
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20264 Nov
Listed building consent for reduction in height of existing chimney and adjacent parapet wall
PendingListed building consentMC/26/2121 - 202630 Oct
Listed building consent for removal of an existing sash window within staircase and replacement of an…
PendingListed building consentMC/26/2088 - 202629 Oct
Listed building consent for new internal wall opening between rooms on the second floor
PendingListed building consentMC/26/2083 - 202619 Jun
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for a Listed building This application is for temporary…
WithdrawnApplicationMC/26/1173 - 202619 Jun
Listed building consent to reduce the height of the existing chimney and adjacent parapet wall at the back of…
WithdrawnListed building consentMC/26/1166 - 202618 Jun
Application for a Listed Building building Certificate of Lawfulness for temporary scaffolding to be…
ApprovedCertificate of Proposed UseMC/26/1155 - 202610 Mar
Details pursuant to condition 3 (materials) on planning application MC/23/2611
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0482
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