Forge Cottage 214 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HF

MC/26/0501Listed Buildings AlterationsApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 1 June 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for reconstruction of the former Forge building with glazed link extension to Forge Cottage to provide an annexe for family living accommodation.

Received: 12 March 2026
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Cuxton, Halling & Riverside

ReceivedReceived12 Mar
ValidatedValidated17 Mar
Consult.Consultation11 Apr
TargetTarget Date1 Jun
DecidedDecided1 Jun

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at Forge Cottage 214 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HF. Medway has handled 49 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Cuxton, Halling & Riverside. We hold 916 applications in total for the ME2 postcode area.

94% of heritage 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 1HF
Application type: Listed Buildings Alterations
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Cuxton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 22 May 2026
Consultation start: 19 March 2026
Consultation end: 11 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 30 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 22 May 2026
Last date for comments: 22 May 2026
Target decision date: 1 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: ACBD
Agent address: 88 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester ME2 1EY

Planning decision

Case officer: Jacky Olsen
Statutory period: 76 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 April 2026
Advertisement expiry: 16 April 2026
Site notice start: 9 April 2026
Site notice end: 30 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14775445
Comments: 0
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Medway
National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Medway

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