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98 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BY

MC/26/0606Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 June 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions8 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of existing dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 4-bedroom house in multiple occupation (Class C4) together with construction of an L-shaped dormer window to rear and installation of roof lights to front to provide additional living accommodation within roof space and construction of single storey rear extensions

Received
27 March 2026
Ward
Strood North & Frindsbury
Agent
bMAC STUDIO Architecture
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 98 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BY. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. 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 4BY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
2 April 2026
Consultation end
25 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 April 2026
Last date for comments
8 May 2026
Target decision date
22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
bMAC STUDIO Architecture
Agent address
Suite M5 Old Library St Faiths Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1LH

Planning decision

Case officer
Jacky Olsen
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 April 2026
Site notice end
30 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14815550
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Strood North & Frindsbury
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

  1. 2026
    26 Oct

    Details pursuant to condition 8 (Refuse management strategy) on planning permission MC/26/0606

    PendingDischarge of conditionsMC/26/2060
  2. 2026
    27 Mar

    Change of use of existing dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 4-bedroom house in multiple occupation (Class C4)…

    This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0606

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