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Newlands Farm House Newlands Farm Road St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RE

MC/26/0675Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 July 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions13 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of agricultural barn, garage and workshop and stable building to a four bedroom dwelling including associated building works, landscaping and parking.

Received
10 April 2026
Ward
All Saints
Agent
Synergy Planning & Property Consultants Ltd
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Newlands Farm House Newlands Farm Road St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RE. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer 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 41 applications across All Saints. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 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
ME3 8RE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Mary Hoo

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2026
Consultation expiry
7 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
6 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2026
Last date for comments
7 May 2026
Target decision date
5 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Synergy Planning & Property Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Synergy The Office The Larches Higham Rochester ME3 7NQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Arron Nicholls
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
7 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14846271
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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
    10 Apr

    Conversion of agricultural barn, garage and workshop and stable building to a four bedroom dwelling including…

    This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0675
  2. 2026
    10 Apr

    Listed building consent for the conversion of agricultural barn, workshop and stables to one new dwelling…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideMC/26/0676

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