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144 Rochester Street Chatham Medway ME4 6RS

MC/26/0708Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 July 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions5 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from a residential dwelling (Class C3) to a residential youth care home (Class C2)

Received
14 April 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Fort Pitt
Agent
Studio Edition
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 144 Rochester Street Chatham Medway ME4 6RS. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 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
ME4 6RS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation expiry
15 May 2026
Consultation start
22 April 2026
Consultation end
14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
15 May 2026
Last date for comments
15 May 2026
Target decision date
9 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Studio Edition
Architect profile
STUDIO EDITION LTD
Agent address
3 Hotham Close West Molesey sURREY KT81SH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephie Theedom
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14855271
Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Fort Pitt
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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
    14 Aug

    Details pursuant to condition 4 (Cycle Storage) and 5 (Refuse Storage) on planning permission MC/26/0708

    PendingDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1548
  2. 2026
    14 Apr

    Change of use from a residential dwelling (Class C3) to a residential youth care home (Class C2)

    This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0708

Source: Medway

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