First And Second Floor Of 70 And 70A High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1JY
Approved on 26 August 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of the first and second floors into 2 separate flats together with the removal of the external rear metal spiral staircase with platform kept to form a new balcony: existing first floor rear door to be replaced with a glazed door and the removal of 1 roof light and replacement of 3 existing rooflights.
- Received
- 8 May 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Agent
- DC Hudson & Partner LLP
- ReceivedReceived8 May
- ValidatedValidated15 May
- Consult.Consultation13 Jun
- TargetTarget Date26 Aug
- DecidedDecided26 Aug
Decided in 103 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at First And Second Floor Of 70 And 70A High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1JY. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- ME1 1JY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 21 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DC Hudson & Partner LLP
- Agent address
- The Doctors House Royal British Legion Village Hall Road Aylesford ME20 7QX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Amy Shardlow
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 June 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 June 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Historic Rochester
- Article 4 direction: Historic Rochester(11)Part of the site
- Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, 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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© 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.
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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