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3 Amherst Road Rochester Medway ME1 2AR

MC/26/0952Certificate of Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 July 2026

Council decision: Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 6 bedroom house in multiple occupation (Class C4)

Received
19 May 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Rochester East & Warren Wood
Agent
PB Planning Consultancy LTD
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 3 Amherst Road Rochester Medway ME1 2AR. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rochester East & Warren Wood. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 postcode area.

89% of outline 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 2AR
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2026
Target decision date
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
PB Planning Consultancy LTD
Agent address
91A Richmond Way Newport Pagnell MK16 0LQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Arron Nicholls
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14944478
Documents
4
Constraints
4

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.

Source: Medway

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