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1 Esplanade And Senlac House Rochester Medway ME1 1QE

MC/26/1155Certificate of Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 August 2026

Council decision: Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Listed Building building Certificate of Lawfulness for temporary scaffolding to be installed at front of 1 Esplanade and Senlac House and over Both Buildings will allow to carry out the works which have been previously approved (MC/23/2836 & MC/23/2611)

Received
18 June 2026
Ward
Rochester West & Borstal
Agent
Baynes and Mitchell Architects
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 1 Esplanade And Senlac House Rochester Medway ME1 1QE. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 19 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 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 1QE
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2026
Consultation expiry
10 July 2026
Consultation start
19 June 2026
Consultation end
10 July 2026
Last date for comments
10 July 2026
Target decision date
13 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Baynes and Mitchell Architects
Architect profile
BAYNES AND MITCHELL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Fourth Floor Poland Street London W1F 8QP

Planning decision

Case officer
Sam Pilbeam
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    4 Nov

    Listed building consent for reduction in height of existing chimney and adjacent parapet wall

    PendingListed building consentMC/26/2121
  2. 2026
    30 Oct

    Listed building consent for removal of an existing sash window within staircase and replacement of an…

    PendingListed building consentMC/26/2088
  3. 2026
    29 Oct

    Listed building consent for new internal wall opening between rooms on the second floor

    PendingListed building consentMC/26/2083
  4. 2026
    19 Jun

    Listed building consent to reduce the height of the existing chimney and adjacent parapet wall at the back of…

    WithdrawnListed building consentMC/26/1166
  5. 2026
    11 Mar

    Details pursuant to condition 3 (Materials) on planning permission MC/23/2836

    Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0493
  6. 2026
    10 Mar

    Details pursuant to condition 3 (materials) on planning application MC/23/2611

    Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0482

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