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8 Merrals Wood Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2PP

MC/26/1246HouseholderApproved

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions

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

Proposal

Construction of a two storey side extension - demolition of existing garage

Received
29 June 2026
Ward
Strood West
Agent
Macintosh Davies Ltd
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 8 Merrals Wood Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2PP. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Strood West. We hold 916 applications in total for the ME2 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
ME2 2PP
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026
Consultation expiry
24 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 July 2026
Last date for comments
24 July 2026
Target decision date
25 August 2026
Decision issued
20 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Macintosh Davies Ltd
Agent address
Suite C Quayside House Quayside Chatham ME4 4QZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Jonathon Simon
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15031844
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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