Rochester Castle Castle Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1SW
Approved on 20 August 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions
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Proposal
Advertisement consent for Pride flag weight 13kg
- Received
- 23 July 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- ReceivedReceived23 Jul
- ValidatedValidated23 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Sep
- DecidedDecided20 Aug
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Rochester Castle Castle Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1SW. Medway has handled 121 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 17 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.
93% of advertising 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 1SW
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jonathon Simon
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Historic Rochester
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.
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© 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: Medway
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