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3 James Street Rochester Medway ME1 2BY

MC/26/1417Refused

Refused on 3 November 2026

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from 6 bedroomed person HMO to 7 person 6 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis)

Received
27 July 2026
Public comments
11 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Rochester East & Warren Wood
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Aug
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 99 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 3 James Street Rochester Medway ME1 2BY. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
ME1 2BY
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Consultation end
25 August 2026
Target decision date
28 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Shardlow

Additional information

Documents
5

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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