Land Adjoining Terrance Butler Avenue Off Anthonys Way Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4LX Data via plota.co.uk

20260772 - Adjoining Authorities Application Observations Sent
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Medway Borough Council Consultation Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) to allow a minor material amendment to planning permission to redesign the building from two storey to a single storey. Footprint and site layout are unchanged. Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.
View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 18 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 18 Aug 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Otterham Creek to Stoke Marshes across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; SSSI about 343 m away: Tower Hill to Cockham Wood SSSI; Inside the Rochester built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Gravesham - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Nearby new applications

28 Jul 2026

Land Adjoining Terence Butler Avenue Off Anthony's Way Medway City Estate Rochester

Consultation by Medway Council (MC/26/1399): Variation of condition 2 (approved ...

26/01415/CNA
23 Jul 2026Withdrawn

Land Adjoining Terrance Butler Avenue Off Anthonys Way Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4DW

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow a minor material amendment to...

MC/26/1399

Important details

Council
Gravesham
Application type
Adjoining Authorities Application
Postcode
ME2 4LX
Received
28 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
MC/26/1399
Statutory expiry
18 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Land At Terance Butler Avenue Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4LX
Medway Consultation - Construction of a drive-thru coffee shop and a separate car vehicle…
20230370
2022 Approved
Land At Terance Butler Avenue Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4LX
Medway Council Consultation MC/22/0332 - Construction of a drive-thru coffee shop and a s…
20220405
2019 Approved
Units 1-4 Sheldon Business Centre Maritime Close Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4AF
Installation of 2.4 metre high palisade fence and gates to form a secure enclosure /compo…
MC/19/2744
2019 Approved
6 Kenden Business Park Maritime Close Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4JF
Construction of a new independent first floor office unit (class A2) attached to Unit 6
MC/19/1960
Gravesham
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#180 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Gravesham ranks #104 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Gravesham is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 78% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Gravesham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
75%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #287 of 296
78%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #286 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #104 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #110 of 296
58%
Minor dwellings approved
64 decided (1-9 homes)
50%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
34 decided
619
Total decisions
156 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings