Cuxton Parish Recreation Ground Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EZ Data via plota.co.uk

MC/26/0822 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use from existing roundel toilet (use class F2) to a service hatch to provide cafe facilities (use class E), and refurbishment of existing roundel to reinstate toilets. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Apr 2026
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Validated
12 May 2026
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Consultation
14 May 2026
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Approved
23 Jun 2026

Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗
National landscape about 34 m away: Kent Downs
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National nature reserve about 404 m away: North Kent Woods and Downs; SSSI about 426 m away: Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment SSSI; Inside the Cuxton built-up area; Green belt about 34 m away: London; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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.

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Important details

Council
Medway
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
ME2 1EZ
Received
30 Apr 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
Cuxton, Halling & Riverside
Parish
Cuxton
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
ACBD

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 14 days faster than Medway's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 77% of changes of use here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
23%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Medway in the last twelve months, from validation. Medway decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14875427
Planning Portal ref
PP-14875427
Neighbours
14 May 2026
Consultation
14 May 2026
Comments by
17 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
27 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9.2/10
Excellent
#3 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Medway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #8 out of 296. Only 19% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Medway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #99 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #53 of 296
94%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #8 of 296
19%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #16 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
106 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
67 decided
999
Total decisions
88 refused in the year to March 2026