1 Esplanade And Senlac House And Gundulph Square Rochester Medway ME1 1QE Data via plota.co.uk

MC/26/0637 - Discharge Condition Decided

Proposal

Details pursuant to conditions 4 (General internal works), 5 (General internal joinery), 6 (Door for Senlac House), 7 (Roof light for Senlac House), 8 (Plant and Roof enclosure), 9 (Secondary Glazing), 10 (Stairs to Basement in esplanade), 11 (Gates to esplanade), 12 (Historic features to remain), 13 (Historical Frame) and 14 (Lath and plaster) on planning permission for Listed Building application to facilitate a change of use in No 1 Esplanade and Senlac House from mixed use (residential and commercial) Class C (3) and E to commercial use class E (g)(i); Refurbishment of No 1 Esplanade and Senlac House, together with the reconfiguration and rebuilding of a cluster of intermittent buildings in order to create new offices and various internal refurbishments to both sites. Various refurbishments to Gundulph Square… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
1 Apr 2026
Consultation
9 Apr 2026
Discharge of Conditions
19 May 2026

Discharge of Conditions on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Associated applications 6

Site constraints 3

Historic Rochester conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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
Inside the Rochester built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Discharge Condition
Postcode
ME1 1QE
Received
1 Apr 2026
Validated
1 Apr 2026
Ward
Rochester West & Borstal
Case officer
Show
Decision
Discharge of Conditions
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Baynes and Mitchell Architects

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14827385
Consultation
9 Apr 2026
Comments by
30 Apr 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