11 Maritime Estate Maritime Close Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4DJ Data via plota.co.uk

MC/26/0418 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Construction of a permeable hardstanding, kerb removal, accessible parking and entrance to the unit. Electric vehicle charging point. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Mar 2026
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Consultation
16 Mar 2026
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Approved
23 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Associated applications 2

  • FullApprovedMC/26/0418This application
    Construction of a permeable hardstanding, kerb removal, accessible parking and entrance to the unit. Electric vehicle charging…

    Conditions 4 decided (outcome not recorded)

Site constraints 8

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; Conservation area about 73 m away: Frindsbury and Manor Farm; SSSI about 398 m away: Tower Hill to Cockham Wood SSSI; Inside the Rochester built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 November 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 4DJ
Received
3 Mar 2026
Validated
3 Mar 2026
Ward
Strood Rural
Parish
Frindsbury Extra
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Apr 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
23 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
ProArc Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

87%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
556decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14729805
Planning Portal ref
PP-14729805
Neighbours
13 Mar 2026
Consultation
16 Mar 2026
Comments by
8 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9.2/10
Excellent
#3 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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