St Matthews C Of E Infant School Borstal Street Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3HJ Data via plota.co.uk

Decided MC/25/2044
Council
Date received
13 Oct 2025
Date validated
13 Oct 2025
Postcode
ME1 3HJ

Description

Construction of a single storey rear extension, dormer windows to rear and installation of roof lights to front to provide additional class room/store within roof space Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 2

  • DecidedMC/25/2044This application
    Construction of a single storey rear extension, dormer windows to rear and installation of roof lights to front to provide…

    Conditions 3 decided (outcome not recorded)

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Local nature reserve about 426 m away: Baty's Marsh; 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 10 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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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%).

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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