98 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BY Data via plota.co.uk

MC/25/2499 - Full Application Withdrawn

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling house (Class C3) to 6 bed house in multiple occupation (Class C4). Construction of single storey extension to rear along with an L-shaped dormer to rear and roof lights to front to facilitate living accommodation in the roof space. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
19 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
19 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
20 Jan 2026
−
Withdrawn
25 Feb 2026

Withdrawn on 25 Feb 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Consultation & comments 3

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Letter of Representation · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Letter of Representation · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Letter of Representation · 24 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Strood North & Frindsbury. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Rochester built-up area; Air quality management area about 81 m away: Central Medway AQMA.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £202,000 in February 2026. Semi-detached house, freehold.

25 February 2026£202,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
16 April 1996£30,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Medway
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
ME2 4BY
Received
19 Dec 2025
Validated
19 Jan 2026
Ward
Strood North & Frindsbury
Case officer
Show
Decision
Withdrawn by Applicant
Decision date
25 Feb 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
bMAC STUDIO Architecture

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14578794
Neighbours
22 Jan 2026
Consultation
20 Jan 2026
Comments by
10 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
30 Jan 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.