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

MC/26/2060 - Discharge Condition Registered

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 8 (Refuse management strategy) on planning permission MC/26/0606 for change of use of existing dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 4-bedroom, 5-person house in multiple occupation (Class C4) together with construction of an L-shaped dormer window to rear and installation of roof lights to front to provide additional living accommodation within roof space and construction of single storey rear extensions Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
26 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
27 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 21 Dec 2026.

Comments are open until 17 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Rochester built-up area; Air quality management area 15 m away: Central Medway AQMA.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 28 October 2026. 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.

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
Discharge Condition
Postcode
ME2 4BY
Received
26 Oct 2026
Validated
26 Oct 2026
Ward
Strood North & Frindsbury
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15324266
Planning Portal ref
PP-15324266
Consultation
27 Oct 2026
Comments by
17 Nov 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.