Land North Of Rede Court Road Strood Rochester Medway ME3 7NU Data via plota.co.uk

20260866 - Adjoining Authorities Application Observations Sent
New homes

Proposal

Medway Council Consultation - Request for a scoping opinion for a residential-led development of up to 360 new homes. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 17 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 5 Nov 2026, from Gravesham's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 17 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Little Hermitage, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
National infrastructure project about 537 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 537 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
Gravesham
Application type
Adjoining Authorities Application
Postcode
ME3 7NU
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 62, past the statutory target. 73% of new homes in Gravesham are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 26 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 626 days past the 56-day target
51%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Gravesham in the last twelve months, from validation. Gravesham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
MC/26/1509
Consultation
8 Sept 2026
Comments by
17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
Little Hermitage Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent
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2025 Approved
Little Hermitage Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent
Change of use from a wedding venue to a detached dwelling C3 use.
20250759
2025 Approved
Little Hermitage Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent
Change of use from a wedding venue to a detached dwelling C3 use.
20250759
2020 Approved
The Coach House Little Hermitage Farm Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NU
Application for variation of condition 5 attached to planning permission reference no. 20…
20201014
2019 Approved
The Granary Little Hermitage Farm Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NU
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20190845
2019 Approved
The Granary Little Hermitage Farm Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NU
Application for approval of condition 4, 5, 8, 9 & 10 of planning permission reference nu…
20190845
2019 Approved
The Coach House Little Hermitage Farm Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NU
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20190904
2019 Approved
The Coach House Little Hermitage Farm Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NU
REVISED DESCRIPTION Application for approval of conditions 3 and 7 of planning permission…
20190904
2018 Approved
The Granary Little Hermitage Farm Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NU
Conversion of the northern section of the former dairy building into a one bedroom annex…
20180741
2018 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Gravesham
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#180 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Gravesham ranks #104 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Gravesham is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 78% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Gravesham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
75%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #287 of 296
78%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #286 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #104 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #110 of 296
58%
Minor dwellings approved
64 decided (1-9 homes)
50%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
34 decided
619
Total decisions
156 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings