M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HZ Data via plota.co.uk

MC/25/1781 - App for Non-Material Amendments Approved

Proposal

Application for non-material amendment to planning permission for the addition of 3 rooflights (1 to the front and 2 to the rear) to the roof of the 2-bed unit (Units 7 and 8); door replacement with a window at the ground floor rear, and addition of 3 rooflights (1 to the front and 2 to the rear) to the roof of the 3 bed unit (Units 3 and 4), Unit 6 is proposed to have one door replaced with window only. First floor side elevation window (serving stairs) removal and addition of 5 rooflights (1 to the front and 4 to the rear) to the roof of the 4 bed units (units 1, 2 and 5) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Sept 2025
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Validated
9 Sept 2025
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Approved
6 Oct 2025

Approved on 6 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Nov 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Case Officer Report Case Officer Report · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NON MATERIAL APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS Decision Notice · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 9

Site constraints 6

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.
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Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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) agrees.
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.
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 4; SSSI 324 m away: Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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.

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Important details

Council
Medway
Application type
App for Non-Material Amendments
Postcode
ME2 1HZ
Received
5 Sept 2025
Validated
9 Sept 2025
Ward
Cuxton, Halling & Riverside
Parish
Halling
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Oct 2025
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
6 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
S2S Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 92% of amendments here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
107decided in the last year

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

Public comments

2comments received
2 objecting

Last counted 2 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14245313
Planning Portal ref
PP-14245313
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

22 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 4 (Plant Noise) on planning permission MC/25/1784 - Variati…
MC/25/2467
2025 Approved
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow for a minor material amendment to plan…
MC/25/1784
2025
Details pursuant to condition 10 (landscape scheme) on planning permission MC/22/2915 - C…
MC/25/2130
2025 Approved
Details pursuants to condition 5 (External Lighting) on planning pemission MC/22/2915 - c…
MC/25/1740
2025 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 6 (Ecological Enhancements) of planning permission MC/22/29…
MC/25/0667
2025 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 3 (materials) on planning permission MC/22/2915 for constru…
MC/25/0623
2024 Refused
Details pursuant to condition 3 (External Finishes) on planning permission MC/22/2915 for…
MC/24/2484
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to conditions 15 (CSWMP) and 16 (Sustainable Drainage) on planning permi…
MC/24/2482
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 18 ( tree protection measures) on planning permission MC/22…
MC/24/2288
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 24 (investigation and risk assessment) on planning permissi…
MC/24/2289
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 4 (CEMP) on planning permission MC/22/2915 - Construction o…
MC/24/2287
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 12 (Boundary Treatments) on planning permission MC/22/2915…
MC/24/2204
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 8 (EV Charging Points) on planning permission MC/22/2915 fo…
MC/24/2199
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 7 (Cycle Storage) and 9 (Refuse Storage) on planning permis…
MC/24/2198
2024 Refused
Details pursuant to condition 15 (CSWMP) and 16 (sustainable drainage) on planning permis…
MC/24/0425
2022 Approved
Construction of eight new residential dwellings with associated hard and soft landscaping…
MC/22/2915
2018 Refused
Outline planning application with some matters reserved (access, appearance, landscaping…
MC/18/2040
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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Construction of a single storey extension to rear
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2017 Withdrawn
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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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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