St Helens Church Buttway Lane Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QP Data via plota.co.uk

Decided MC/25/1523
Council
Medway 9.2/10
Date received
24 Jul 2025
Date validated
24 Jul 2025
Postcode
ME3 7QP

Description

Construction of single storey part rear extension to provide an enclosed access porch and toilets for the church Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 9

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; Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; 7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Conservation area about 66 m away: Cliffe; Ramsar wetland about 458 m away: Thames Estuary & Marshes; SSSI about 457 m away: South Thames Estuary and Marshes SSSI; Inside the Cliffe (Medway) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 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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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

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Installation of additional external lighting around the church together with a lamp at th…
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Details pursuant to condition ? of planning permission MC/???? -
MC/17/0291
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings