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179 -181 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF

Refused Medway MC/24/2086 Discharge Condition

Works: New dwelling Extension Windows or glazing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 4 (sections through doors/windows and condition 5 ( garden waste and recycling) on planning permission MC/19/0111 - Change of use of retail to residential at lower ground and ground floor level with associated internal and external alterations together with construction of a three storey rear extension to provide six 1-bedroom self-contained flats

As published by the council, reference MC/24/2086

Application record

Reference
MC/24/2086
Type
Discharge Condition
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refusal
Received
11 Oct 2024
Validated
11 Oct 2024
Decided
3 Dec 2024
Ward
Rochester East & Warren Wood
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
ME1 1SF

Site history

Applications at this address on the Medway register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • MC/26/0121 Decided

    179-181 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF

    Details pursuant to conditions 1 (Time), 3 (Joinery Details), 4 (Materials) and 5 (Railings to front) on planning permission MC/25/1791 - Part retrospective application for the change of use of retail to residential at lower ground and ground floor level with associated internal and external alterations, together with construction of a three-storey rear extension to provide six 1-bedroom self-contained flats

    Decided 20 Apr 2026 Conditions
  • MC/25/1791 Decided

    179-181 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF

    Part retrospective application for the change of use of retail to residential at lower ground and ground floor level with associated internal and external alterations, together with construction of a three-storey rear extension to provide six 1-bedroom self-contained flats

    Submitted 5 Sep 2025

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Received by Medway

  2. 3 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Refusal

  3. 20 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Agent on file, a design practice registered in London

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Documents

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8 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Medway refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • 179-181 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF

    MC/26/0121 Submitted 26 Jan 2026 0m away

    Details pursuant to conditions 1 (Time), 3 (Joinery Details), 4 (Materials) and 5 (Railings to front) on planning permission MC/25/1791 - Part retrospective application for the change of use of retail to residential at lower ground and ground floor level with associated internal and external alterations, together with construction of a three-storey rear extension to provide six 1-bedroom self-contained flats

    Decided Conditions New dwelling Extension 13 docs
  • 179-181 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF

    MC/25/1791 Submitted 5 Sep 2025 2m away

    89% historically approved · decision due ~12 Nov

    Part retrospective application for the change of use of retail to residential at lower ground and ground floor level with associated internal and external alterations, together with construction of a three-storey rear extension to provide six 1-bedroom self-contained flats

    Decided New dwelling Extension
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    MC/26/1622 Submitted 25 Aug 2026 2m away

    89% historically approved · decision due ~20 Oct

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    MC/26/1157 Submitted 18 Jun 2026 2m away

    89% historically approved · decision due ~27 Aug

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