Planning application
179-181 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF
Works: New dwelling Extension
Relates to MC/25/1791
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference MC/26/0121
Application record
- Reference
- MC/26/0121
- Type
- Discharge Condition
- Status
- Conditions
- Decision
- Granted As published: Discharge of Conditions
- Received
- 26 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 26 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 20 Apr 2026
- 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: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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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
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MC/24/2086 Refused
179 -181 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF
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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jan 2026
Received by Medway
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20 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Conditions
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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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
Who's behind it
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Anthony Swaine Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Hythe
Active · incorporated 2011 · Hythe
59 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- REDACTED
- REPORT
- TIMETABLE OF WORKS
- EXISTING PARTIAL PLANS AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED PARTIAL PLANS AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED PARTIAL EXTRACT PLAN AND EXTRACT WEST STREET ELEVATION
- PROPOSED RAILING AND GATE DETAILS
- PROPOSED PARTIAL WEST STREET ELEVATIONS, BASEMENT PLANS AND INNER RAILING DETAIL
- JOINERY DETAILS - FIRST FLOOR SASH WINDOWS
- JOINERY DETAILS - ROUND HEADED GF SASH WINDOWS
- JOINERY DETAILS - SASH WINDOWS TO BASEMENT DETAILS
- JOINERY DETAILS - EXTERNAL DOORS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Medway granted permission on 20 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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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
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