Planning application
Land To The Left Eternal Lake Nature Reserve, South Of Higham Road And East Of Buckland Road Buckland Road Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7RT
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Outline application with some matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for construction of up to 100 residential dwellings including affordable housing with provision of vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from Higham Road, public open spaces, sustainable urban drainage systems, landscaping, infrastructure and earthworks.
As published by the council, reference MC/26/0194
Application record
- Reference
- MC/26/0194
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refusal
- Received
- 5 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 7 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Strood Rural
- Parish
- Cliffe And Cliffe Woods
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- ME3 7RT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Feb 2026
Received by Medway
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Status changed to Registered
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7 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Refusal
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10 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Rejected.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
62 documents on file for this application
- CASE OFFICER REPORT
- OUTLINE REFUSAL
- HRA AA DOC MEDWAY
- CONSTRUCTION AND COMMERCIAL NOISE ASSESSMENT
- REFUSE VEHICLE SPA
- VEHICLES PASSING AT CHURCH STREET BUILD OUT
- VEHICLES PASSING AT POTENTIAL EASTERN BUILD OUT
- POTENTIAL SITE ACCESS
- SWEPT PATHS AT SALT LANE JUNCTION
- VEHICLES PASSING AT EASTERN BUILD OUT
- LWB DELIVERY SPA
- PANTECHNICON SPA
- EMERGENCY VEHICLE SPA
- VEHICLES PASSING AT BUILD OUT
- REFUSE VEHICLE SPA
- PROPOSED OFF SITE WORKS
- PROPOSED SITE ACCESS
- UPDATE COVER LETTER
- UPDATE HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- UPDATE AIR QUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TECHNICAL NOTE. ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- TECHNICAL ECOLOGY NOTE
- REDACTED
- AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION AND SOIL RESOURCES
- AIR QUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
- BAT ACTIVITY SURVEY REPORT
- BREEDING BIRD SURVEY
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- LIGHTING ASSESSMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- REPTILE SURVEY REPORT
- UAS RGB AND LIDAR LANDSCAPE SURVEY
- WINTERING BIRD SURVEY REPORT
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- ECIA
- HRA
- BUILT HERITAGE REPORT (AMENDED 20TH JAN)
- PHASE 1 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - MAIN REPORT
- PHASE 1 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - APPENDIX 1
- PHASE 1 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - APPENDIX 2
- PHASE 1 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - APPENDIX 3
- PHASE 1 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - APPENDIX 4
- PHASE 2 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - MAIN REPORT
- PHASE 2 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - APPENDIX 1
- PHASE 2 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - APPENDIX 2
- PHASE 2 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION - APPENDIX 3
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- RESIDENTIAL TRAVEL PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE ACCESS
- REFUSE VEHICLE SPA
- PARAMETER PLAN
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN
- HIGHAM ROAD CLIFFE BNG ISSUE2
- BUCKLAND CLIFFE.BNG METRIC JAN.ISSUE2
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- COVERING LETTER - JANUARY 2026
- CONSTRUCTION NOISE ASSESSMENT
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