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Strood retail park plans given go ahead

Plans to redevelop Strood Retail Park have been approved despite council objection.

B&Q on Commercial Road, Rochester, is set to be replaced with three shops, a cafe and a 24-hour gym.

The retail development will have 336 parking spaces as well as 50 cycle spaces.

Work must begin within three years on the condition the landlord, Ropemaker Properties, contribute £15,000 towards a pedestrian crossing and £2,000 for menial traffic management.

At a planning meeting on Wednesday, Cllr Peter Hicks (Con) said: “This will become the only junction into the retail park.

“It is already busy and will be subject to further traffic with the development of the old civic centre.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .