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Smith Farm Forge Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DP

20130608Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 23 September 2013

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of the solar panels on farm buildings

Received
9 July 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Smith Farm Forge Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DP. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown. We hold 1,496 applications in total for the DA12 postcode area.

74% of full applications at Gravesham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DA12 3DP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shorne

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2013
Consultation expiry
13 September 2013
Consultation start
8 August 2013
Consultation end
29 August 2013
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2013
Neighbour consultation end
29 August 2013
Last date for comments
13 September 2013
Target decision date
24 September 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 August 2013
Site notice end
13 September 2013

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shorne Village Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Little St Katherine'SOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Gravesham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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