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Land Adjacent To 55 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent

20140893Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 13 January 2015

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

** REVISED DRAWINGS **Demolition of existing garages and erection of detached two storey three bedroom dwelling with rooms in the roof space with provision of parking spaces in front garden.

Received
19 September 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Higham
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land Adjacent To 55 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Higham.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2014
Consultation expiry
30 December 2014
Consultation start
9 December 2014
Consultation end
30 December 2014
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2014
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2014
Last date for comments
30 December 2014
Target decision date
13 January 2015
Permission expires
13 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Delta House Laser Quay Culpepper Close Medway City Estate Rochester Kent ME2 4HU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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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