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Overhead Power Lines Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent

20150895Overhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 2 October 2015

Council decision: No Objections - SentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Repositioning of one wooden pole and replacement of two spans of open wire overhead line with overhead ABC cable.

Received
1 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Overhead Power Lines Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent. Gravesham has handled 75 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Higham.

80% of all 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
Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2015
Consultation expiry
2 October 2015
Consultation start
11 September 2015
Consultation end
2 October 2015
Last date for comments
2 October 2015
Target decision date
27 October 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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