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Waterworks House School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JL

20160099Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 May 2016

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing workshop and garage to a one bedroom annex ancillary to the main dwelling.

Received
2 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Higham
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Waterworks House School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JL. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 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 Higham. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 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
ME3 7JL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2016
Consultation expiry
6 May 2016
Consultation start
11 April 2016
Consultation end
2 May 2016
Neighbour consultation start
11 April 2016
Neighbour consultation end
2 May 2016
Last date for comments
6 May 2016
Target decision date
12 May 2016
Permission expires
12 May 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 April 2016
Site notice end
6 May 2016

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Gravesham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    8 Mar

    Application for removal of condition 4 attached to planning permission reference no. 20160099

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)20210284
  2. 2016
    2 Feb

    Conversion of existing workshop and garage to a one bedroom annex ancillary to the main dwelling.

    This applicationApprovedFull20160099

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