Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA

20160271Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 21 July 2016

Council decision: Granted Temporary PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Retention of the single storey building (Hewlett Pavilion) to the south of the walled kitchen garden to provide five classrooms, offices and storerooms for a temporary period of three years, or until the senior school element of the approved building programme is complete.

Received: 21 March 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Gravesham Borough Council
Ward: Higham

ReceivedReceived21 Mar
ValidatedValidated26 May
Consult.Consultation15 Jul
TargetTarget Date21 Jul
DecidedDecided21 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 9 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 13 other applications 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 7PA
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 May 2016
Consultation expiry: 15 July 2016
Consultation start: 8 July 2016
Consultation end: 15 July 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 8 July 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 15 July 2016
Last date for comments: 15 July 2016
Target decision date: 21 July 2016
Permission expires: 21 July 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 24 June 2016
Site notice end: 15 July 2016

Additional information

Documents: 22
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade I: Gadshill PlaceOn this site
Green belt: Gravesham
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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