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White House Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent

20160579Part 3 Q (a & b) Prior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 August 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for the proposed change of use of the existing agricultural buildings to a 4no. bedroom dwelling and associated operational development (Class Q(a) and (b) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the GPDO).

Received
6 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Higham
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at White House Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Higham.

76% of outline 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
Part 3 Q (a & b) Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2016
Consultation expiry
18 July 2016
Consultation start
21 June 2016
Consultation end
12 July 2016
Last date for comments
18 July 2016
Target decision date
1 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Exchange House Petworth West Sussex GU28 0BF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 June 2016
Site notice end
18 July 2016

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
27
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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