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North Plot 24 Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent

20170539Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 August 2017

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for minor material amendment to planning permission reference no. 20040589 allowed on appeal reference no. APP/K2230/A05/1191438 for the demolition of existing dwelling and sub-division of site into 2 plots with separate vehicular access and erection of a detached two/three storey dwelling with detached double garage at the front, on the proposed northern-most plot; to allow the alterations to the front elevation of the property relating to a two storey gable and revised porch design (retrospective) and revised window arrangement at first floor level.

Received
18 May 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Higham
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target6 Sep
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at North Plot 24 Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 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
12 July 2017
Consultation expiry
8 August 2017
Consultation start
18 July 2017
Consultation end
8 August 2017
Neighbour consultation start
18 July 2017
Neighbour consultation end
8 August 2017
Last date for comments
8 August 2017
Target decision date
6 September 2017
Permission expires
16 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
32 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05911173
Documents
11
Constraints
11

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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

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