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24 St Johns Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BZ

20170870Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 November 2017

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Re-organisation of ground floor to enable loft conversion; erection of side and rear extension (to integrate garage for motorcycle, and kitchen and utility provision) and chalet style one-and a half storey rear extension; loft conversion including front and rear facing dormers and installation of Velux windows over staircase and to bathrooms.

Received
11 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Higham
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 24 St Johns Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BZ. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 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 7BZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2017
Consultation expiry
1 November 2017
Consultation start
18 October 2017
Consultation end
1 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
18 October 2017
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2017
Last date for comments
1 November 2017
Target decision date
11 October 2017
Permission expires
3 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 1 The Joiners Shop Main Gate Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Kent ME4 4TZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 August 2017
Site notice end
15 September 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06302517
Documents
18
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: GraveshamNext to the site
  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    11 Jan

    Application for a minor material amendment to planning permission reference no. 20170870

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationRelated20190033
  2. 2017
    11 Aug

    Re-organisation of ground floor to enable loft conversion; erection of side and rear extension (to integrate…

    This applicationApprovedFull20170870

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