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3 Whitehouse Farm Oast School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JH

20180015Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 14 March 2018

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a detached shed/storage building at the side of the dwelling.

Received
8 January 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Higham
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 3 Whitehouse Farm Oast School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JH. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 4 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 7JH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2018
Consultation expiry
21 February 2018
Consultation start
31 January 2018
Consultation end
21 February 2018
Neighbour consultation start
23 January 2018
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2018
Last date for comments
21 February 2018
Target decision date
14 March 2018

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 January 2018
Site notice end
15 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06644570
Documents
17
Constraints
11

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

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

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Gravesham

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