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Land At Heron Hill Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent

20180163Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 7 December 2018

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a material change of use of land to a Gypsy Traveller site with 5 pitches each with space for stationing of a static caravan, touring caravan and utility block, with associated hard standing, gabion retaining wall and shared package sewage treatment plant.

Received
19 February 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
149
Ward
Meopham South & Vigo
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 247 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At Heron Hill Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 291 days, 34 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

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
Meopham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2018
Consultation expiry
11 May 2018
Consultation start
12 April 2018
Consultation end
3 May 2018
Neighbour consultation start
11 April 2018
Neighbour consultation end
2 May 2018
Last date for comments
11 May 2018
Target decision date
30 May 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Whithall Drive Hartford Northwich CW8 1SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 April 2018
Site notice end
11 May 2018

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06754351
Documents
32
Constraints
15

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

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