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Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA

20200132Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 April 2020

Council decision: Granted Temporary PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of existing temporary portacabin for a period of three years or until Phase II of the current approved master plan for the site is completed.

Received
7 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Higham
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 13 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 7PA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2020
Consultation expiry
27 March 2020
Consultation start
10 February 2020
Consultation end
9 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
2 March 2020
Last date for comments
27 March 2020
Target decision date
6 April 2020
Permission expires
6 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 March 2020
Site notice end
27 March 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08487884
Documents
12
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade I: Gadshill PlaceOn this site
  • Green belt: Gravesham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Jun

    Application for the approval of condition 3 attached to planning reference number 20260278

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20260609
  2. 2026
    28 May

    Application for Listed Building Consent; opening of helical stair lining to allow structural investigation.

    ApprovedListed building consent20260546
  3. 2026
    23 Mar

    Application for the partial approval of condition 3 (3. Repairs to garden walls) and (5. Gardener's Cottage…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20260308
  4. 2026
    11 Mar

    Application for Listed Building Consent; Demolition of western parapet wall.

    ApprovedListed building consent20260278
  5. 2026
    11 Mar

    Application for Listed Building Consent; Part demolition of eastern boundary wall and erection of a timber…

    WithdrawnListed building consent20260279
  6. 2025
    1 Sep

    Retention of the Hewlett Pavilion and ancillary buildings on a permanent basis with associated external…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application20250863

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