Waterworks House School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JL
Refused on 22 July 2021
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for removal of condition 4 attached to planning permission reference no. 20160099 for the conversion of existing workshop and garage to a one bedroom annex ancillary to the main dwelling.
- Received
- 8 March 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Higham
- ReceivedReceived8 Mar
- ValidatedValidated8 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 Apr
- TargetTarget Date3 May
- DecidedDecided22 Jul
Decided in 136 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Waterworks House School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JL. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 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 7JL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Higham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 March 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2021
- Consultation start
- 12 March 2021
- Consultation end
- 2 April 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 March 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 March 2021
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2021
- Target decision date
- 3 May 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 March 2021
- Site notice end
- 9 April 2021
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 2022/00012/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal Dismissed
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09595727
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
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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Associated applications
- 20218 Mar
Application for removal of condition 4 attached to planning permission reference no. 20160099
This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)20210284 - 20162 Feb
Conversion of existing workshop and garage to a one bedroom annex ancillary to the main dwelling.
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart of20160099
Source: Gravesham
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