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Land Off Heron Hill Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent

20220106Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 4 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for change of use of land to Gypsy Traveller site with 3 pitches, each with space for stationing of a mobile home, utility block with associated hard standing for parking, with shared septic tank and space for associated storage of touring caravans and retention of works of woodland/scrub clearance and re-profiling and re-contouring on the site and retention of retaining structures.

Received
4 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
29
Ward
Meopham South & Vigo
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.5 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 390 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Off Heron Hill Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 515 days, 66 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 2 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
9 June 2022
Consultation expiry
22 July 2022
Consultation start
14 June 2022
Consultation end
5 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
14 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
5 July 2022
Last date for comments
22 July 2022
Target decision date
4 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Whitehall Drive Hartford Northwich CW8 1SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 July 2022
Site notice end
22 July 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
2024/00001/REF
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3336250
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 5 July 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11011145
Documents
30
Constraints
13

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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    8 Aug

    Application for approval of conditions 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19 attached to planning permission…

    PendingDischarge of conditions20250807
  2. 2022
    4 Feb

    Application for change of use of land to Gypsy Traveller site with 3 pitches, each with space for stationing…

    This applicationRefusedFull20220106

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