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Bower Cottage Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AX

20220155Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 24 May 2022

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single storey side extension to the South West elevation, two storey side extension to the North East elevation, together with internal and external alterations including conversion of the basement into habitatable room, structural reinforcement of the unretained clay faced wall within basement, removal and replacement of windows, replacement of modern brickwork with matching bricks in lime mortar, repointing of the brickwork in lime mortar, and changing the use of shower room to utility room. .

Received
14 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at Bower Cottage Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AX. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown. We hold 1,496 applications in total for the DA12 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
DA12 3AX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cobham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2022
Consultation expiry
6 May 2022
Consultation start
11 April 2022
Consultation end
5 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start
11 April 2022
Neighbour consultation end
2 May 2022
Last date for comments
6 May 2022
Target decision date
11 April 2022
Permission expires
24 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Bastion Tower 16 Pound Lane Canterbury CT1 2BZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 April 2022
Site notice end
6 May 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11020123
Documents
15
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Bower CottageOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO_1995_002Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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.

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