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4 - 5 Railway Place Gravesend Kent

20220248Commercial Business, Service use to ResiPermitted
Prior approval

Proposal

Application for a determination pursuant to Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as to whether Prior Approval is required in respect of the proposed change of use of the first and second floors(Class E Commercial and Business Service)s to 1 x two bedroom residential units (Class C3 (dwellinghouses)

Received
4 March 2022
Decided
20 May 2022 · Prior Approval Not Required
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pelham
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 52 days

This is a planning application for a change of use at 4 - 5 Railway Place Gravesend Kent. Gravesham has handled 5,047 applications of this type and approves 79% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Gravesham's median. The site is in the King Street, Gravesend conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Pelham.

Application Details

Reference
20220248
Address
4 - 5 Railway Place Gravesend Kent
Local Authority
Gravesham
Application Type
Commercial Business, Service use to Resi
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Ward
Pelham
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
93 Cotmandene Crescent Orpington Bromley BR5 2RA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
4 March 2022
Consultation Expiry
29 April 2022
Target Decision Date
24 May 2022
Date Decided
20 May 2022
Date Validated
29 March 2022
Date Submitted
4 March 2022
Consultation Start
1 April 2022
Consultation End
26 April 2022
Last Date for Comments
29 April 2022
Permission Expires
20 May 2027

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
8 April 2022
Site Notice End
29 April 2022

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
12
Coordinates
51.441315, 0.369030
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Gravesham

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: King Street, Gravesend Conservation Area
  • Brownfield land register: 24 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NPRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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