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Higham Post Office 2 Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DA

20221110Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 18 November 2022

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a side extension to the ground floor and rear extension to the first floor with additional roof lights in the loft and bedroom

Received
17 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Higham Post Office 2 Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DA. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wroxham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7DA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2022
Consultation expiry
8 November 2022
Consultation start
18 October 2022
Consultation end
8 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
18 October 2022
Neighbour consultation end
8 November 2022
Last date for comments
8 November 2022
Target decision date
20 December 2022
Permission expires
18 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Synergy Planning & Property Consultants Ltd The Office The Larches Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11618896
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: FirtreesOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Gravesham

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