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Bowling Green Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2QU

20221328Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 January 2024

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Demolition of existing bowls pavilion and erection of a 4-storey building to provide a 62-unit Use Class C2 retirement living complex, with a new access from Ellerslie, a new emergency access off Ellerslie, parking, landscaping and associated works.

Received
15 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
56
Ward
Central
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 389 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bowling Green Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2QU. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 393 days, 48 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. 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 2QU
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2022
Consultation expiry
8 November 2023
Consultation start
10 January 2023
Consultation end
31 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
24 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
8 November 2023
Last date for comments
8 November 2023
Target decision date
20 March 2023
Permission expires
12 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Eclipse House, Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Alison Webster
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
6 October 2023
Site notice start
18 October 2023
Site notice end
8 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11628674
Documents
89
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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