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Land To The East Of Woodfield Shaw Oakenden Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent

20230151Prior Agricultural and ForestryApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 15 March 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for a determination as to whether prior approval is required for the erection of a birds of prey tower for agricultural purposes.

Received
16 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land To The East Of Woodfield Shaw Oakenden Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent. Gravesham has handled 75 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown.

80% of all 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
Prior Agricultural and Forestry
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Luddesdown

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2023
Consultation expiry
14 March 2023
Consultation start
21 February 2023
Consultation end
14 March 2023
Last date for comments
14 March 2023
Target decision date
16 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11938153
Documents
13
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Gravesham
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • National nature reserve: North Kent Woods and Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, 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.

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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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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