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54 Ruffets Wood Gravesend Kent DA12 5JQ

20230557Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 18 October 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a dropped kerb for vehicular access to the front of the property.

Received
25 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Singlewell
  1. Received25 May
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided18 Oct

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 54 Ruffets Wood Gravesend Kent DA12 5JQ. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 13 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Singlewell. 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 5JQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2023
Consultation expiry
22 September 2023
Consultation start
11 August 2023
Consultation end
4 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 September 2023
Last date for comments
22 September 2023
Target decision date
6 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
22 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12174107
Documents
11
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO_1979_007Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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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