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56 Colyer Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AY

20230837Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 October 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse to a children's residential care home (Use Class C2b).

Received
8 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
15
Ward
Northfleet And Springhead
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 56 Colyer Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AY. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Northfleet And Springhead. We hold 1,415 applications in total for the DA11 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
DA11 8AY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2023
Consultation expiry
6 September 2023
Consultation start
15 August 2023
Consultation end
6 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 September 2023
Last date for comments
6 September 2023
Target decision date
10 October 2023
Permission expires
10 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12359521
Documents
13
Constraints
10

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    19 Jun

    Application for approval of condition 4 and 5 attached to planning permission reference number 20230837

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20240552
  2. 2023
    8 Aug

    Change of use from dwellinghouse to a children's residential care home (Use Class C2b).

    This applicationApprovedFull20230837

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