23 Villa Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BS
Refused on 9 October 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval application for a single storey rear extension with a depth of 5.93 metres, maximum height of 3.00 metres and eaves height of 2.60 metres.
- Received
- 4 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Higham And Shorne
- Agent
- Synergy Planning & Property Consultants Ltd
- ReceivedReceived4 Sep
- ValidatedValidated4 Sep
- Consult.Consultation25 Sep
- TargetTarget Date16 Oct
- DecidedDecided9 Oct
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 23 Villa Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BS. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Higham And Shorne. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 postcode area.
76% of outline 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 7BS
- Application type
- Prior Approval Extensions
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Higham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 25 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 25 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 16 October 2023
- Permission expires
- 9 October 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Synergy Planning & Property Consultants Ltd
- Agent address
- Synergy The Office, The Larches Higham Rochester ME3 7NQ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Gravesham
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- Synergy Planning & Property Consultants Ltd · Agent for this application
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