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2 Abbey Farm Cottages Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS

20231223Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 December 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for non-material amendment to planning permission reference number 20230219 relating to alteration of mansard roof on rear elevation, substitution of clerestory windows for Velux style roof lights built into the vaulted ceiling and alignment of the rearward projection of the North wall.

Received
1 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Abbey Farm Cottages Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS. Gravesham has handled 219 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Street, Higham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

79% of amendment 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 7LS
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2023
Target decision date
29 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12641860
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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