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Walnut Hill Nursery Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL

20240607Prior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed; conversion of a building to a commercial use Class E, of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R.

Received
8 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
72
Ward
Istead Rise, Cobham And Luddesdown
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Walnut Hill Nursery Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Istead Rise, Cobham And Luddesdown. We hold 1,320 applications in total for the DA13 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
DA13 9HL
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2024
Consultation expiry
7 August 2024
Consultation start
17 July 2024
Consultation end
7 August 2024
Last date for comments
7 August 2024
Target decision date
2 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 The Parade Ash Road Hartley Longfield DA3 8BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13216185
Documents
88
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO_2000_001Part of the site
  • Green belt: Gravesham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 Oct

    Change of use of land and buildings to storage Use Class B8.

    PendingApplication20261038
  2. 2026
    3 Sep

    Application for the approval of condition 4 (Soft Landscaping) attached to planning reference number 20250864.

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20260878
  3. 2026
    17 Apr

    Application for the approval of condition 2 (Travel Plan) attached to planning reference number 20250864.

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20260404
  4. 2026
    14 Apr

    Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Erection of a single storey rear extension.

    ApprovedProposed Lawful Development Certificate20260384
  5. 2025
    1 Sep

    Permission in Principle application; Erection of up to 9 dwellings and associated works.

    RefusedPermission in Principle20250876
  6. 2025
    1 Sep

    Retrospective change of use of main frontage building to Class E (g)(i) office use with associated hard…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application20250864

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