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15 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AS

20241122Proposed Lawful Development CertificateApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 January 2025

Council decision: Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate in respect of a loft extension including hip to dormer extension, rear dormer and roof lights with alterations to ground floor with Bi-fold door and roof lights.

Received
10 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 15 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AS. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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.

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 7AS
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2024
Target decision date
4 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Fruit Fields Drive Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 8XU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13607089
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
11

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

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© 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.

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Source: Gravesham

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