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St Josephs Convent Of Mercy Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY

20241161Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 9 July 2025

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of surplus convent buildings into two 6-bedroom townhouses, demolition of existing single-storey extensions to the west and construction of a 2-bedroom attached chalet bungalow, reorganisation of the convent car park and alterations to create a front entrance, erection of two single-storey bays to the rear elevation, dividing up the existing garden, and forming a new driveway to access the gardens to the rear.

Received
23 December 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
21
Ward
Whitehill And Windmill Hill
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at St Josephs Convent Of Mercy Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 20 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Whitehill And Windmill Hill. We hold 1,496 applications in total for the DA12 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
DA12 1NY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2025
Consultation expiry
6 February 2025
Consultation start
16 January 2025
Consultation end
6 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
16 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 February 2025
Last date for comments
6 February 2025
Target decision date
11 March 2025
Permission expires
9 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Great Lines Studios Marlborough Road Gillingham Kent ME7 5HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13645295
Documents
73
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. 2026
    8 Sep

    Application for variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) attached to planning permission reference number…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)20260903
  2. 2024
    23 Dec

    Change of use of surplus convent buildings into two 6-bedroom townhouses, demolition of existing…

    This applicationApprovedFull20241161

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