49 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AH
Approved on 7 March 2025
Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a single storey rear/side extension with roof lantern. Reduction to car port along with replacement gates.
- Received
- 31 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Higham And Shorne
- ReceivedReceived31 Jan
- ValidatedValidated31 Jan
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date28 Mar
- DecidedDecided7 Mar
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a side extension at 49 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AH. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. 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.
74% of full 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 7AH
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Higham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 25 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 234-236 Broadway Bexleyheath DA6 8AS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13734544
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 12
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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