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The Builders Yard Lower Range Road Gravesend Kent

20250262Major Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 August 2025

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee18 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for variation of condition 2 attached to planning permission reference number 20190520 for erection of three storey building to form 14no. two bedroom self-contained flats; to allow increase in building height, a new ramped and stepped approach to both principle entrances along with omitting private gardens to Units 2, 3, 4 & 5.

Received
20 March 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Denton
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Builders Yard Lower Range Road Gravesend Kent. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Denton.

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

Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
14
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2025
Consultation expiry
25 April 2025
Consultation start
25 March 2025
Consultation end
15 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
23 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 April 2025
Last date for comments
25 April 2025
Target decision date
19 June 2025
Committee meeting
30 July 2025
Permission expires
20 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Canterbury Innovation Centre University Road Canterbury CT2 7FG

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Alison Webster
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 April 2025
Advertisement expiry
25 April 2025
Site notice start
4 April 2025
Site notice end
25 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13821066
Documents
17
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: The Builders Yard Lower Range Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2QLRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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