Whitehouse Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JG

20250334Telecommunication WorksApproved

Approved on 10 April 2025

Council decision: No Objection (TWORK)Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) - Regulation 5 Notice of the intention to install 3no. Antenna and ancillary radio equipment at existing monopole mast, 1no. GPS Module onto proposed gantry pole within compound, 1 no. replacement Equipment Cabinet within compound, ancillary development thereto.

Received: 1 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gravesham Borough Council
Ward: Higham And Shorne

ReceivedReceived1 Apr
ValidatedValidated1 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Apr
DecidedDecided10 Apr

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Whitehouse Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JG. Gravesham has handled 67 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 7 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.

84% of telecoms 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 7JG
Application type: Telecommunication Works
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 April 2025
Target decision date: 22 April 2025
Permission expires: 10 April 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 5
Constraints: 22

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: Gravesham
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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Source: Gravesham

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