Universal Food Centre 4 - 5 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RE
Refused on 27 May 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of solar panel on roof slopes.
- Received
- 11 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Town
- ReceivedReceived11 Apr
- ValidatedValidated11 Apr
- Consult.Consultation14 May
- TargetTarget Date6 Jun
- DecidedDecided27 May
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Universal Food Centre 4 - 5 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RE. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the King Street, Gravesend conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Town. 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DA12 2RE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Non-Parish Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 23 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 22 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 23 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 6 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 93 Cotmandene Crescent Orpington Kent BR5 2RA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 May 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 May 2025
- Site notice start
- 1 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 22 May 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13930239
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: King Street, Gravesend Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202511 Apr
Application for approval of conditions 3,5 and 6 attached to planning permission reference number 20240471
RefusedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside20250361 - 202511 Apr
Installation of solar panel on roof slopes.
This applicationRefusedFull20250362
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20256 Jun
Application for approval of conditions 3, 5 and 6 attached to planning permission reference number 20240471
ApprovedDischarge of conditions20250567 - 20254 Feb
Application for the part approval of conditions 3,5 and 6 attached to planning reference number 20240471
RefusedDischarge of conditions20250096 - 202424 May
Alterations to the front entrance door on ground floor and rear dormers along with internal alterations above…
ApprovedFull Planning Application20240471 - 20242 Feb
Formation of 2 x 1 bedroom self contained flats and 2 x studio flats along with first floor rear extension…
RefusedFull Planning Application20240094
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- Universal Food Centre 4 - 5 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RE20250096 · ConditionsRefused0.0 mi
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- Mbc Building Services LtdGravesend0.2 mi
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