278 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NR
Approved on 11 July 2025
Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Formation of vehicular access on to 'C' classified road and provision of two off-street parking spaces in front garden with associated hard standing.
- Received
- 28 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Chalk
- ReceivedReceived28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated30 Apr
- Consult.Consultation23 May
- TargetTarget Date25 Jun
- DecidedDecided11 Jul
Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 278 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NR. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Chalk. 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 2NR
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Non-Parish Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 1 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 The Parade Ash Road Hartley Longfield Kent DA3 8BG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 14 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 4 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13939245
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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