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Nelson Road Sports Ground Nelson Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EE

20250478Major Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 8 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for variation of condition 15 attached to planning permission reference number 20200001 for new sports facility comprising mixed sized football pitches, including artificial playing pitches, new clubhouse, play area, associated parking and lighting; to allow amendment to the floodlight times from 9 a.m. and 9.30 p.m. Monday to Friday; (b) 9 a.m. and 9.30 p.m. on Saturday; and (c) 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday and Bank or Public Holidays to 9 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. Monday to Friday; (b) 9 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. on Saturday; and (c) 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday and Bank or Public Holidays.

Received
14 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
24
Ward
Coldharbour And Perry Street
  1. Received14 May
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target13 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Nelson Road Sports Ground Nelson Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EE. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Coldharbour And Perry Street. We hold 1,415 applications in total for the DA11 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
DA11 7EE
Application type
Major Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2025
Consultation expiry
22 August 2025
Consultation start
16 July 2025
Consultation end
6 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
16 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2025
Last date for comments
22 August 2025
Target decision date
13 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Ubique Architects 5 Ashley Road Gillingham ME8 6TT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Lucy Hankin
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
22 August 2025
Site notice start
24 July 2025
Site notice end
14 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14016509
Documents
25
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    15 May

    Application for approval of condition 26 of planning permission reference number 20200001

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside20250482
  2. 2025
    14 May

    Application for variation of condition 15 attached to planning permission reference number 20200001

    This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)20250478

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