Mill House Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7ND

20250603Listed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 5 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent; Demolition of rear sun room and erection of a single storey rear extension with roof light.

Received: 17 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Gravesham Borough Council
Ward: Higham And Shorne

ReceivedReceived17 Jun
ValidatedValidated17 Jun
Consult.Consultation14 Jul
TargetTarget Date12 Aug
DecidedDecided5 Dec

Decided in 171 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Mill House Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7ND. Gravesham has handled 143 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 16 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications 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.

80% of heritage 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 7ND
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 25 July 2025
Consultation start: 23 June 2025
Consultation end: 14 July 2025
Last date for comments: 25 July 2025
Target decision date: 12 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: North House 198 High Street Tonbridge TN9 1BE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 July 2025
Advertisement expiry: 25 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14101970
Documents: 13
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Higham Mill (Including Mill House, Granary and Cottage)On this site
Green belt: Gravesham
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Associated applications

2025
17 Jun
Demolition of rear sun room and erection of a single storey rear extension with roof light.
RefusedHouseholderFiled alongside20250602
2025
17 Jun
Application for Listed Building Consent; Demolition of rear sun room and erection of a single storey rear…
This applicationRefusedListed building consent20250603

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Gravesham

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