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50 School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JF

20250723Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 10 September 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for the conversion of an existing outbuilding to be used for additional living space.

Received
17 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 50 School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JF. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
ME3 7JF
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2025
Consultation expiry
12 August 2025
Consultation start
22 July 2025
Consultation end
12 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
22 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
12 August 2025
Last date for comments
12 August 2025
Target decision date
16 September 2025
Permission expires
10 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
12

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    20 Mar

    Installation of a vehicle crossover and hardstanding.

    ApprovedHouseholder20240254

Source: Gravesham

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