Walnut Hill Nursery Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL

20250864Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)13 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Retrospective change of use of main frontage building to Class E (g)(i) office use with associated hard surfacing to create additional parking space.

Received: 1 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 12
Council: Gravesham Borough Council
Ward: Istead Rise, Cobham And Luddesdown

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated1 Sep
Consult.Consultation15 Dec
TargetTarget Date27 Oct
DecidedDecided16 Jan

Decided in 137 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Walnut Hill Nursery Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Istead Rise, Cobham And Luddesdown. We hold 1,320 applications in total for the DA13 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: DA13 9HL
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 15 December 2025
Consultation start: 28 November 2025
Consultation end: 15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 17 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 8 October 2025
Last date for comments: 19 December 2025
Target decision date: 27 October 2025
Permission expires: 16 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Architect profile: GRAHAM SIMPKIN PLANNING LIMITED
Agent address: 2 The Parade Ash Road Hartley Longfield Kent DA3 8BG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal history

6008224

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 July 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: granted

Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14284288
Documents: 41
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: TPO_2000_001Part of the site
Green belt: Gravesham
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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