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Walnut Hill Nursery Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL

20250876Permission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 8 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in Principle application; Erection of up to 9 dwellings and associated works.

Received
1 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Ward
Istead Rise, Cobham And Luddesdown
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Walnut Hill Nursery Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker 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.

76% of outline 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
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Consultation expiry
3 October 2025
Consultation start
12 September 2025
Consultation end
3 October 2025
Last date for comments
3 October 2025
Target decision date
8 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 The Parade, Ash Road, Hartley, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
25
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.

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
    1 Sep

    Retrospective change of use of main frontage building to Class E (g)(i) office use with associated hard…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongside20250864
  2. 2025
    1 Sep

    Permission in Principle application; Erection of up to 9 dwellings and associated works.

    This applicationRefusedOutline20250876

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 Oct

    Change of use of land and buildings to storage Use Class B8.

    PendingApplication20261038
  2. 2026
    3 Sep

    Application for the approval of condition 4 (Soft Landscaping) attached to planning reference number 20250864.

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20260878
  3. 2026
    17 Apr

    Application for the approval of condition 2 (Travel Plan) attached to planning reference number 20250864.

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20260404
  4. 2026
    14 Apr

    Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Erection of a single storey rear extension.

    ApprovedProposed Lawful Development Certificate20260384
  5. 2024
    21 Nov

    Retrospective erection of a detached outbuilding.

    RefusedFull Planning Application20241055
  6. 2024
    21 Nov

    Retrospective erection of a front porch.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application20241054

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