61 Smarts Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AG

20251015Proposed Lawful Development CertificateRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 November 2025

Council decision: Certificate RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; widening of existing dropped kerb.

Received: 7 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Gravesham Borough Council
Ward: Woodlands

ReceivedReceived7 Oct
ValidatedValidated15 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Dec
DecidedDecided27 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 61 Smarts Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AG. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Woodlands. We hold 1,496 applications in total for the DA12 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: DA12 5AG
Application type: Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 October 2025
Target decision date: 10 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14387487
Documents: 6
Constraints: 10

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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© 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.

Source: Gravesham

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