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Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP

20251230Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a detached garden building for use as a hobby room and garden storage.

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Church Street, Higham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.

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 7LP
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
9 January 2026
Consultation start
9 December 2025
Consultation end
2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 January 2026
Target decision date
28 January 2026
Permission expires
28 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
163 Brompton Farm Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3RH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Lisa Fisher
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
9 January 2026
Site notice start
18 December 2025
Site notice end
9 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14511034
Documents
18
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Church Street, Higham Conservation Area
  • Green belt: Gravesham
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

Source: Gravesham

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