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Office 4 1 Waterman House Lord Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AW

20260085Proposed Lawful Development CertificatePermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Change of use of office space to be used as admin. office for private hire mini cab business.

Received
23 January 2026
Decided
14 May 2026 · Certificate Granted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Town
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
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  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Gravesham76% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application for a change of use at Office 4 1 Waterman House Lord Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AW. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type and approves 74% of them, typically deciding them in 53 days. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Gravesham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Town. We hold 1,483 applications in total for the DA12 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
20260085
Address
Office 4 1 Waterman House Lord Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AW
Postcode
DA12 1AW
Local Authority
Gravesham
Application Type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Certificate Granted
Ward
Town
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
23 January 2026
Target Decision Date
14 May 2026
Date Decided
14 May 2026
Date Validated
19 March 2026
Date Submitted
23 January 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Certificate Granted
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14643222
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
14
Coordinates
51.440083, 0.369485
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Gravesham

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Upper Windmill Street, Gravesend Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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 2026-10-09. 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.

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