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White House Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JH

20260158Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 20 August 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Redevelopment of barn (building 5) and reconstruction of adjoining building (building 8).

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 184 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at White House Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JH. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 192 days, 19 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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 7JH
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2026
Last date for comments
20 March 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026
Permission expires
20 August 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Logan House St Andrews Close Canterbury CT1 2RP

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Katherine Parkin
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
20 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14683989
Documents
38
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Gravesham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Feb

    Redevelopment of barn (building 5) and reconstruction of adjoining building (building 8).

    This applicationApprovedFull20260158
  2. 2026
    9 Feb

    Application for Listed Building Consent for the redevelopment of barn (building 5) including removal of roof…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside20260159

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