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Atbara Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EQ

20260169Proposed Lawful Development CertificateRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Certificate RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate Construction of a raised patio.

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Atbara Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EQ. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. 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.

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
ME3 7EQ
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Nina Goodbody
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14691882
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: GraveshamNext to the site
  • 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

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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.

© 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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