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Land North Of High View School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HP

20260223Outline Major ApplicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Outline application with all/some matters reserved for the development of up to 50 residential dwellings (including affordable housing), vehicular access road from School Lane, internal roads, car parking, landscaping, public open space, and other associated works and infrastructure. All matters to be reserved with the exception of the main site access.

Received
26 February 2026
Decision due
28 May 2026
Public comments
254 · last counted 30 October 2026
Ward
Higham And Shorne
Agent
DHA Planning Ltd
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 September.

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of High View School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HP. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7HP
Application type
Outline Major Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
50
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 September 2026
Consultation start
18 August 2026
Consultation end
2 September 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
DHA Planning Ltd
Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME143EN

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Lisa Fisher
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
3 April 2026
Site notice start
11 March 2026
Site notice end
3 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14731380
Documents
341
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Source: Gravesham

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