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Cascades Leisure Centre Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LG

20260239Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee1 condition

Proposal

Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission reference number 20221293 to allow amendment to the description of development to Demolition of the existing Cascades Leisure Centre and public house and redevelopment of the site to provide a new leisure centre with community pool, leisure water, cafe, soft play, a six court sports hall, fitness suite, spin studio, 2 no. fitness studios, a new tennis/netball court, landscaping across the site and associated car parking.

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Riverview Park
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cascades Leisure Centre Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LG. Gravesham has handled 219 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Riverview Park. We hold 1,496 applications in total for the DA12 postcode area.

79% of amendment 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
DA12 4LG
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026
Committee meeting
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Alison Webster
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14637974
Comments
0
Documents
5
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
    3 Mar

    Application for variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans), condition 10 (Noise Assessment), condition 19…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside20260238
  2. 2026
    3 Mar

    Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission reference number 20221293

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendment20260239

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