Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
Approved on 22 April 2026
Council decision: Permitted
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Proposal
Application for the partial approval of condition 4 Part B (Watching Brief Specification) attached to planning reference number 20251230.
- Received
- 6 March 2026
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Higham And Shorne
- ReceivedReceived6 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation30 Mar
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided22 Apr
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP. Gravesham has handled 355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Street, Higham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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.
92% of conditions 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 7LP
- Application type
- Discharge of Conditions
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Higham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 30 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 30 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mrs Lisa Fisher
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Church Street, Higham Conservation Area
- Green belt: Gravesham
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Gravesham
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