Bennett And Brown 21 - 24 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AS
Proposal
Change of use of retail premises to a cafe with alterations to the existing shop front to provide a new entrance door and direct access from the street. Installation of an external flue to rear.
- Received
- 23 March 2026
- Decided
- 16 June 2026 · Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Ward
- Town
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- ReceivedReceived23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated22 Apr
- Consult.Consultation14 May
- TargetTarget Date17 Jun
- DecidedDecided16 Jun
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bennett And Brown 21 - 24 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AS. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type and approves 75% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Gravesham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Town. We hold 1,483 applications in total for the DA12 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202623 Jul
Application for approval of condition 4, 5, and 6 attached to planning permission reference number 20260309
PendingDischarge of conditions20260748 - 202623 Mar
Change of use of retail premises to a cafe with alterations to the existing shop front to provide a new…
This applicationApprovedFull20260309 - 202623 Mar
Consent to display advertisement(s); Installation of two illuminated fascia signs to front elevation.
ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside20260310
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Upper Windmill Street, Gravesend Conservation Area
- Brownfield land register: Former Lord Street Car ParkRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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 and heritage coasts.
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