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Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA

20260546Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent; opening of helical stair lining to allow structural investigation.

Received
26 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA. Gravesham has handled 143 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 13 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.

80% of heritage 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 7PA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 May 2026
Consultation expiry
27 July 2026
Consultation start
29 June 2026
Consultation end
27 July 2026
Last date for comments
27 July 2026
Target decision date
23 July 2026
Permission expires
5 August 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 June 2026
Advertisement expiry
10 July 2026
Site notice start
18 June 2026
Site notice end
9 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
12
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.

Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Jun

    Application for the approval of condition 3 attached to planning reference number 20260278

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20260609
  2. 2026
    23 Mar

    Application for the partial approval of condition 3 (3. Repairs to garden walls) and (5. Gardener's Cottage…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20260308
  3. 2026
    11 Mar

    Application for Listed Building Consent; Demolition of western parapet wall.

    ApprovedListed building consent20260278
  4. 2026
    11 Mar

    Application for Listed Building Consent; Part demolition of eastern boundary wall and erection of a timber…

    WithdrawnListed building consent20260279
  5. 2025
    1 Sep

    Retention of the Hewlett Pavilion and ancillary buildings on a permanent basis with associated external…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application20250863
  6. 2025
    21 May

    Installation of a proposed polycarbonate roof canopy over outdoor seating area.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application20250506

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