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3 Kempthorne Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0TA

20260551Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 August 2026

Council decision: Permitted5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of Use from a retail shop to a takeaway and Installation of an extraction flue pipe on the side elevation.

Received
28 May 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Town
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.6 Jul
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3 Kempthorne Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0TA. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Town. We hold 1,417 applications in total for the DA11 postcode area.

74% of full 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
DA11 0TA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2026
Consultation expiry
17 July 2026
Consultation start
15 June 2026
Consultation end
6 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 July 2026
Last date for comments
17 July 2026
Target decision date
7 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
172 Blackfen Road Sidcup DA15 8PT

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Sharon Sahota
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 June 2026
Site notice end
17 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14963890
Documents
22
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: High Street & Queen Street, Gravesend Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: The Heritage Quarter Land Between West Street, Bath Street, Royal Pier Road And Queen Str…Register site at or near this address · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

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.

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