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Abbey Farm Barn Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS

20260568Prior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 July 2026

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed; Change of use of an agricultural building into five holiday let accommodation units, of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R.

Received
2 June 2026
Public comments
6
Ward
Not Available
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Abbey Farm Barn Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS. Gravesham has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Street, Higham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the ME3 postcode area.

76% of outline 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 7LS
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Consultation expiry
24 June 2026
Consultation start
2 June 2026
Consultation end
24 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 June 2026
Last date for comments
24 June 2026
Target decision date
28 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
12-18 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8SL

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Alison Webster
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14975628
Documents
13
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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.

Source: Gravesham

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