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Waterworks Cottage Crutches Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DJ

20260907Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 September 2026

Council decision: Permitted

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

Proposal

Application for a non material amendment to planning permission reference number 20260345 to allow; Alteration of external materials to upper walls, from timber cladding to vertical tile hanging.

Received
9 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 21 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Waterworks Cottage Crutches Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DJ. Gravesham has handled 5,097 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

Application details

Postcode
ME3 7DJ
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Sharon Sahota

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.

Source: Gravesham

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