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20260907 - Non-Material Amendment Approved
Extensions & alterations

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. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Sept 2026
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Approved
30 Sept 2026

Approved on 30 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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SSSI about 34 m away: Great Crabbles Wood SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
National infrastructure project about 613 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 613 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Traditional orchards
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Priority habitat about 10 m away: Traditional orchard; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £500,000 in August 2023. Detached house, freehold.

18 August 2023£500,000One of 2 sales recorded that day
18 August 2023£20,000Other property. Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 2 sales recorded that day

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Gravesham
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
ME3 7DJ
Received
9 Sept 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Ward
Higham And Shorne
Parish
Higham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
30 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 30 days faster than Gravesham's median of 51 for extensions. Approved, as 76% of extensions here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
399decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Gravesham in the last twelve months, from validation. Gravesham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15207887
Planning Portal ref
PP-15207887
Statutory expiry
7 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
Erection of a two storey side and rear extension with rear balcony. Erection of a single…
20250517
2025 Refused
Erection of a two storey side and rear extension with rear balcony. Erection of a single…
20250517
Gravesham
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#180 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Gravesham ranks #104 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Gravesham is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 78% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Gravesham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
75%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #287 of 296
78%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #286 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #104 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #110 of 296
58%
Minor dwellings approved
64 decided (1-9 homes)
50%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
34 decided
619
Total decisions
156 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.