St Andrews Gardens Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent Data via plota.co.uk

20260163 - Full Planning Application Approved
Commercial & major worksTrees & landscapingUtility infrastructure

Proposal

Groundworks to provide tiered seating, an extended level hardstanding area adjacent to the river and improved access; hard landscaping including areas of hard surfacing and seating, relocated and new steps and ramp; soft landscaping including terrace, ornamental, shrub, tree and hedge planting; and installation of lighting. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Feb 2026
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Validated
8 Apr 2026
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Consultation
5 May 2026
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Approved
12 Jun 2026

Approved on 12 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 12

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
High Street & Queen Street, Gravesend Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Grain to Woolwich about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument about 133 m away: Gravesend blockhouse
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project about 865 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 865 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Tilbury2 (decided, about 909 m); Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant (decided, about 1692 m).
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 ↗
Also on the record
21 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence about 10 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 1000 year flood); Air quality management area about 1 m away: Gravesham A226 One-way system AQMA; Priority habitat about 19 m away: Mudflats.
Not affected
Not green belt

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.

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Important details

Council
Gravesham
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
DA12 2EL
Received
10 Feb 2026
Validated
8 Apr 2026
Ward
Town
Parish
Non-Parish Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Jun 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
12 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Angela Warwick, Situ8 Planning Consultancy

How this decision compares

Decided in 65 days from validation, 28 days slower than Gravesham's median of 37 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
65decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Gravesham in the last twelve months, from validation. Gravesham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14657533
Planning Portal ref
PP-14657533
Neighbours
17 Feb 2026
Consultation
5 May 2026
Comments by
27 May 2026
Site or press notice
27 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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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