Golden Lion Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE Data via plota.co.uk

20260556 - Full Planning Application Approved
Commercial & major worksSchools, care & communityExtensions & alterationsCommercial premises

Proposal

Extension to The Lion public house garden and associated alterations to access arrangements to the adjacent winery and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 May 2026
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Consultation
1 Jun 2026
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Approved
13 Aug 2026

Approved on 13 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

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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Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
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.
National nature reserve about 144 m away: North Kent Woods and Downs
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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.
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 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
DA13 0XE
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Istead Rise, Cobham And Luddesdown
Parish
Luddesdown
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
13 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 25 days slower than Gravesham's median of 51 for extensions. Approved, as 76% of extensions here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
394decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14898480
Planning Portal ref
PP-14898480
Neighbours
1 Jun 2026
Consultation
1 Jun 2026
Comments by
2 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
11 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
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20250788
2025 Approved
Application for the approval of condition 4 (Hard Landscaping), condition 7A (Archaeologi…
20250788
2025 Approved
Erection of a rear and side extension and refurbishment of the Golden Lion pub including…
20250053
2025 Approved
Erection of a rear and side extension and refurbishment of the Golden Lion pub including…
20250053
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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Demolition of the existing outbuilding at the front of the dwellinghouse and erection of…
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2024 Approved
Old Rectory Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Demolition of existing orangery and erection of a two storey side and rear infill extensi…
20240869
2024 Approved
Old Rectory Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Demolition of existing orangery and erection of a two storey side and rear infill extensi…
20240869
2023 Approved
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20231283
2023 Withdrawn
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20230656
2020
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Application for Listed Building Consent to install a Fire Alarm System.
20200102
2017 Approved
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20170911
2016 Approved
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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