East Court Manor East Court Farm Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL Data via plota.co.uk

20260919 - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Conversion of cart shed to a dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Sept 2026
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Consultation
21 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 10 Nov 2026, from Gravesham's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 23 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 8

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 infrastructure project about 289 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 289 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: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 2; Ramsar wetland about 434 m away: Thames Estuary & Marshes; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; SSSI about 434 m away: South Thames Estuary and Marshes SSSI.
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.

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Important details

Council
Gravesham
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
DA12 2NL
Received
15 Sept 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Ward
Chalk
Parish
Non-Parish Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tim Ellis, Tim Ellis Conservation Architect

Decision outlook

Day 43 of the 56-day target. Gravesham usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 4313 days to the 56-day target
61%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
50decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15219612
Planning Portal ref
PP-15219612
Neighbours
21 Sept 2026
Consultation
21 Sept 2026
Comments by
23 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
2 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Application for the approval of condition 3 attached to planning reference number 2024050…
20250456
2025 Approved
Application for the approval of condition 3 attached to planning reference number 2024050…
20250456
2025 Approved
Application for the approval of condition 3 (Joinery) attached to planning reference numb…
20250377
2025 Approved
Application for the approval of condition 3 (Joinery) attached to planning reference numb…
20250377
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
East Court Manor Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Application for approval of conditions 3, 4, 5 and 7 attached to listed building referenc…
20230746
2018 Approved
13 Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Application for variation of condition 1 attached to planning permission reference no. 20…
20181042
2018 Approved
13 Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Application for variation of condition 1 attached to planning permission reference no. 20…
20181042
2019 Approved
24 Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
**REVISED PLANS** Erection of a two storey side extension.
20190798
2019 Approved
24 Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
**REVISED PLANS** Erection of a two storey side extension.
20190798
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