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20250842 - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent for retention of three one bedroom flats. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Aug 2025
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Consultation
21 Oct 2025
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Approved
8 Dec 2025

Approved on 8 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Nov 2026

Site constraints 9

Harmer 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 ↗
Air quality management area: Gravesham A226 One-way system AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 2-48, Harmer Street, Grade II, about 35 m from the postcode pin · 17 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 17 with distances
Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project about 986 m away: Tilbury2
The site is about 986 m from the project boundary. Harbour, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Lower Thames Crossing (decided, about 1155 m); Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant (decided, about 1671 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
Scheduled monument about 159 m away: New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, including Milton Chantry; Radon affected area, class 2; Tree preservation order about 17 m away: 8, 10, 16 and 18 Harmer Street, Gravesend; Inside the Gravesend built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 November 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
Listed Building Consent
Received
22 Aug 2025
Validated
22 Aug 2025
Ward
Town
Parish
Non-Parish Area
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Dec 2025
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
8 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 108 days from validation, 39 days slower than Gravesham's median of 69 for listed building works. Approved, as 70% of listed building works here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
7%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14273054
Planning Portal ref
PP-14273054
Consultation
21 Oct 2025
Comments by
11 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
5 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
17 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Gravesham
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#180 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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