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20260944 - Discharge of Conditions Pending Consideration
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Application for approval of condition 3, 5, 6, 7 and BNG Informative attached to planning permission reference number 20260026 relating to a Biodiversity Enhancement Plan (BEP), full details of any hard landscaping, a soft landscaping scheme, a detailed lighting plan and BNG Plan. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Sept 2026
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Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 16 Nov 2026.

Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

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 1. 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; National infrastructure project about 1982 m away: Lower Thames Crossing; Green belt about 23 m away: London.
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
Discharge of Conditions
Postcode
ME3 8ER
Received
21 Sept 2026
Validated
21 Sept 2026
Ward
Higham And Shorne
Parish
Higham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
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Public comments

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Last counted 5 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15234650
Planning Portal ref
PP-15234650
Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Little Mockbeggar Town Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 8ER
Use of the land for the stationing of 4 x caravans for occupation by seasonal agricultura…
20200143
2019 Withdrawn
Little Mockbeggar Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EU
Application for approval of condition 9 attached to planning permission reference number…
20191294
2019 Withdrawn
Little Mockbeggar Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EU
Application for approval of condition 9 attached to planning permission reference number…
20191294
2019 Approved
Little Mockbeggar Farm Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EU
Application for approval of condition 3 attached to temporary planning permission referen…
20191053
2019 Approved
Little Mockbeggar Farm Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EU
Application for approval of condition 3 attached to temporary planning permission referen…
20191053
2019 Withdrawn
Little Mockbeggar Farm Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EU
Application for the removal of condition 9 attached to temporary planning permission refe…
20191054
2019 Withdrawn
Little Mockbeggar Farm Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EU
Application for the removal of condition 9 attached to temporary planning permission refe…
20191054
2019 Approved
Little Mockbeggar Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EU
Use of the land for the stationing of 4 x caravans for occupation by seasonal agricultura…
20190385
2019 Approved
Little Mockbeggar Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EU
Use of the land for the stationing of 4 x caravans for occupation by seasonal agricultura…
20190385
2018 Withdrawn
Land South Of Two Gates Hill Town Road Higham Gravesend Kent
Use of the land for the storage of x20 seasonal agricultural workers caravans during the…
20181125
2018 Withdrawn
Land South Of Two Gates Hill Town Road Higham Gravesend Kent
Use of the land for the storage of x20 seasonal agricultural workers caravans during the…
20181125
2018 Withdrawn
Land South Of Two Gates Hill Town Road Higham Gravesend Kent
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed use of land for the stati…
20181130
2018 Withdrawn
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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
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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