Stable Cottage Steeles Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QD Data via plota.co.uk

20260716 - Householder Planning Application Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Replacement of outbuilding to form residential annex. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jul 2026
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Validated
12 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
1 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 1 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 7

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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Public footpath about 24 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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; Inside the Meopham built-up area; Priority habitat about 30 m away: Traditional orchard; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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
Householder Planning Application
Postcode
DA13 0QD
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Ward
Meopham North
Parish
Meopham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
1 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Prime Folio

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, about the council's usual 51 days. Refused, as 24% of extensions here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
392decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15077042
Planning Portal ref
PP-15077042
Neighbours
18 Aug 2026
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
Comments by
14 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
24 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Refused
Erection of detached garage in rear garden.
20161066
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Beaumont Steeles Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QD
Installation of a second heat pump to the property.
20230801
2020 Approved
Bramley Steeles Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QD
Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension and extension of…
20201255
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