29 - 31 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BX Data via plota.co.uk

20260809 - Proposed Lawful Development Certificate Pending Consideration

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate; use of residential dwelling for a part time outdoor primary school age education group. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 16 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 68.

Site constraints 9

13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Old Post Office, Grade II, about 6 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade I, 11 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 13 with distances
Historic England ↗
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.
Cobham 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 ↗
National infrastructure project about 344 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 344 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; SSSI about 365 m away: Shorne and Ashenbank Woods SSSI; Inside the Cobham (Gravesham) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £500,000 in August 2020. Semi-detached house, freehold.

28 August 2020£500,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Gravesham
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Postcode
DA12 3BX
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Ward
Istead Rise, Cobham And Luddesdown
Parish
Cobham
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 68, past the statutory target. 84% of changes of use in Gravesham are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 20 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

Day 6812 days past 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.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15118674
Planning Portal ref
PP-15118674
Statutory expiry
16 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.