Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent ME2 3UB Data via plota.co.uk

20260945 - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Siting of a forestry building within existing woodyard, and use of land for general storage (B8) on land to the south of Knights Place Farm, together with continued use of Yard 3 for Class B8 (Retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Sept 2026
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Consultation
5 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 16 Nov 2026 and 24 Nov 2026, from Gravesham's recent commercial premises.

Comments are open until 26 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 10

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 ↗
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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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.
National nature reserve about 181 m away: North Kent Woods and Downs
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
National infrastructure project about 452 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 452 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.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Knights Place Farmhouse, Grade II, about 45 m from the postcode pin
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.
Historic England ↗
SSSI about 181 m away: Cobham Woods SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Registered park or garden about 228 m away: Cobham Hall.
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
ME2 3UB
Received
22 Sept 2026
Validated
22 Sept 2026
Ward
Istead Rise, Cobham And Luddesdown
Parish
Cobham
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
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Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Gravesham usually decides commercial premises by day 56.

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target
58%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
7%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15105774
Planning Portal ref
PP-15105774
Neighbours
28 Sept 2026
Consultation
5 Oct 2026
Comments by
26 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Application for approval of conditions 3a,b,c,d,e and f attached to planning permission r…
20220826
2020 Approved
Application for Listed Building Consent for the conversion and alteration of existing sta…
20201238
2020 Approved
Conversion and alteration of existing stables to four holiday lets with associated car pa…
20201237
2020 Withdrawn
Listed Building Consent for conversion of existing stables to holiday accommodation with…
20200224
2020 Withdrawn
Conversion and alteration of existing stables to six holiday lets with associated car par…
20200223
2016 Approved
Retention of two storey building used as car port and store at ground floor with resident…
20160774
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
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Request under Section 106A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to modi…
20240853
2024 Approved
Oak Tree Cottage Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Rochester Kent ME2 3UB
Request under Section 106A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to modi…
20240853
2024 Approved
Annexe At Oak Tree Cottage Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent
Change of use of detached building currently used as a residential annexe to a separate r…
20240370
2024 Approved
Annexe At Oak Tree Cottage Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent
Change of use of detached building currently used as a residential annexe to a separate r…
20240370
2023 Approved
Knights Place Farm House Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent ME2 3UB
Application for an Existing Lawful Development Certificate in respect of continued use of…
20230780
2022 Approved
Knights Place Farm Knights Place Farm House Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent ME2 3UB
Application for approval of conditions 3 and 4a and 4b attached to planning permission re…
20220846
2016 Refused
Yard 3 Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent ME2 3UB
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate in respect of the continued use of land…
20161232
2016 Refused
Yard 2 Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent ME2 3UB
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate in respect of the continued use of land…
20161231
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

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