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20260696 - Full Planning Application Approved
AgriculturalChange of useCommercial & major worksSolar & renewablesCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of the existing livestock building to create x5 light industrial (Use Class Eg(iii) / storage (Use Class B8) units with x1 agricultural unit and installation of roof-mounted solar panels, along with the conversion of an existing agricultural unit in a building to the west of the site to a workshop (Use Class E). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jul 2026
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Validated
29 Jul 2026
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Consultation
29 Jul 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Front Garden Wall and Gate Piers to Pipes Place, Grade II, about 10 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 4 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.
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Historic England ↗
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 ↗
Shorne Village 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 371 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 371 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 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; SSSI about 472 m away: Shorne and Ashenbank Woods SSSI; Inside the Shorne built-up area; Priority habitat about 28 m away: Traditional orchard; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 17 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
Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
29 Jul 2026
Ward
Higham And Shorne
Parish
Shorne
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 6 days faster than Gravesham's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 67% of changes of use here are.

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

6comments received
6 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15003383
Planning Portal ref
PP-15003383
Neighbours
29 Jul 2026
Consultation
29 Jul 2026
Comments by
28 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
7 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Gravesham
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#180 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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