Land South Of Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent Data via plota.co.uk

20260757 - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Erection of a 5-bed detached residential property, garage and associated pool house. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:48

Application progress

✓

Received

6 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

18 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 1 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 23 Oct 2026, from Gravesham's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 9 Sept 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

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.

Read the government guidance ↗

National infrastructure project about 204 m away: Lower Thames Crossing

The site is about 204 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.

National landscape about 49 m away: Kent Downs

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

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.

Also on the record

SSSI about 297 m away: Great Crabbles Wood SSSI; Inside the Shorne built-up area; Priority habitat about 16 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

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 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: 6 Aug 2026
Validated: 6 Aug 2026
Ward: Higham And Shorne
Parish: Shorne
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 64, past the statutory target. 73% of new homes in Gravesham are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 5 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 648 days past the 56-day target

50%decided within 8 weeks

57%approved

41decided in the last year

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

Public comments

14comments received

1 objecting13 supporting

93% support · above the UK average of 16%

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15088691
Planning Portal ref: PP-15088691
Neighbours: 14 Aug 2026
Consultation: 18 Aug 2026
Comments by: 9 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 1 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