Kimberly Clark Ltd Northfleet Mill Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AD Data via plota.co.uk

20260806 - Non-Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission reference number to allow limited repositioning and reconfiguration of plant, equipment and buildings, the addition and removal of certain associated infrastructure, dimensional adjustments to selected components, and small changes to the site infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Aug 2026
✓
Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1878 m away: Lower Thames Crossing; Inside the Northfleet built-up area.
Not affected
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.

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Important details

Council
Gravesham
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
DA11 9AD
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Northfleet And Springhead
Parish
Non-Parish Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15146820
Planning Portal ref
PP-15146820
Statutory expiry
8 Sept 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