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Land Adjacent To Acorn Villa & Ripley's View Hermitage Road Higham Rochester ME3 7ND

Refused Gravesham 20230264 Agricultural to Residential

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Approval application (Class Q) for the change of use and conversion of 1 No agricultural building to 1 no. residential dwellings.

As published by the council, reference 20230264

Application record

Reference
20230264
Type
Agricultural to Residential
Status
Pending Consideration
Decision
Refused
Received
20 Mar 2023
Validated
20 Mar 2023
Decided
1 Jun 2023
Ward
Higham
Parish
Higham
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
ME3 7ND

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Mar 2023

    Received by Gravesham

  2. 1 Jun 2023

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 12 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

12 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Gravesham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About less common application types

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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