Planning application
Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of a detached garden building for use as a hobby room and garden storage.
As published by the council, reference 20251230
Application record
- Reference
- 20251230
- Type
- Householder Planning Application
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 3 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 3 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 28 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Higham And Shorne
- Parish
- Higham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME3 7LP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Gravesham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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20260838 Awaiting decision
Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
Application for the partial approval of condition 4 Part B and C (Watching Brief Specification) attached to planning reference number 20251230.
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20260256 Awaiting decision
Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
Application for the partial approval of condition 4 Part A (Watching Brief Specification) attached to planning reference number 20251230.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Dec 2025
Received by Gravesham
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28 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Gravesham granted permission on 28 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Application for the partial approval of condition 4 Part A (Watching Brief Specification) attached to planning reference number 20251230.
Awaiting decision -
Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
83% historically approved · decision due ~14 Oct
Application for the partial approval of condition 4 Part B and C (Watching Brief Specification) attached to planning reference number 20251230.
Awaiting decision -
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Awaiting decision -
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