Planning application
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Britannia Metal Refinery And Premises Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
KCC Consultation GR/23/376/RC. Application under Regulation 3 of the Town & Country Planning General Regulations 1992 - Non-material amendment to planning permission GR/23/376 to allow for modification to the permitted extraction equipment and stack height and to facilitate the installation of a sampling port for emissions testing, as required by the facility's Environment Agency (EA) permit.
As published by the council, reference 20251266
Application record
- Reference
- 20251266
- Type
- Kent County Council Application
- Status
- Observations Sent
- Decision
- No Objections
- Received
- 11 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 11 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 15 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Northfleet And Springhead
- Parish
- Non-Parish Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- DA11 9BG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Gravesham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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20240294 Decided
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Britannia Metal Refinery And Premises Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
KCC Consultation GR/23/376/RVARA - Application under Regulation 3 of the Town & Country Planning General Regulations 1992 - Details of an Archaeological Investigation (Condition 3), a Construction Environmental Management Plan (Condition 4), and a request to carry out piling between March and August (condition 17) pursuant to planning permission GR/23/376 for an enclosed electronic waste (E-Scrap) transfer facility.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Dec 2025
Received by Gravesham
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15 Dec 2025
Decision issued: No Objections
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Gravesham granted permission on 15 December 2025, 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 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.
Nearby applications
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Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
KCC Consultation - Development of an enclosed electronic waste (E-Scrap) transfer facility, involving shredding, sampling, sorting, and bulking up of electronic waste streams for onward transportation to recycling/management facilities. The proposed development includes the demolition of existing buildings, construction of a new steel framed waste transfer building, firewater storage tank and associated plant, dust extraction unit, office and staff welfare building, new areas of concrete hard standing and footways, upgrade to site drainage, construction of a re-aligned access point off Manor Way and retention of vehicular access to the adjacent wharf.
Decided Other Demolition 3 docs -
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
KCC Consultation GR/23/376/RA - Non-material amendment to planning application GR/23/376 to amend the approved dust extraction equipment, personnel doors/roll-up doors/translucent panels/emergency ladder, welfare building and footways.
Decided Other 2 docs -
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
KCC Consultation GR/23/376/R23 - Details of a scheme of external lighting pursuant to Condition 23 of planning permission GR/23/376 for an enclosed electronic waste (E-Scrap) transfer facility.
Decided Other 3 docs -
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
KCC Consultation GR/23/376/RB - Non-material amendment to planning permission GR/23/376 to amend the dimensions and height of the firewater tank and to modify the size and design of the adjacent pump house.
Decided Other 2 docs -
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
KCC Consultation GR/23/376/R11&R22 - Details of external construction materials pursuant to Condition 11 and a Dust Management Plan (DMP) pursuant to Condition 22 of planning permission GR/23/376 for an enclosed electronic waste (E-Scrap) transfer facility.
Decided Other 3 docs -
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
KCC Consultation GR/23/376/R3&R21- Details of a Geoarchaeological post-excavation assessment (Condition 3), and a Verification Report relating to the surface water drainage system (Condition 21) pursuant to planning permission GR/23/376 for an enclosed electronic waste (E-Scrap) transfer facility.
Decided Other 1 doc
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20260106 Granted
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20260055 Granted
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KCC Consultation GR/25/328/R10 part - Details of Archaeological field evaluation works (with a specialist Palaeolithic component) in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation and timetable pursuant to Condition 10 of planning permission GR/25/328 (in part).