Planning application
Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for Listed Building Consent; opening of helical stair lining to allow structural investigation.
As published by the council, reference 20260546
Application record
- Reference
- 20260546
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 26 May 2026
- Validated
- 28 May 2026
- Decided
- 5 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Higham And Shorne
- Parish
- Higham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME3 7PA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Gravesham register
This site has had 8 applications since 2024: 7 approved, 0 refused.
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20260609 Granted
Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Application for the approval of condition 3 attached to planning reference number 20260278 relating to a sample of the red 'rubber' brick.
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20260308 Granted
Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Application for the partial approval of condition 3 (3. Repairs to garden walls) and (5. Gardener's Cottage Chimney) attached to planning reference number 20230281.
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20260279 Withdrawn
Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Application for Listed Building Consent; Part demolition of eastern boundary wall and erection of a timber fence.
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20260278 Granted
Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Application for Listed Building Consent; Demolition of western parapet wall.
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20250863 Granted
Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Retention of the Hewlett Pavilion and ancillary buildings on a permanent basis with associated external alterations.
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20250370 Granted
Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Application for Listed Building Consent; removal of floorboards to examine the floor joists. The floorboards will be replaced once investigations have been carried out.
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20240889 Granted
Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Application for the approval of condition 3.2 and 4.2 attached to planning reference number 20230281 relating to cupola repairs.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 May 2026
Received by Gravesham
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28 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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5 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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7 Aug 2026
Status changed to Application Permitted
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 20260279 (Application Withdrawn)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Gravesham granted permission on 5 August 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 heritage and listed building applications
Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.
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