Planning appeal decision
1 Huntingfield Road, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0EY
Planning appeal 3314445 at 1 Huntingfield Road, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0EY (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 March 2023 by Inspector Kemmann-Lane T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The relationship of the proposed first floor side extension to the existing dwelling and whether it would conserve and enhance the character of the existing house and the surroundings.
the erection of first floor side extension including dormer extension in rear roof slope
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Kemmann-Lane T
- Postcode
- DA13 0EY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The relationship of the proposed first floor side extension to the existing dwelling and whether it would conserve and enhance the character of the existing house and the surroundings
What decided it
The proposed first floor side extension would produce an excessively large, dominating and unbalancing addition that fails to conserve and enhance the character of the existing house and immediate area, contrary to current design policy objectives.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Gravesham Householder Extensions/Alterations Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Document (2021)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 126
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Gravesham
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Allowed26 October 20266014077282 Lower Higham Road, Gravesend, DA12 2NR
- Allowed15 October 20266007106Blackthorn Farm, Wrotham Road, Culverstone Green, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0QW
- Dismissed24 September 2026601162126 St Johns Road, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7BZ
- Dismissed1 September 202660056037 Hornfield Cottages, David Street, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0BU
- Allowed20 August 20263361359Parsonage Farm, The Street, Cobham, Kent, DA12 3DG
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®