Planning appeal decision
Rear Of Livingstone Road Stores 10 - 12 Livingstone Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5DZ
Planning appeal 3356229 at Rear Of Livingstone Road Stores 10 - 12 Livingstone Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5DZ (Gravesham Borough Council) was allowed on 19 March 2025 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary with particular regard to the living conditions of nearby occupiers and highway safety.
Installation of a storage unit situated behind a shop
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Miles H
- Postcode
- DA12 5DZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary with particular regard to the living conditions of nearby occupiers and highway safety
What decided it
No harm was identified to living conditions or highway safety, therefore the temporary time-limited condition was not reasonable and necessary and should be removed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS11Policy CS19Policy P3
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 2025
- Allowed15 October 20266007106Blackthorn Farm, Wrotham Road, Culverstone Green, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0QW
- Allowed22 July 20266008224Walnut Hill Nursery, Walnut Hill Road, Istead Rise, DA13 9HL
- Dismissed17 June 2026600518040 Cross Lane East, Gravesend, DA12 5HB
- Dismissed17 June 2026600314540 Cross Lane East, Gravesend, DA12 5HB
- Allowed10 March 2026600156278 Peacock Street, Gravesend, DA12 1EG
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.
®