Graham Simpkin Planning

Graham Simpkin Planning Helping clients to navigate the planning system & deliver successful development solutions since 1986

Helping clients to navigate the planning system and deliver successful development and architectural solutions since 1986

Graham Simpkin Planning (GSP) has won an appeal on behalf of their clients in Gravesham that now means that details of h...
31/07/2026

Graham Simpkin Planning (GSP) has won an appeal on behalf of their clients in Gravesham that now means that details of hard surfacing and external lighting are not required pursuant to an earlier planning permission to convert a building to offices. The decision also means that the business can use the site 8am to 6pm weekdays instead of 9am to 5pm.

The Inspector fully endorsed GSP's case, which will save their clients thousands of pounds by not having to make additional technical submissions.

For more information on this decision, or if you are considering an appeal against conditions of a planning permission please contact us:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

Graham Simpkin Planning's community project for Stone Town Council at Stone Recreation Ground, as approved by Dartford B...
16/07/2026

Graham Simpkin Planning's community project for Stone Town Council at Stone Recreation Ground, as approved by Dartford Borough Council, was recently commended by the judges at the Royal Town Planning Institute's South East annual awards dinner.

Congratulations to all involved!

For more information on this project, or if you have your own project in mind, please contact our planners and architects today:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

06/07/2026

Another batch of great decisions for Graham Simpkin Planning and our clients throughout June, covering Dartford, Sevenoaks, Gravesham, Maidstone, Greenwich and Bromley.

For more information on any of these projects or if you have a planning or architectural project in mind, please contact us:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

17/06/2026

Continuing Graham Simpkin Planning's decision review of what was a very busy couple of months, our clients were able to welcome the following permissions:

✅ Agricultural building for washing and grading, Southfleet, Dartford Borough Council
✅ Barn building for storage and stables, Shorne, Gravesham Borough Council
✅ Building to store packaging materials, Higham, Gravesham Borough Council
✅ Demolition and er****on of a building for commercial or storage use, West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks District Council
✅ Single storey side extension, Cowden, Sevenoaks District Council
✅ Rendering of walls in a National Landscape, Sevenoaks District Council
✅ Use of land for 4 No. mobile homes, Newington, Swale Borough Council
✅ Mixed use of land for residential and commercial storage, Addington, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

For more information on any of these projects, please contact us:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

Graham Simpkin Planning has been successful in seeking to quash a client's enforcement notice served by the London Borou...
09/06/2026

Graham Simpkin Planning has been successful in seeking to quash a client's enforcement notice served by the London Borough of Bromley (the Council) on a site that employs 70 people.

After a one-day hearing, the Planning Inspector made clear that he was not satisfied that the identified site, nor the breach of planning identified in the notice accurately reflected the circumstances on site.

This was the third notice served and a further failed attempt to enforce against employment uses, which the Council's own needs assessement identifies as being appropriate for expansion. Only letters of support were received. This follows last month's costs award in connection with the second notice that the Council decided to withdraw after the deadline for evidence. The occupiers of the land are to claim costs from the Council in the region of £10,000.

For more information on this case, or if you require any assistance with enforcement matters, please contact us:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

03/06/2026

Graham Simpkin Planning's decision review of April and May comprises a mix of equine, commercial and housing developments.

Our team of planners and architects helped obtain the following planning permissions:

✅ Public house and two apartments, Green Street Green, Dartford Borough Council
✅ New buildings and use of land for a landscape contractor in Southfleet, Dartford Borough Council, having to relocate from Gravesham due to the Lower Thames Crossing
✅ Er****on of a detached bungalow, Gravesend, Gravesham Borough Council
✅ Stable building, paddock and sand school, Shorne, Gravesham Borough Council
✅ Subdivision of property to form 2 dwellings, Kemsing, Sevenoaks District Council

For more information on any of these projects, please contact us:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, Graham Simpkin Planning has been shortlisted fo...
21/05/2026

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, Graham Simpkin Planning has been shortlisted for an award at the RTPI South East Awards.

The ceremony brings together planners from across the region for an evening celebrating the best projects, consultancies, and local authorities.

Now into our 40th year, we're excited to be shortlisted for best project for our work alongside Stone Town Council at Stone Recreation Ground that has since delivered a stunning new cafe and community building (Lizzies Café & Lounge Bar), a pump track, a flagship playground, outdoor gym, a Multi Use Games Area, running track, climbing apparatus, memorial garden and outdoor performance area, not forgetting the planting of a new meadow and 167 trees.

Graham Simpkin Planning worked on the masterplan and hybrid planning application. The project was funded by Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) receipts from Dartford Borough Council and Stone Town Council to the value of £4.3 million. It has been delivered in advance of the first occupations of an adjacent major allocated housing site for 700 homes.

Wish us luck for the 9th July!

02/04/2026

Graham Simpkin Planning's decision review of March comprises a mix of domestic, agricultural and residential developments, including:

✅ Lawful development certificate for proposed two storey rear extension, Headcorn Road, Maidstone Borough Council
✅ Appeal allowed for conversion of existing stable building to a dwelling, Green Street Green, Dartford Borough Council
✅ Er****on of a 1,600 sqm extension to an existing cold store / packhouse / distribution building, Town Road, Gravesham Borough Council

For more information on any of these projects, please contact us:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

Graham Simpkin Planning has had further success for a client at appeal for windfall housing within a brownfield site in ...
11/03/2026

Graham Simpkin Planning has had further success for a client at appeal for windfall housing within a brownfield site in Dartford Borough Council's Green Belt.

The appeal proposal involved the conversion of an existing building to a dwelling on what was agreed by the parties to be previously developed land.

The Inspector noted that whilst the cluster of dwellings and commercial uses along a 'B' classified highway was not served by any shops or essential services that nevertheless, the existing dwellings were an indication of a residential community and that a small contribution would be made to social sustainability and support of services in nearby settlements. Taking account of this and being on a bus route that links to nearby settlements, the Inspector concluded that, contrary to the Council's view, the site was not isolated within the countryside.

The Inspector also accepted Graham Simpkin Planning's arguments that there was no evidence to support removing permitted development rights from the proposed dwelling.

For more information on this project, or if you've had a recent refusal that we may be able to assist with, please contact us:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

06/03/2026

Graham Simpkin Planning's decision review of February comprises a mix of leisure, commercial, agricultural and residential developments:

✅ Change of use of existing buildings to offices with associated external alterations, Green Street Green, Dartford Borough Council
✅ Change of use of existing building to a gym with associated external alterations, Green Street Green, Dartford Borough Council
✅ Change of use from assisted living (Use Class C2) to HMO (Sui Generis), Gillingham, Medway Council
✅ Permission in principle for demolition of dwelling & er****on of up to 3 dwellings, Otford, Sevenoaks District Council
✅ Variation to allow polytunnels to be covered all year round, Horton Kirby, Sevenoaks District Council

For more information on any of these projects, please contact us:
📞 01474 703705
✉️ [email protected]
🌎 www.gsplanning.uk

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