56a, High Street, Gravesend, DA11 0BB
About 56a
56a is a property in Gravesend (DA11 0BB).
Held since October 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include subdivision and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
No EPC on record
This property doesn't have an Energy Performance Certificate yet. An EPC is required to sell or let — and unlocks our automated valuation.
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Aug 2003SubdivisionFullIn report
**AMENDED DRAWINGS**Change of use of 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors of no. 55/55A into 3 self-contained two bedroom flats and a one bedroom self-contained flat; erection of an external staircase at the rear and verandah access to first floors of no. 55/55A and 56; use of 1st and 2nd floors of nos. 57 and 58 as 4 self-contained one bedroom flats involving the erection of a three storey extension at the rear to provide access stairs to first and second floors.Installation of new shopfronts and shop windows to the High Street and Jury Street elevations and demolition of part of the rear of the ground floor to no. 55/55A; installation of new shopfronts to nos. 57/58 in connection with its subdivision into 2 separate units; demolition of part of the building at the rear of nos. 56, 57 and 58 linking to no. 28 Princes Street and re-building of rear elevational wall.Rebuilding of part of the building at 28 Princes Street and erection of three storey side extension on the site of no. 26 Princes Street and three storey rear extension with dormer windows in two roof slopes to provide 4 one bedroom and 4 two bedroom self-contained flats at ground floor and first floor levels, 2 two bedroom self-contained flats and 2 one bedroom self-contained flats with gallerys, lightwells and loft spaces at 2nd and 3rd floor levels and a two bed self-contained flat in the proposed roof space at 3rd floor level.
- Documents
- 35 docs on file
- Reference
- 20030290
- Aug 2003DemolitionHeritageIn report
Application for Listed Building Consent for demolition of part of the rear of no. 55/55A and making good the brickwork, installation of new shopfronts on the Jury Street and High Street elevations, new shop windows and blocking up of a window on the Jury Street elevation of no. 55/55A. Demolition of rear part of building and rebuilding of the rear elevational wall incorporating new window and door openings and erection of 2 three storey rear extensions at nos. 56 and 57/58; subdivision of nos. 57/58 into separate retail units at ground floor level involving internal alterations and installation of two new shopfronts; internal alterations at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors of no. 55/55A and 1st and 2nd floors of nos. 56-58 in connection with their use as flats.Internal and elevational alterations to no. 28 Princes Street in connection with the conversion of the building incorporating the erection of three storey side extension on the site of no. 26 Princes Street and three storey rear extension to provide residential flats.
Listed- Documents
- 39 docs on file
- Reference
- 20030291
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Sales history & valuation
56a has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£40,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 October 1995Most recent
£40,000
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St George's Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Chantry Community Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB







