Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swale Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
63 approved · 11 refused · 3 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 2 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Borden Lane Sittingbourne Kent
Received Not publishedDreambark Cottage Bexon Lane Bredgar Kent ME9 8HB
Received Not publishedLand At Cambridge Crescent Maidstone Kent ME15 7NJ
Received Not published3 Gills Terrace Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 7UY
Received Not publishedHome Farm Staplehurst Road Marden Kent TN12 9BU
Received Not publishedPriority House Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 9PH
Received Not publishedNightingale Farm Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6EX
Received Not publishedStallance Farm Rectory Lane Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3BT
Received Not publishedGore Farm, Gore Farmhouse Chaffes Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7BE
Received Not publishedGore Farm, Gore Farmhouse Chaffes Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7BE
Received Not published3 Kings Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9QT
Received Not publishedGlebe House Badlesmere Lees Badlesmere Kent ME13 0NX
Received Not publishedHartlip Stables Cox Street Hartlip Kent ME9 7UX
Received Not publishedKent Medical Campus And Newnham Court Shopping Village Newnham Court Way Weavering Kent ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedAbbey Gate Grain Store Abbey Farm Boarley Lane Sandling Kent ME14 3BT
Received Not publishedHill Cottage Dully Hill Doddington Sittingbourne Kent ME9 0BY
Received Not publishedLand Adjoining The Wishful Thinkers PH Lenham Heath Road Sandway Kent ME17 2HY
Received Not publishedWalnut Tree House Walnut Tree Lane Otterden Kent ME13 0DB
Received Not publishedSnakesbury Cottage Iwade Road Newington Kent ME9 7JY
Received Not published1 Old Pond Cottage Howland Road Marden Kent TN12 9HA
Received Not published55 Maryland Drive Barming Kent ME16 9EA
Received Not published120A East Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4RX
Received Not publishedPilgrims Garth Pilgrims Way Hollingbourne Kent ME17 1UT
Received Not publishedBorden Hall Wises Lane Borden Kent ME9 8LP
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Swale Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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