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Swale Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swale Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
605Searchable applications
500Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 74 approved or refused records
11Refused applications

63 approved · 11 refused · 3 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas52 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas22 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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More application records

  1. Awaiting decision26/503214/TPOA

    TPO Application to reduce 1no. Whitebeam tree (T3) from Height 15m, 6m North, 2m East, 6m South and 6m West to Height 10m, 4m North, 2m East, 4m South and 4m West, subject to TPO No. 7 of 1972.

    8 Heathfield Road Penenden Heath Kent ME14 2AD

    Received Not published
  2. Awaiting decision26/503215/FULL

    Demolition of existing outbuilding and stables, provision of 3no. parking spaces. Erection of agricultural barn with associated yard and landscaping.

    Myrtle House Headcorn Road Grafty Green Kent ME17 2AR

    Received Not published
  3. Decided26/503216/TCA

    Conservation Area Notification: T1 Laurel - Fell, T2 & T3 Bay trees - reduce height from 6m to 4m and spread from 5m to 3m

    Knowle Cottage The Green Bearsted Kent ME14 4DN

    Received Not published
  4. Awaiting decision26/503217/SUB

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 16-(surface water drainage verification report) subject to 20/501631/FULL

    Moores Yard Crown Quay Lane Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3JN

    Received Not published
  5. Awaiting decision26/503219/SUB

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 4 (method statement), 5 (historic building recording), and 7 (scheme of repair and reinstatement), subject to application 26/501558/LBC.

    Coldbridge Farm Coldbridge Lane Egerton Kent TN27 9BP

    Received Not published
  6. Awaiting decision26/503220/SUB

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 36 - SuDs Verification Report, Subject to 18/503135/OUT

    Adjacent 145 Barton Hill Drive Minster-On-Sea Kent ME12 3LZ

    Received Not published
  7. Awaiting decision26/503221/FULL

    Change of use of land to residential use for Gypsy/Traveller with 2no plots 2no mobiles, 2no tourers and 2no dayrooms with associated works

    Plot 2A The Pheasantry Wardwell Lane Lower Halstow Kent ME9 7ER

    Received Not published
  8. Awaiting decision26/503222/MOD106

    Modification of Planning Obligation under Section 106 dated 23 November 2012 relating to MA/10/0256 to amend clause 4.2.4.1 to allow for 10% equity purchases of shared ownership units on initial sales, and amend the form of Nomination Agreement appended to the S106 agreement and replace it with two separate Nomination Agreements (one for afforable rent and one for shared ownership).

    Land Off Farleigh Hill Tovil Kent

    Received Not published
  9. Awaiting decision26/503223/MOD106

    Modification of Planning Obligation under Section 106 dated 19 December 2017 relating to 16/508643/FULL, to amend the definitions of chargee and receiver in schedule 3, and alterations to paragraph 5.1.1 to remove the Mortgagee Provisions.

    9-35 (odd), Nova Avenue And 2-6 (even) Smedley Road Faversham Kent ME13 8FS

    Received Not published
  10. Awaiting decision26/503224/FULL

    Garage conversion into a habitable space.

    Audley End Cripple Street Maidstone Kent ME15 6BA

    Received Not published
  11. Awaiting decision26/503225/TPOA

    TPO application to reduce one Magnolia (T1) to give 2m clearance of building.

    Springfield House Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2LP

    Received Not published
  12. Awaiting decision26/503226/LBC

    Listed building consent to retain the replaced entrance door to the flat as installed.

    First Floor Flat 80A High Street Milton Regis Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2AN

    Received Not published
  13. Awaiting decision26/503228/SUB

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 7-(Waste Management Plan) subject to 23/504552/FULL

    Former Royal Mail Sorting Office Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ

    Received Not published
  14. Awaiting decision26/503229/SUB

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 8-(Construction Management Plan) subject to 23/504552/FULL

    Former Royal Mail Sorting Office Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ

    Received Not published
  15. Awaiting decision26/503230/SUB

    Submission of detals pursuant to condition 10-(method statement/risk assessment) subject to 23/504552/FULL

    Former Royal Mail Sorting Office Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ

    Received Not published
  16. Awaiting decision26/503231/SUB

    Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 4 (existing landscaping scheme), 5 (landscape and ecological management plan), 6 (biodiversity enhancement scheme) and 7 (Precautionary Great Crested Newts (GCN) Mitigation Strategy) Subject to 20/504914/FULL.

    Land North Of Longend Lane Collier Street Marden Tonbridge Kent TN12 9SE

    Received Not published
  17. Awaiting decision26/503234/FULL

    Change of use of the land for the stationing of three static homes and three touring caravans for use as a single Gypsy / Traveller site. Formation of hardstanding and associated soft landscaping (Retrospective)

    Land West Of Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6AZ

    Received Not published
  18. Awaiting decision26/503236/LBC

    Listed Building Consent for replacement of front elevation windows (Part Retrospective).

    16 Gabriels Hill Maidstone Kent ME15 6JG

    Received Not published
  19. Awaiting decision26/503237/FULL

    Conversion of garage into habitable accommodation ancillary to the main dwelling, included the erection of a single storey front extension to garage and a porch canopy over new entrance door.

    37 Sevington Park Maidstone Kent ME15 9SB

    Received Not published
  20. Awaiting decision26/503243/FULL

    Section 73 - Application for Variation of Condition 25 (practicality of implementing the new access) pursuant to 23/503997/FULL for Change of use of land to residential. Erection of 2no. detached cottages, 1no. detached dwelling with outside pool and conversion of Cattle Barn to pool house. Conversion of dovecote to ancillary residential outbuilding. Restoration works to Grade II listed Slype and Dovecote and restoration of the historic landscape including repair of 2 ragstone walls. Demolition of 2no. modern barns. New vehicular access to Lower Street, parking and other associated works (resubmission of 22/502610/FULL).

    Abbey Farm Lower Street Leeds Kent ME17 1TL

    Received Not published
  21. Awaiting decision26/503244/ADV

    Advertisement Consent for non-illuminated 5 x wall mounted fascia signs, 3 x freestanding wayinding post signs.

    Sheppey Leisure Complex Broadway Sheerness Kent ME12 1HH

    Received Not published
  22. Awaiting decision26/503248/SUB

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 11-(surface water drainage system Verification report) 12-(details of any external vents/flues, cabling and/or pipework) subject to 25/501705/FULL

    Highsted School For Girls Highsted Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PT

    Received Not published
  23. Awaiting decision26/503249/FULL

    Subdivision of existing residential plot and demolition of existing attached garage and shed, to facilitate the erection of a detached three bedroom single-storey flat roof dwelling with associated hardstanding, and extension of existing vehicular access.

    15 Court Drive Maidstone Kent ME16 0JJ

    Received Not published
  24. Awaiting decision26/503250/LAWPRO

    Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed siting of 1no. mobile home within the residential curtilage of the dwelling for the duration of internal building works (two years).

    Pond Cottage Darman Lane Laddingford Kent TN12 6PN

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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.

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