The Old Vicarage Lees Court Road Sheldwich Kent ME13 0LU Data via plota.co.uk

26/502586/FULL - Full Awaiting decision

Change of use Extensions & alterations Solar & renewables Commercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of outbuilding to holiday accommodation including erection of a single storey rear extension, erection of single storey side extension to existing garage with study accommodation in loft space, installation of solar panels to roof of main dwelling and replacement windows and doors. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Sept 2026, 11:04

Application progress

✓

Received

8 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

5 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 25 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 23 Sept 2026, from Swale's recent changes of use. The consultation period closed on 26 Aug 2026.

Documents 5

Plans & drawings 1

PDF CIL Form 1 Section 106 / CIL Document · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF . Kent Police Consultee Comment · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SBL Parish Council Parish Comments · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF . Environmental Protection Consultee Comment · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Kent Downs National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Sheldwich conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

5 listed buildings within 150 m; Priority habitat 21 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Swale
Application type: Full
Postcode: ME13 0LU
Received: 8 Jul 2026
Validated: 8 Jul 2026
Ward: Boughton And Courtenay
Parish: Sheldwich
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Anthony Swaine Architecture Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 67, past the statutory target. 73% of changes of use in Swale are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 7 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 11 Sept 2026.

predicted

Day 6711 days past the 56-day target

47%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

32decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Swale in the last twelve months, from validation. Swale decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15040023
Comments by: 26 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 5 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Outline Application with all matters reserved for the creation of four self-build plots o…

22/500831/OUT 4 May 2022

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Tree in Conservation Area notification to remove 2 Leylandii.

17/505807/TCA 15 Dec 2017

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Proposed Pitch Roof Garage, as amended by drawing P01 Revision A showing facing materials…

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Swale

Planning Authority Score

#263 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Swale is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #275 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 70% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Swale decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #143 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #120 of 296

37%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #275 of 296

70%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #286 of 296

72%

Minor dwellings approved

81 decided (1-9 homes)

84%

Major dwellings approved

25 decided (10+ homes)

95%

Change of use approved

22 decided

658

Total decisions

71 refused in the year to March 2026