Cairo Lodge Butlers Hill Dargate Kent ME13 9HH Data via plota.co.uk

26/501843/FULL - Full Refused
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of existing bungalow to a holiday let (alternative scheme to extant permissions and ). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
14 May 2026
✓
Consultation
21 May 2026
✗
Refused
11 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 19

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Delegated Report Delegated Report · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Refused Decision · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 15

PDF . Kent Police Consultee Comment · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF . Kent Police Consultee Comment · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Economy and Regeneration Consultee Comment · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Economy and Regeneration Consultee Comment · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF . Environmental Protection Consultee Comment · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF . Hernhill Parish Council Consultee Comment · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comment Neighbour Comments · 15 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comments Neighbour Comments · 15 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comment Attachment Neighbour Comments · 15 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comment Neighbour Comments · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comment Neighbour Comments · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF . Hernhill Parish Council Consultee Comment · 29 May 2026 View ↗ PDF . Environmental Protection Consultee Comment · 20 May 2026 View ↗ PDF . Kent Police Consultee Comment · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Site Notice Photo Planning Notice · 21 May 2026 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 13 May 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 27 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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 9HH
Received
14 May 2026
Validated
14 May 2026
Ward
Boughton And Courtenay
Parish
Hernhill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Miriam Layton Architectural Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 120 days from validation, 60 days slower than Swale's median of 60 for changes of use. Refused, as 20% of changes of use here are.

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-14932699
Comments by
11 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
21 May 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of a three-bay timber frame garage with cats…
25/502717/FULL
2025 Approved
Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of a three-bay timber frame garage with cats…
25/502717/FULL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Cairo Lodge Butlers Hill Dargate Faversham Kent ME13 9HH
Demolition of existing bungalow. Conversion of an existing store/garage to a holiday let…
22/504625/FULL
2019 Refused
Land Adjoining Miles Cottages Butlers Hill Dargate Kent ME13 9HH
Erection of a pair of semi-detached 2 bed cottages (self-builds) together with associated…
19/504833/FULL
2019 Refused
Land Adjoining Miles Cottages Butlers Hill Dargate Kent ME13 9HH
Erection of a pair of semi-detached 2 bed cottages (self-builds) together with associated…
19/504833/FULL
2018 Approved
Cairo Lodge Butlers Hill Dargate Faversham Kent ME13 9HH
Conversion of detached store and garage to a self-contained holiday let.
18/506195/FULL
2018 Approved
Cairo Lodge Butlers Hill Dargate Faversham Kent ME13 9HH
Conversion of detached store and garage to a self-contained holiday let.
18/506195/FULL
2018 Refused
Barn Adjacent Brecondale And Newlands Butlers Hill Dargate ME13 9HH
Conversion of a disused barn into a residential dwelling.
18/505290/FULL
2018 Refused
Barn Adjacent Brecondale And Newlands Butlers Hill Dargate ME13 9HH
Conversion of a disused barn into a residential dwelling.
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2018 Refused
Oakleigh Butlers Hill Dargate ME13 9HH
Erection of a single storey rear extension to form annexe.
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2018 Refused
Oakleigh Butlers Hill Dargate ME13 9HH
Erection of a single storey rear extension to form annexe.
18/502490/FULL
2017 Approved
Cairo Lodge Butlers Hill Dargate ME13 9HH
Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 3: Sustainable construction techniques, & 4…
17/505939/SUB
2017 Approved
Cairo Lodge Butlers Hill Dargate Faversham Kent ME13 9HH
Erection of replacement dwelling with associated car parking and landscaping plus demolit…
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Swale
Planning Authority Score
2.3/10
Poor
#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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings