Land On Northern Side Of Canterbury Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW Data via plota.co.uk

26/503790/ADJ - Adjoining Authority Consultation Awaiting decision
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Adjoining authority consultation from Swale Borough Council to Maidstone Borough Council relating to application : Outline planning permission (access, layout and scale) for the erection of up to 31 new dwellings, new access onto Canterbury Lane, provision of footway and associated road widening, provision of open space and hard and soft landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 22 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Associated applications 2

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Site constraints 6

Public footpath about 16 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. 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: 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
Radon affected area, class 2; Ramsar wetland about 488 m away: Medway Estuary & Marshes; SSSI about 488 m away: Tower Hill to Cockham Wood SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Adjoining Authority Consultation
Postcode
ME8 8QW
Received
around 1 Oct 2026
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
Parish
Upchurch
Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
22 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Outline planning application (access, layout and scale sought) for the erection of up to…
MC/25/1672
2024
Outline planning application (access, layout and scale sought) for the erection of up to…
24/504435/OUT
2024
Outline planning application (access, layout and scale sought) for the erection of up to…
24/504435/OUT
2023 Refused
Outline application with some matters reserved (access, layout and scale sought) for the…
23/503028/OUT
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Refused
Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW
Demolition of 4no. former agricultural buildings and the erection of 2no. dwellings, with…
23/502680/FULL
2023 Withdrawn
Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Gillingham Kent ME8 8QW
Demolition of existing rear extension. Conversion of garage into habitable space with ext…
23/503692/FULL
2023 Withdrawn
Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW
Non Material Amendment to 23/501061/FULL: Removal of existing single storey side extensio…
23/503293/NMAMD
2023 Approved
Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed loft conversion, rear dormer and rooflight.
23/502472/LAWPRO
2023 Approved
Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW
Removal of existing single storey side extension. Erection of a pitched roof two storey s…
23/501061/FULL
2022 Approved
Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed erection of a single storey side extension th…
22/504538/LAWPRO
2022 Refused
Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Gillingham Kent ME8 8QW
Prior notification for a proposed single storey rear extension which: A) Extends by 8 met…
22/504560/PNEXT
2022 Approved
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Prior Notification for proposed demolition of utility room.
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Swale
Planning Authority Score
2.3/10
Poor
#263 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
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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