1 Lorenden Cottages Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN Data via plota.co.uk

26/502534/FULL - Full Approved
Utility infrastructure

Proposal

Installation of an air conditioning unit to the rear of the Garden Room. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jul 2026
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Consultation
4 Aug 2026
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Approved
8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Heritage Statement Heritage Statement · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Ospringe Parish Parish Comments · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Environmental Health Consultee Comment · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF Site Notice Planning Notice · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Advert in Paper - Kent Messenger Planning Notice · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Advert in Paper - Kent Messenger Planning Notice · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Advert in Paper - Medway Messenger Planning Notice · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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.
Whitehill 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 ↗
Public footpath 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 3a
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.
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 0EN
Received
3 Jul 2026
Validated
3 Jul 2026
Ward
East Downs
Parish
Ospringe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
8 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bespoke Orangeries & Conservatories Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 67 days from validation, 11 days slower than Swale's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
202decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Swale in the last twelve months, from validation. Swale decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15038800
Comments by
25 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
4 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
24/504877/FULL
2024 Approved
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
24/504877/FULL
2025 Approved
Conservation area notification to T1 - Sycamore Tree canopy reduction by 30% back to orig…
24/505243/TCA
2025 Approved
Conservation area notification to T1 - Sycamore Tree canopy reduction by 30% back to orig…
24/505243/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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Conservation area notification: Reduce height of one Lime tree (T1) from 25m to 17m. Redu…
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2025 Approved
Lorenden Place Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN
Conservation area notification: Reduce height of one Lime tree (T1) from 25m to 17m. Redu…
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2024 Approved
Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN
Conservation Area Notification: To remove/prune out all upper dead, snapped and declining…
24/503475/TCA
2024 Approved
Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN
Conservation Area Notification: To remove/prune out all upper dead, snapped and declining…
24/503475/TCA
2023 Approved
Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN
Submission of details to discharge conditions 3 (construction management plan) and 11 (se…
23/504140/SUB
2023 Approved
Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Faversham Kent ME13 0EN
Modification of Planning Obligation under section 2(i) of the S106 Agreement relating to…
23/502110/MOD106
2023 Approved
Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Faversham Kent ME13 0EN
Submission of details to discharge condition 7 (landscaping scheme) of planning applicati…
23/504260/SUB
2023 Approved
Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN
Erection of a single storey, self contained music building and an all weather sports pitc…
23/501650/FULL
2021 Approved
Lorenden Place Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Faversham Kent ME13 0EN
Conservation area notification: G1: To re-coppice 7 x Alder coppice stools. (approx. 30 s…
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2017 Approved
Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe ME13 0EN
Trees in Conservation Area Notification - Lime Tree (T25 shown on map submitted) needs to…
17/500089/TCA
2016 Approved
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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