North West Store Standard Quay Faversham Kent ME13 7BS Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Erection of a two storey wellbeing centre, following fire demolition of the previous butcher's shop and workshop/retail/office building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Feb 2026
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Consultation
27 Feb 2026
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Approved
8 Jun 2026

Approved on 8 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 37

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 15

Grade II listed: Warehouse About 15 Metres North West of Provender Mill (Gilletts Limited)
List entry 1260981 · The pin is inside its outline · 13 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 12 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Faversham - Faversham Town 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 11 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.
Whitstable to Iwade 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Special protection area 164 m away: The Swale
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Scheduled monument 109 m away: The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villa
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 164 m away: The Swale SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; National infrastructure project 1722 m away: Cleve Hill Solar Park; Flood defence 21 m away (engineered high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Faversham built-up area; Priority habitat 21 m away: Mudflats; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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
Full
Postcode
ME13 7BS
Received
13 Feb 2026
Validated
13 Feb 2026
Ward
Abbey
Parish
Faversham Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
8 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
ABA Designs Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 115 days from validation, 59 days slower than Swale's median of 56 for demolitions. Approved, as 93% of demolitions here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
80decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14586026
Planning Portal ref
PP-14586026
Comments by
21 May 2026
Site or press notice
27 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
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
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

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