Sedgemoor House Stables Holywell Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7HN Data via plota.co.uk

25/503427/FULL - Full Awaiting decision

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of former menage area (sand school) for operation of scaffolding yard. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 3 Sept 2025
Decision
Target date was 29 Oct 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 420.

Documents 11

Statements & assessments 4

PDF KCC Flood And Water Management Consultee Comment · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Lower Medway Internal Drainage Board Consultee Comment · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Kent Biodiversity Gain Statement Biodiversity Report · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 14 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF . Upchurch Parish Council Consultee Comment · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF KCC Minerals and Waste Consultee Comment · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Health and Safety Executive Consultee Comment · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Upchurch Parish Council Parish Comments · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

IMG View from PROW ZR23(3) Photographs · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 12 October 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
ME9 7HN
Received
around 3 Sept 2025
Validated
3 Sept 2025
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
Parish
Upchurch
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tetlow King Planning

Decision outlook

Day 420, past the statutory target. 88% of full applications in Swale are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 20 Oct 2026.

Day 420364 days past the 56-day target
65%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
422decided 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-14132318
Planning Portal ref
PP-14132318
Statutory expiry
29 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved
School Cottage Holywell Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7HN
Removal of the existing single storey rear conservatory and the erection of a single stor…
17/505293/FULL
2016 Approved
Agricultural Buildings At Holywell Farm Holywell Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7HN
Prior notification for the change of use of two agricultural buildings to 2 residential d…
16/507061/PNQCLA
2016 Withdrawn
Holywell Farm Holywell Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7HN
Prior notification for the change of use of two agricultural buildings to two dwellings w…
16/506160/PNQCLA
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