Post Office Cottage Lees Court Road Sheldwich Kent ME13 0LY Data via plota.co.uk

26/503563/FULL - Full Awaiting decision
Utility infrastructure

Proposal

Installation of packaged treatment plant. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 17 Sept 2026
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Consultation
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Nov 2026, from Swale's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: The Post Office and Cottage Attached
List entry 1363441 · The pin is inside its outline
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.
Historic England ↗
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.
Sheldwich 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 ↗
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 2. 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 3; Priority habitat 12 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £428,500 in October 2016. Semi-detached house, freehold.

17 October 2016£428,500
14 October 2009£330,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area138 m² (1,485 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (55 out of 100), could reach A
PropertySemi-detached house, 7 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2017, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Swale
Application type
Full
Postcode
ME13 0LY
Received
around 17 Sept 2026
Validated
17 Sept 2026
Ward
Boughton And Courtenay
Parish
Sheldwich
Target decision
12 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ingrain Architecture Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. Swale usually decides full applications by day 56.

Day 2234 days to the 56-day target
65%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
276decided 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-15228883
Planning Portal ref
PP-15228883
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
23 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Conservation area notification to remove one Catalpa tree.
24/504138/TCA
2024 Approved
Conservation area notification to remove one Catalpa tree.
24/504138/TCA
2017 Approved
Submission of details pursuant to Condition 1: Works to begin within 3 years of consent b…
17/503352/SUB
2017 Approved
Listed Building Consent for removal of windows and insertion of replacement bi-fold doors.
17/500656/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Mistral Lees Court Road Sheldwich Kent ME13 0LY
Conservation area notification: Crown reduce one Holly tree leaving final height of 2.7 m…
24/503936/TCA
2024 Approved
Mistral Lees Court Road Sheldwich Kent ME13 0LY
Conservation area notification: Crown reduce one Holly tree leaving final height of 2.7 m…
24/503936/TCA
2021 Approved
Land Adjacent To Sheldwich County Primary School Lees Court Road Sheldwich Faversham Kent ME13 0LU
Conservation Area Notification to fell (G1246) Mixed group of 3 young suppressed trees Fe…
21/501239/TCA
2020 Approved
Mistral Lees Court Road Sheldwich Faversham Kent ME13 0LY
Erection of a two storey side extension and part two storey, part single storey rear exte…
20/504919/FULL
2020 Approved
Wychwood Lees Court Road Sheldwich Faversham Kent ME13 0LY
Demolition of existing conservatory and brick shed. Erection of a single storey rear exte…
20/504675/FULL
2020 Approved
Mistral Lees Court Road Sheldwich Faversham Kent ME13 0LY
Erection of a two storey side extension and part two storey, part single storey rear exte…
20/501215/FULL
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.