Swatlands Farm Lucks Lane Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent TN12 6QL Data via plota.co.uk

26/503793/ADJ - Adjoining Authority Consultation Awaiting decision

Proposal

Adjoining Authority Consultation from Tunbridge Wells Brough Council to Maidstone Borough Council ref: : Approval of Reserved Matters (appearance, landscape, layout, scale to include internal access roads) of (as amended by ) including discharge of condition 8 (Pedestrian and Cycle Route Strategy), condition 11 (Hard and Soft Landscaping Details), condition 13 (Boundary Treatments), condition 14 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan), Condition 15 (Sustainable Surface Water Drainage), condition 19 (Details for Operational Carbon Reduction), condition 20 (BREEAM), condition 22 (MRL Acoustic Compliance), condition 23 (External Lighting Details), condition 25 (Refuse Storage Details), condition 26 (Details of Earthworks), condition 27 (Details of Ground Floor Levels) and condition 28 (EV Charging Points Implementation). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 28 Nov 2026 and 10 Dec 2026, from Swale's recent new homes.

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Flood defence about 4 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Paddock Wood built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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 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
TN12 6QL
Received
around 1 Oct 2026
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Ward
Paddock Wood
Parish
Paddock Wood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Swale usually decides new homes by day 64.

Day 856 days to the predicted decision (day 64)
40%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
46decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
22 Oct 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