Land To The East Of Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 7UT Data via plota.co.uk

26/503045/PIP - Permission in Principle Awaiting decision
New homes

Proposal

Permission in Principle for residential development comprising a maximum of nine detached dwellings, together with access off Otterham Quay, parking, cycle/refuse space, landscaping/earthwork and associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Consultation
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 16 Oct 2026 and 28 Oct 2026, from Swale's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 6 Oct 2026.

Documents 2

Statements & assessments 1

PDF and Design and Access Statement Planning Statement · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Application Details Application Details · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Ramsar wetland about 157 m away: Medway Estuary & Marshes
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 157 m away: Tower Hill to Cockham Wood 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 2; Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; Inside the Gillingham (Medway) built-up area; 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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, 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
Permission in Principle
Postcode
ME8 7UT
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
Parish
Upchurch
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 51 of the 56-day target. Swale usually decides new homes by day 64.

Day 5113 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

Alt. reference
PP-15128253
Planning Portal ref
PP-15128253
Comments by
6 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
15 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Sept 2026
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 Refused
Tranquility Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 7UT
Conversion of former storage building (originally built for agricultural purposes) into 1…
16/508521/FULL
2017 Approved
1 Otterham Quay Lane Rainham ME8 7UT
Details pursuant to condition 3 on planning permission MC/17/2007 for change of use from…
MC/17/3651
2017 Approved
1 Otterham Quay Lane Rainham ME8 7UT
Change of use from office (Class B1) to a 2-bedroomed bungalow with associated parking (d…
MC/17/2007
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