New Acres Spade Lane Hartlip Kent ME9 7TT Data via plota.co.uk

25/502451/FULL - Full Approved

Proposal

Retention of existing 8 plot gypsy traveller site, each with 2 mobiles and 2 touring caravans and associated day rooms, new access, drive way, hard standing, package treatment plants, boundary fencing and landscaping (previously granted at appeal reference APP/) (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Consultation

19 Aug 2025

✓

Received

around 5 Feb 2026

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Approved

27 May 2026

Approved on 27 May 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 45

Decision & officer reports 4

PDF Granted/ Permitted Decision · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee Report 21st May 2026 Committee Documents · 13 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee Report 21st May 2026 Committee Documents · 13 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee Report 02/04/2026 Committee Documents · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF KCC Highways and Transportation Consultee Comment · 19 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC Highways and Transportation Consultee Comment · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment Flood Risk Assessment · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 31

Associated applications 2

FullApproved27 May 202625/502451/FULLThis application
Retention of existing 8 plot gypsy traveller site, each with 2 mobiles and 2 touring caravans and associated day rooms, new…
Conditions 7 awaiting decision
- ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to condition 7 - Foul water disposal scheme6 Aug 202626/503013/SUB

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 1

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) agrees.

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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.

Building

Floor area29,327 m² (315,673 sq ft)

Energy ratingB (asset rating 46)

UseGeneral Industrial and Special Industrial Groups

HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2026, 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: ME9 7TT
Received: around 5 Feb 2026
Validated: 5 Feb 2026
Ward: Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
Parish: Hartlip
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 May 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 27 May 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Perfect Pitch Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 111 days from validation, 55 days slower than Swale's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 89% of full applications here are.

This one111d

Council56d

UK56d

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-14061343
Planning Portal ref: PP-14061343
Comments by: 19 Mar 2026
Site or press notice: 19 Aug 2025
Committee: 21 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 7 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved

Submission of details pursuant to condition 4 (Site Development Scheme) of application 19…

22/503798/SUB 5 Dec 2022

2019 Refused

Change of use of land to an 8 pitch gypsy traveller site, with associated day rooms, new…

19/503694/FULL 21 May 2020

2019 Refused

Change of use of land to an 8 pitch gypsy traveller site, with associated day rooms, new…

19/503694/FULL 21 May 2020

2018 Refused

Application to extend the time limit to submit a site development scheme required by cond…

18/501667/FULL 17 May 2019

2018 Refused

Application to extend the time limit to submit a site development scheme required by cond…

18/501667/FULL 17 May 2019

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

2 New Oast Cottages Spade Lane Upchurch ME9 7LZ

Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for use of the property as a dwelling in breach…

17/500772/LDCEX 7 Apr 2017

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

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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

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.

New Acres Spade Lane Hartlip Kent ME9 7TT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 45

Decision & officer reports 4

Statements & assessments 3

Consultation & comments 31

Other documents 7

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 3

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