2 The Stocks Ashford Road Sheldwich Kent ME13 0NH Data via plota.co.uk

26/502452/FULL - Full Approved

Proposal

Installation of new acoustic fence and internal alterations including concealed cellar access, repositioning of internal doors and new handrail to improve access. (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 14 Sept 2026, 04:58

Application progress

✓

Received

24 Jun 2026

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Consultation

30 Jun 2026

✓

Approved

4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Delegated Report Delegated Report · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Granted/ Permitted Decision · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF KCC Archaeology Consultee Comment · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Barn, Now Garage About 10 Metres East of the Stocks

List entry 1069084 · 9 m from the pin · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 2 Grade II)

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.

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36 mThe Stocks (Stocks Garage)Grade II
57 mThe Manor HouseGrade II
145 mThrowley HouseGrade II*

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.

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Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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

Priority habitat 28 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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: ME13 0NH
Received: 24 Jun 2026
Validated: 24 Jun 2026
Ward: Boughton And Courtenay
Parish: Sheldwich
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Aug 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 4 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Miriam Layton Architectural Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 72 days from validation, 17 days slower than Swale's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

This one72d

Council55d

UK54d

82%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

216decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15033666
Site or press notice: 30 Jun 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

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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

2 The Stocks Ashford Road Sheldwich Kent ME13 0NH Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 6

Site constraints 6

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