Land North Of Maidstone Road Swanley Kent
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Observations Made - OBBDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Re-Consultation on outline planning application for all matters reserved except access for up to 277 dwellings and up to 1,050sqm (GIA) Class E floor space alongside parking, landscaping, and associated works, within Sevenoaks District Council
- Received
- 6 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- Ward
- Outside Borough Boundary
- ReceivedReceived6 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date27 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 14 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Land North Of Maidstone Road Swanley Kent. Dartford has handled 2,169 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Dartford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Outside Borough Boundary.
Application details
- Application type
- Outside Borough Boundary
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 277
- Parish
- Outside Borough Boundary
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Council Offices Argyle Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1HG
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Steven Bell
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Feb
Use of land and buildings as B8 storage and Distribution for an agricultural contracting business. LAWFUL…
RefusedLawful development: Existing use26/00722/LDC - 20266 Feb
Outline planning application for all matters reserved except access for up to 277 dwellings and up to…
ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation26/00548/ADJ - 20265 Feb
Outline planning application for all matters reserved except access for up to 277 dwellings and up to…
ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation26/00547/ADJ - 202529 Dec
Consultation on application for the erection of B8 units, an operational depot including workshop and storage…
ApprovedOutside Borough Boundary25/01476/OBB - 202518 Sep
Consultation on application for construction and operation of a 200MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)…
ApprovedOutside Borough Boundary25/01092/OBB - 202516 May
Re-consultation for variation of condition 4 (surface water drainage scheme) of 22/00459/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/00548/OBB - 20241 Nov
Consultation on an application for request for screening opinion for caravan pitches
ApprovedOutside Borough Boundary24/01272/OBB
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