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The latest list of applications received by the Council under the Town and Country Planning Acts.

You may inspect a copy of any application on our online planning database or at the Sheppey Gateway, 38-42 High street, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1NL, or Alexander Centre, 15 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8NZ or Swale Borough Council, Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3HT.

You can make your comments online or by email to: planningcomments@midkent.gov.uk or in writing to MKIP Planning Support Service, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone ME15 6JQ. Applications with the following suffix: ADJ, AGRIC, COUNTY, CPD, DEMO, SUB, TELNOT, TCA, NMAND, EIASCR or EIASCO are for information only. If an application is a householder application, in the event that an appeal is made against a decision of the Council to refuse to grant planning permission for the proposed development, and that appeal then proceeds by way of the expedited procedure under the written representations procedure, any representations will be passed to the Secretary of State and there will be no opportunity to make further representation.

Please be aware that any comments and your name and address will be placed on file, which will be available for public inspection and published in full on the Internet. We will not publish your signature, email address or phone number on our website. If you make any written comments we will notify you of the outcome of the application. We will not make a decision on any application referred to in this list before 21 days from the date when the application was registered as valid except for those with the following suffix: ADJ, AGRIC, COUNTY, CPD, DEMO, SUB, TELNOT, TCA, NMAND, EIASCR or EIASCO.

Application: 16/507476/FULL	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 601476/161402	Ward: Abbey Parish: Faversham Town
Address: 11 - 12 West Street Faversham Kent ME13 7JE Proposal: Removal of existing wooden shed, erection of replacement single storey rear extension with external alterations and amendments to rear garden wall.
Applicant: Shepherd Neame Ltd Contact Address: C/O Milliken & Co. Chartered Surveyors FAO: Mr S Milliken 1A The Pantiles Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5TD

Application: 16/507477/LBC	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 601476/161402	Ward: Abbey Parish: Faversham Town
Address: 11 - 12 West Street Faversham Kent ME13 7JE Proposal: Listed Building application for the erection of single storey rear extension, removal of wooden shed, minor works to listed building rear facade/door; outside wall and yard.

Applicant: Shepherd Neame Ltd

Contact Address: C/O Milliken & Co. Chartered Surveyors FAO: Mr S Milliken 1A The Pantiles Tunbridge Wells Kent TN25TD

Application: 16/507586/FULL	Officer: Tracy Day
Grid: 607823/159033	Ward: Boughton And Courtenay Parish: Dunkirk
Address: Former RAF Mast Site Courtenay Road Dunkirk Kent Proposal: Removal of containers and brick toilet and erection of a data storage facility building with associated off-street parking.
Applicant: Mynydd Brith Ltd Contact Address: C/O Robinson Escott Planning FAO: Mrs J Tasker Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Application: 16/507843/SUB	Officer: Tracy Day
Grid: 605298/157140	Ward: Boughton And Courtenay Parish: Selling
Address: The Old Goods Yard Station Approach Road Neames Forstal Kent ME13 9PY Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 8 (Remediation Strategy) and Condition 9 (Contaminated Land Assessment) for planning permission SW/14/0367.
Applicant: Mr Lawson Brooks Contact Address: C/O Mr Michael Head RDA Consulting Architects Evegate Park Barn, Evegate Smeeth Ashford Kent

Application: 16/507908/FULL	Officer: Tracy Day
Grid: 608180/161581	Ward: Boughton And Courtenay Parish: Hernhill
Address: Chapel Plantation Dargate Road Dargate Kent ME13 9HB Proposal: Change of use from existing barn store (domestic) to two holiday lets
Applicant: Ms Soltani-Davies Contact Address: C/O Miriam Layton Architectural Design 1 Manor Cottages Hernhill Faversham Kent ME13 9JY

Application: 16/507857/FULL	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 589073/164448	Ward: Borden And Grove Park Parish: Bobbing
Address: 12 Woollett Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1PZ Proposal: Erection of a two storey side extension and a single storey rear extension for the proposed annexe.
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Coward Contact Address: C/O Parker Associates Limited FAO: Mr Jason Parker The Beeches Church Road Fingringhoe Colchester

Application: 16/507890/FULL	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 589406/164033	Ward: Borden And Grove Park Parish:
Address: 167 Staplehurst Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1SY Proposal: Erection of a part single, part two storey rear extension and hip to gable roof extensions with front and rear rooflights.
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Medina-Lorenzo Contact Address: C/O Woodstock Associates FAO: Mr K Plumb 53 Woodstock Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4HJ

Application: 16/507502/FULL	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 598053/158194	Ward: East Downs Parish: Ospringe
Address: 1 & 2 Elverland Cottages Eastling Road Painters Forstal Kent ME13 0RX Proposal: Erection of 2 no. two-storey rear extensions to semi-detached properties.
Applicant: Mr Brown & Ms Butterworth & Mr & Mrs Swayne Contact Address: C/O Lee Evans Partnership FAO: Mr Lee Waters St Johns Lane Canterbury CT1 2QQ

Application: 16/507970/TCA	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 599352/159202	Ward: East Downs Parish: Ospringe
Address: Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN Proposal: Tree in Conservation Area notification - Tilia x europea - common lime: To remove the ivy & epicormic growth, tree can be pruned, reduce crown by approx 5-7 metres. Sequoiadendron giganteum - Wellingtonia: To remove the ivy from the crown of the tree, removing torn and hung up branches. Cedrus libanin - cedar of Lebanon: remove the large stub and various hanging branches.
Applicant: Lorenden School Contact Address: Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN

Application: 16/507574/FULL	Officer: Thandi Zulu
Grid: 591221/174248	Ward: Sheerness Parish:
Address: Regis House New Road Sheerness ME12 1HW Proposal: Part conversion of existing manufacturing area (class B1,B2 and B8 uses) to 16no commercial units (class B1,B2 and B8 uses) and provision of new access road with car parking and cycle shelter
Applicant: Callow Pension Fund Contact Address: C/O Mr Lance Davies 13 Worrin Road Flitch Green CM6 3FU

Application: 16/507820/FULL	Officer: Martin Evans
Grid: 592493/174271	Ward: Sheerness Parish:

Address: Land Between 314 And 320 High Street Sheerness Kent ME12 1UU

Proposal: Erection of pair semi detached dwellings with associated off street car parking and cycle/bin enclosure.

Applicant: Ferndale Limited

Contact Address: C/O Michael Gittings Associates 14 Vale Road Loose Maidstone Kent ME15 0EP

Application: 16/507849/DEMREQ	Officer: Ross McCardle
Grid: 590939/173827	Ward: Sheerness Parish:
Address: Old Gas Works Brielle Way Sheerness Kent ME12 1YW Proposal: Prior Notification for demolition of two gasholders and associated structures
Applicant: SGN Ltd Contact Address: C/O Firstplan Ltd Firstplan Bramah House 65-71 Bermondsey Street London SE1 3XF

Application: 16/507853/FULL	Officer: Martin Evans
Grid: 592254/174921	Ward: Sheerness Parish:
Address: Victoria Working Mens Club Broadway Sheerness Kent ME12 1TP Proposal: Erection of 8 No. 2 bedroom flats with associated under-croft parking and vehicular access
Applicant: DCI Kent Contact Address: C/O EP Architects Limited The Oast Church Farm Ulcombe Hill Ulcombe Maidstone Kent

Application: 16/507798/FULL	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 584248/165036	Ward: Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch Parish: Hartlip
Address: Fairway Mill Lane Hartlip Kent ME9 7TD Proposal: Single storey rear and side extension, new enlarged rear dormer including Juliette balcony at first floor and new porch
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Broom Contact Address: C/O MRW Design 8 Wilberforce Road Coxheath Maidstone Kent ME17 4HA

Application: 16/507951/LAWPRO	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 586096/165144	Ward: Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch Parish: Newington
Address: 6 St Marys View Newington Kent ME9 7JW Proposal: Certificate of Lawful Development (proposed) for the erection of a rear extension with pitched roof.
Applicant: Miss Kim Stewart Contact Address: 6 St Marys View Newington Kent ME9 7JW

Application: 16/507889/FULL	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 590176/167574	Ward: Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow Parish: Iwade
Address: 22 Helen Thompson Close Iwade Kent ME9 8DW Proposal: Erection of two storey side extension, with the insertion of roof light to front and creation of canopy to front door.
Applicant: Mr L Valler & Miss J Clinch Contact Address: C/O Woodstock Associates FAO: Mr K Plumb 53 Woodstock Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4HJ

Application: 16/507724/PNEXT	Officer: Mandi Pilcher
Grid: 590437/166388	Ward: Kemsley Parish:
Address: 129 Grovehurst Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2TA Proposal: Prior notification for a proposed single storey rear extension which: A) Extends by 6 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling. B) Has a maximum height of 2.65 metres from the natural ground level. C) Has a height of 2.65 metres at the eaves from the natural ground level.
Applicant: Mr Steve Thompson Contact Address: C/O Mr Colin Seymour 13 Doubleday Drive Bapchild Sittingbourne Kent ME9 9PJ

Application: 16/507983/NMAMD	Officer: Ross McCardle
Grid: 591888/171584	Ward: Queenborough And Halfway Parish: Queenborough
Address: Plot 1A Neatscourt Marshes Brielle Way Queenborough Kent Proposal: Non-material amendment for planning permission 16/505901/FULL - To seek a minor reconfiguration of unit sizes H5, H6 and H7 to better meet the requirements of the prospective tenants. It is proposed to reallocate 133sq ft from unit H5 to Units H6 and H7. The overall quantum of floorspace is unchanged.
Applicant: Mr Giles Haywood Contact Address: C/O Mr Paul Galgey Planning Potential Ltd Magdalen House 148 Tooley Street London SE1 2TU

Application: 16/507924/FULL	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 591187/170893	Ward: Queenborough And Halfway Parish: Queenborough
Address: Land Adjacent S Line Cargo Argent Road Queenborough Kent ME11 5GA Proposal: Change of use of land and erection of a building with associated fencing and hardstandings for parking, loading, unloading and circulation.
Applicant: Kent Potato Supplies Ltd Contact Address: C/O Alpha Design Studio Limited FAO: Mr T Day 43 Park Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1DY

Application: 16/507706/FULL	Officer: Emma Eisinger
Grid: 591633/162896	Ward: Roman Parish:
Address: Doubleday Lodge Glebe Lane Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4JW Proposal: Demolition of former residential care home building and erection of 22 new dwellings, associated new access road, car parking and amenity areas
Applicant: Stonechart Property Ltd Contact Address: C/O Ubique Architects 11 Ashford House, Beaufort Court Sir Thomas Longley Road Rochester ME2 4FA

Application: 16/505708/FULL	Officer: Martin Evans
Grid: 595316/172318	Ward: Sheppey Central Parish: Minster-On-Sea
Address: Rookery Nook Scocles Road Minster-on-sea Kent ME12 3SN Proposal: Two detached houses
Applicant: Mr And Mrs Stanley Contact Address: Rookery Nook Scocles Road Minster-on-sea Kent ME12 3SN

Application: 16/507714/SUB	Officer: Thandi Zulu
Grid: 595018/172313	Ward: Sheppey Central Parish: Minster-On-Sea
Address: Land At Lavender Avenue Minster-on-sea Kent ME12 3RB Proposal: Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition 10 - Surface Water Disposal and Condition 16 - Foul and Surface water drainage of planning permission 16/504266/FULL
Applicant: Jones Homes Southern (Ltd) Contact Address: C/O Mr Phillip Allsop Britch & Associates Ltd 31 The Crescent Salford M5 4PF

Application: 16/507906/FULL	Officer: Claire Attaway
Grid: 595171/172567	Ward: Sheppey Central Parish: Minster-On-Sea
Address: 18 Copland Avenue Minster-on-sea Kent ME12 3PJ Proposal: Proposed summerhouse in rear garden
Applicant: Mrs Carla Goodwin Contact Address: C/O Mr Ken Crutchley 67 Adelaide Drive Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1XU

Application: 16/507762/FULL	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 597277/172155	Ward: Sheppey East Parish: Eastchurch
Address: 12 Oak Tree Close Eastchurch Kent ME12 4JY Proposal: Domestic garage on amenity space to residential dwelling.

Applicant: Mr Shane Byrne

Contact Address: C/O Wyndham Jordan Architects FAO: Mr P Jordan Heron House 8 Faversham Reach Upper Brents Faversham

Application: 16/507610/FULL	Officer: Heather Murton
Grid: 594369/160708	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Lynsted With Kingsdown
Address: Aymers Lodge The Vallance Lynsted Kent ME9 0RH Proposal: Rear extension
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Jez & Deborah Evans & Caplan Contact Address: C/O Clague 62 Burgate Canterbury Kent CT1 2BH

Application: 16/507689/OUT	Officer: Thandi Zulu
Grid: 595145/162893	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Teynham
Address: Land Between Frognal Lane And Orchard View Lower Road Teynham Kent ME9 9TU Proposal: Outline Application (with all matters reserved other than access into the site) for mixed use development including up to 300 dwellings; employment area (Use Classes B1(a), B1(b) and B1(c) (offices, research and development, and light industrial) (up to 26,840sqm); sports ground (including pavilion/changing rooms); open space (including allotments and community orchard); access, including new link road and roundabout on A2; other vehicular/pedestrian / cycle accesses (including alterations to Frognal Lane); reserve site for health centre; and associated parking and servicing areas, landscaping, wildlife areas, swales and other drainage / surface water storage areas, and related development
Applicant: Trenport Investments Ltd Contact Address: C/O Vincent And Gorbing Sterling Court Norton Road Stevenage SG1 2JY

Application: 16/507779/FULL	Officer: Heather Murton
Grid: 595041/163327	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Teynham
Address: Land At Lower Road Teynham Kent Proposal: Change of use of agricultural land and erection of 8 dwellings with associated parking, construction of access and landscaping (Revised Scheme).
Applicant: Mr S Ingleton Contact Address: C/O Hobbs Parker Property Consultants F.A.O Mrs Jane Scott Romney House Monument Way Orbital Park Ashford

Application: 16/507855/FULL	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 595746/163024	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Teynham
Address: 22 The Crescent Teynham Kent ME9 9EL Proposal: Demolition of existing single storey extension and erection of a new single storey and two storey extension, including a dormer extension to the roof.

Applicant: Mr Lee Reed

Contact Address: C/O Mr Julian Mann 9 Preston Lane Faversham Kent ME13 8LF

Application: 16/507673/FULL	Officer: Heather Murton
Grid: 586616/158643	Ward: West Downs Parish: Bredgar
Address: Land At Swanton Farm Bicknor Lane Bredgar Kent ME9 8AY Proposal: Erection of cherry coverings and framework (Swale Borough Council).
Applicant: FW Mansfield & Son Contact Address: C/O Mr Nicholas Rooke 82 Castle Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2QD

Application: 16/507803/ENVSCR	Officer: Heather Murton
Grid: 586616/158643	Ward: West Downs Parish: Bredgar
Address: Land At Swanton Farm Bicknor Lane Bredgar Kent ME9 8AY Proposal: EIA application for the erection of cherry coverings and framework.
Applicant: FW Mansfield & Son Contact Address: C/O Mr Nicholas Rooke 82 Castle Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2QD

Application: 16/507361/FULL	Officer: Paul Gregory
Grid: 589196/164741	Ward: The Meads Parish: Bobbing
Address: 15 Pearl Walk Sittingbourne Kent ME10 5AG Proposal: Removal of part of existing garden wall and erection of fence extended along boundary line to include unused land
Applicant: Mr Jason May Contact Address: 15 Pearl Walk Sittingbourne Kent ME10 5AG

Application: 16/507956/PNEXT	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 589541/162360	Ward: Woodstock Parish: Tunstall
Address: 87 Sterling Road Tunstall Kent ME10 1SN Proposal: Prior notification for a proposed single storey rear extension which: A) Extends by 4.5 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling. B) Has a maximum height of 2.75 metres from the natural ground level. C) Has a height of 2.4 metres at the eaves from the natural ground level.
Applicant: Mr Peter Dostron Contact Address: 87 Sterling Road Tunstall Kent ME10 1SN

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At first sight Gore farmhouse is a very charming and quaint old building fronted by trees and a well maintained garden and driveway, but according to its long history there is more to it than that.

The house and the farm are named after Lucas de la Gare, a knight of the shire for Kent during the reign of Edward 1st. Dating from the eleventh century, a Norman manor house once stood on the site, owned by William the Conquerer’s half-brother Hugh de Port. Remains of the building can be seen in the garden area where it can be identified by the stonework.

In 1244 a Norman Knight named Roger le Sauser burnt the original farmhouse to the ground with the assistance of a maid servant named Inger after murdering the owner. The Crown Pleas of Henry III dated 1244 records the episode in detail:

In the same year Roger le Sauser and a maid-servant named Inga left the house of Isolde of Tattershall in the City of London, and went to Gore in the county of Kent, carrying with them a pot of fire with which to burn down the house of Joce of Gore. They burned the house, and Roger killed Joce with an arrow, and fled to the church of Upchurch, where he acknowledged the deed and abjured the realm. Asked through whom and for what reason he committed the crime, he said that Isolde sent him there to defend Inga and burn the house. Next day Inga returned to London to Isolde's house, and was at once arrested and imprisoned; and having been convicted of the deed, was burned. Isolde was on this account taken and then released on bail according to the law of the City until the present pleas. She now comes, and asked how she wishes to defend herself against an accusation of this kind, she says that she wishes to defend herself according to the law of the City, to prove that the house was not burned, nor was Joce killed, by her order, or with her counsel and consent.

The building that replaced the burnt house was mainly constructed of ragstone from Hythe then demolished in 1367 and the materials were transported to Rochester where the stone was incorporated into Rochester castle.

The present farmhouse dates from about 1390 when it was constructed as a basic timber house then it became a two storey building in 1540. Henry VIII then seized it during the period when he had the monasteries dissolved and presented it as a gift to Attorney General and Canterbury MP Christopher Hales. After this it fell into disrepair until Philip Holman mortgaged it in 1610. Sir Nicholas Tufton, The Earl of Thanet and his descendants then owned the property until 1849 but the building again fell into disrepair towards the end of the eighteenth century.

Gore Farmhouse as it is today. Photo - David Wood.

During the first half of the nineteenth century the resident farmer John Walter lived at Gore House situated near Hartlip Hill while farm bailiffs lived in the farmhouse. These included Charles Akhurst in the first part of the nineteenth century followed by Matthew Crawford, Frank Seager and William Featherstone in the second part. Tommy Crawford who arrived around 1909 and ran the farm for many years lived in Gore House.

After World War One well-known Upchurch resident Win Wraight lived in the farmhouse. Her father worked as a stockman on the farm until a bull gored him to death forcing Win and her mother to vacate the property and make way for new tenants. Farm workers Fred Clemons, Billy Johnson and Ruby Last later resided in the property then farmer Mike Blee and his family lived there from 1965 until 2007, when the farm, the house and The BarnYard were all sold to AC Goatham & Son Limited. The house is now occupied by Stephen Everard and his family.

The farmhouse is timber framed and underbuilt with painted bricks. It also has a plain tiled hipped roof, a sixteenth century wing. There are two casement windows on each floor. There is a central door with a gabled porch. There are also traces of medieval stone-work in the north-west part of the house. The floors and chimney stacks date from the sixteenth century. The farmhouse became a listed building in 1984.

According to eye-witness accounts the farmhouse is haunted. A former resident informed me that he had had an encounter with the apparition of a male figure dressed in mid-seventeenth century costume consisting of a dark maroon outfit, knee length stockings and a wide brimmed hat with a plume. The son of another former resident told me that his father had seen something but had refused to give details for fear of being ridiculed. The haunting is debatable but Gore farmhouse remains an intriguing, old, historical building in Upchurch.

About David

David Wood was born and raised in Upchurch and is able to write from personal experience about many people and aspects of the village and of changes that have taken place over the years making ‘Memories of Upchurch’ a very readable book and a detailed historical study of the village. David's book ‘Memories of Upchurch’ is available direct from David at: david3702001@yahoo.co.uk or from us here at Upchurch Matters. Price £12 + £3.50 postage and packing.

David Wood