Swale Weekly Planning List - 23rd December 2016

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: 16/508246/TCA	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 601551/160971	Ward: Abbey Parish: Faversham Town
Address: 1 Station Road Faversham Kent ME13 8EB Proposal: Tree in Conservation Area notification to crown reduce Sweet Chestnut in rear garden to previous points
Applicant: A Bird Ltd Contact Address: C/O A. Bird Trees And Gardens Ltd 85 Middle wall Whitstable CT5 1BW

Application: 16/508384/LBC	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 604318/157276	Ward: Boughton And Courtenay Parish: Selling
Address: Brookes Croft  Vicarage Lane Selling ME13 9RE Proposal: Listed Building Consent for insertion of an additional rooflight to new conservatory lead roof and revised design to patio door.

Applicant: Mr Edwood Brett

Contact Address: C/O Lee Evans Partnership F.A.O Darren James St. Johns Lane Canterbury CT1 2QQ

Application: 16/508595/PNQCLA	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 606828/162858	Ward: Boughton And Courtenay Parish: Hernhill
Address: Monkshill Farm Monkshill Road Hernhill Kent ME13 9EH Proposal: Prior notification for a proposed change of use of agricultural buildings to 3 no. dwellinghouses. For it's prior approval to: Transport and Highways impacts of the development; contamination risks on the site; flooding risks on the site; noise impacts of the development; whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change as proposed; design and external appearance impacts on the building
Applicant: Mr David Botting Contact Address: C/O OS 10 Architectural & Planning Consultants 7 Hoath Farm Bekesbourne Lane Canterbury Kent CT3 4AB

Application: 16/508535/SUB	Officer: Heather Murton
Grid: 605783/159420	Ward: Boughton And Courtenay Parish: Boughton Under Blean
Address: 184 The Street Boughton Under Blean Kent ME13 9AL Proposal: Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition 3 - External Finishing Materials of planning permission 16/505747/FULL
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Payne Contact Address: C/O Mr Simon Edgington Edgington Architectural Services 12 Swale View Hernhill Faversham Kent

Application: 16/508412/LAWPRO	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 584248/165036	Ward: Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch Parish: Hartlip
Address: Fairway Mill Lane Hartlip Kent ME9 7TD Proposal: Certificate of Lawful Development (proposed) for enlargement of rear dormer windows and insertion of Juliet balcony.
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Broom Contact Address: C/O MRW Design FAO: Mr M Woodhams 8 Wilberforce Road Coxheath Maidstone Kent

Application: 16/508571/SUB	Officer: Paul Gregory
Grid: 589679/163459	Ward: Homewood Parish:
Address: Westlands Primary School Homewood Avenue Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1XN Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 10 - School Travel Plan

Applicant: Mr Sam Reymond

Contact Address: Kier Construction (Southern) Broadmean House New Hythe Business Park Bellingham Way Aylesford

Application: 16/508433/LAWPRO	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 589642/167691	Ward: Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow Parish: Iwade
Address: 52 School Lane Iwade Kent ME9 8SE Proposal: Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for single storey side extension to existing dwelling with roof lantern
Applicant: Mr & Mrs D Dawson Contact Address: C/O Nigel Sands & Associates Wises Oast Business Centre Wises Lane Borden Sittingbourne Kent

Application: 16/508569/SUB	Officer: Paul Gregory
Grid: 587890/164316	Ward: Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow Parish: Bobbing
Address: 18 Keycol Hill Bobbing Kent ME9 8ND Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 4 - Windows to dormer, Condition 5 - Sections to Expansion, Condition 7 - Joinery or Other to Bi Folds
Applicant: Mr Darren Monk Contact Address: C/O DKM Consultants Mr David Meaney 82 Longfellow Road Gillingham Kent ME7b 5QQ

Application: 16/508549/SUB	Officer: Martin Evans
Grid: 591763/164329	Ward: Murston Parish:
Address: Document Warehouse Castle Road Eurolink Sittingbourne Kent Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 2 (External Finishing Materials) Condition 3 (Details for Avoidance of Mud on Highways) Condition 4 (Construction Site Parking Arrangements) Condition 5 (Provision for Loading, Offloading or Turning On Site) Condition 9 (Sustainable Surface Water Drainage Scheme) Condition 11 (Lighting in Accordance with Bat Guidance) Condition 13 (Soft Landscaping Details) Condition 20 (Sustainable Design Assessment) and Condition 21 (Archaeological Watching Brief) Subject to 15/509195/FULL
Applicant: Mr Daniel Rubin Contact Address: C/O Mr D Murray Directline Structures Ltd Kent House Station Road Ashford TN23 1PP

Application: 16/508532/NMAMD	Officer: Tracy Day
Grid: /	Ward: Not In Plus 6 Parish: Faversham Town

Address: Faversham Foundry, Seager Road,Faversham,Kent,ME13 7TJ Proposal: Non-material amendment for planning permission SW/07/1473 - Separation of commercial units 18 and 19 from unit 17 by one metre, and the installation of roof lights into units 17, 18 and 19.

Applicant: Mr Jon Gauld Contact Address: C/O Emma Hawkes DHA Planning Eclipse House Eclipse Park ME14 3EN

Application: 16/508023/FULL	Officer: Andrew Byrne
Grid: 592851/172917	Ward: Queenborough And Halfway Parish:
Address: 10 Western Avenue Halfway Kent ME12 3BS Proposal: Erection of new bungalow to include access.
Applicant: Mr Quinton Searle Contact Address: C/O MSD Architects FAO: Mr M Selden 111 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DL

Application: 16/507810/FULL	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 600354/162065	Ward: St. Ann's Parish: Faversham Town
Address: West Faversham Community Centre Bysing Wood Road Faversham ME13 7RH Proposal: Variation of Condition (16) of Planning Permission SW/10/0982 (The hours of operation for the Community Centre hereby approved shall be 0700 to 2300 Monday to Thursday; 0700 to 2300 on Fridays; 0800 to 0000 Saturdays and 0830 to 2300 on Sundays and public holidays).
Applicant: Mr Nigel Kay (Chairman) Contact Address: C/O FDA Chartered Architects F.A.O Mr Barry Hunt 57 St Mary's Road Royal William House Faversham ME13 8EG

Application: 16/508539/TCA	Officer: Mandi Pilcher
Grid: 600935/161099	Ward: St. Ann's Parish: Faversham Town
Address: Honister St Anns Road Faversham Kent ME13 8RH Proposal: Tree in Conservation area notification - reduce deadwood of Sycamores by 50%
Applicant: Mrs T Chalmers Contact Address: 2 Manor Pound South Road Faversham Kent ME13 7LZ

Application: 16/508559/TCA	Officer: Mandi Pilcher
Grid: 600935/161099	Ward: St. Ann's Parish: Faversham Town
Address: Honister St Anns Road Faversham Kent ME13 8RH Proposal: Tree in Conservation area notification - reduce /cut back deadwood of Lime Oak back to previous pollarding points
Applicant: Mrs T Chalmers Contact Address: 2 Manor Pound South Road Faversham Kent ME13 7LZ

Application: 16/508570/TCA	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 600939/161129	Ward: St. Ann's Parish: Faversham Town
Address: 1 Manor Pound South Road Faversham Kent ME13 7LZ Proposal: Conservation area notification - reduce Lime Oak to previous pollarding points
Applicant: Mrs Terina Chalmers Contact Address: 2 Manor Pound South Road Faversham Kent ME13 7LZ

Application: 16/508588/SUB	Officer: Ross McCardle
Grid: 595015/171958	Ward: Sheppey Central Parish: Minster-On-Sea
Address: Scocles Court Scocles Road Minster-on-sea Kent ME12 3RU Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 5 (Visibility Splays) Condition 8 (SUDS Details) Condition 10 (Programme of Dust Suppression) and Condition 16 (Provision of Parking and Turning Facilities) Subject to 15/510527/FULL
Applicant: Mr Abhaey Singh Contact Address: C/O Mr Adam Watts Nigel Bird Architects Henry Wood House 2 Riding House Street London W1W 7FA

Application: 16/508048/FULL	Officer: Thandi Zulu
Grid: 603483/170584	Ward: Sheppey East Parish: Leysdown
Address: Sheppey Beach Villas  Manor Way Leysdown ME12 4QQ Proposal: Construction of 4 no. 2 storey buildings accommodating 16 No. villas in total (4 villas per building) and areas of vehicle parking
Applicant: Mr T Mitchell Contact Address: C/O Cadscapes Limited 40 Knowle Road Penenden Heath Maidstone Kent ME14 2BB

Application: 16/508411/FULL	Officer: Paul Gregory
Grid: 601946/172160	Ward: Sheppey East Parish: Warden
Address: Warden Springs Holiday Park Thorn Hill Road Private Street Warden Kent Proposal: Variation of condition (ii) of planning permission NK/8/50/119 to allow 12-month occupation of 1 caravan for staff/warden's accommodation
Applicant: Warden Springs Caravan Park Contact Address: FAO. Miss Samantha Johnson Spring Lodge Warden Springs Caravan Park Thorn Hill Road Warden

Application: 16/508565/PNEXT	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 596398/164577	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Teynham

Address: 9 Eastwood Cottages Conyer Road Teynham Kent ME9 9HD Proposal: Prior notification for a proposed single storey rear extension which: A)  Extends by 5.20 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling. B)  Has a maximum height of 3.95 metres from the natural ground level. C)  Has a height of 2.50 metres at the eaves from the natural ground level.

Applicant: Mr And Mrs Rouse Contact Address: C/O Woodstock Associates 53 Woodstock Road Sittingbourne ME10 4HJ

Application: 16/507818/FULL	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 601489/160628	Ward: Watling Parish: Faversham Town
Address: 42 Preston Grove Faversham Kent ME13 8JY Proposal: Internal alterations to basement, changes to fenestration and doors and removal of rear boot room.
Applicant: Mr Ciaran Jennings Contact Address: 42 Preston Grove Faversham Kent ME13 8JY

Application: 16/507819/LBC	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 601489/160628	Ward: Watling Parish: Faversham Town
Address: 42 Preston Grove Faversham Kent ME13 8JY Proposal: Listed Building application for internal alterations to basement, changes to fenestration and doors and removal of rear boot room.'
Applicant: Mr Ciaran Jennings Contact Address: 42 Preston Grove Faversham ME13 8JY

Application: 16/508399/FULL	Officer: Mandi Pilcher
Grid: 590319/158890	Ward: West Downs Parish: Milstead
Address: 8 Robeshaw Rawling Street Milstead Kent ME9 0SD Proposal: Erection of front porch, two storey side extension, demolition of store and lobby and erection of replacement single storey rear extension with new access and drop kerb.
Applicant: Mr Martin Poole Contact Address: C/O Mr Ken Crutchley 67 Adelaide Drive Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1XU

Application: 16/508441/FULL	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 591373/161297	Ward: West Downs Parish: Rodmersham
Address: Brownings Stockers Hill Rodmersham Kent ME9 0PL Proposal: Erection of single storey pitched roof garage extension.
Applicant: Mr Andrew Stears Contact Address: C/O Alpha Design Studio Limited FAO: Mr T Day 43 Park Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1DY

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Latest POLICE.UK Crime Data for the Area - November 2016

Here is a brief summary of the crime information for the past 2 months:

	October 2016	November 2016
All crime	24	31
Anti-social behaviour	3	3
Bicycle theft	0	0
Burglary	7	7
Criminal damage and arson	4	7
Drugs	0	0
Other crime	0	0
Other theft	1	3
Possession of weapons	0	0
Public order	0	0
Robbery	0	0
Shoplifting	0	0
Theft from the person	0	0
Vehicle crime	0	5
Violence and sexual offences	9	6

Please visit: www.police.uk for more information including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team.

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BT Telephone Box Consultation - Have Your Say on Their Removal

BT is formally consulting on plans to remove a number of pay phones from around the borough.

The Parish Council has been made aware of a formal consultation process being undertaken by BT on their current programme of intended public pay phone removals.

There are currently 33 public pay phones within Swale which have been identified and proposed for removal by BT under the 90 day consultation process and details of these pay phones are shown below.

Overall use of pay phones has declined by over 90% in the last decade and the need to provide pay phones for use in emergency situations is diminishing all the time, with at least 98% of the UK having either 3G or 4G coverage. However being a Borough made up of rural communities, it is important to take this issue into consideration as 3G or 4G signal is not always available.

2 telephone boxes in Upchurch are on the list. The telephone box at the junction of The Street and Horsham Lane and the telephone box on the A2 London Road at the junction with Oak Lane.

Due to the delay in having sight of the consultation document Swale Borough Council has requested an extension to this consultation period, however in the first instance they are asking for responses by Friday 13th January.

The following list of phone boxes are those at risk of removal within the Sittingbourne area:

Junction The Street Horsham Lane Upchurch Sittingbourne ME9 7AL

Outside Medway Autos London Road Upchurch Sittingbourne ME8 8PT

Opposite No.12 / 14 Gore Court Road Park Drive Sittingbourne ME10 1YN

Bus lay by opposite Iwade Post Office Iwade Sittingbourne ME9 8SS

Outside Supermarket Gadby Road Sittingbourne ME10 1TH

Junction Newman Drive Puttney Drive Kemsley Sittingbourne ME10 2SJ

Junction Bourne Grove. Staplehurst Road Sittingbourne ME10 1SY

Junction London Road / Borden Lane London Road Sittingbourne ME10 1NL

Outside 48 / 50 Homewood Avenue Sittingbourne ME10 1XW

Tunstall Road Tunstall Sittingbourne ME10 1YQ

Junction Dean Road / Windmill Road Tunstall Sittingbourne ME10 2NT

Outside Post Office Rodmersham Bottles Lane Rodmersham Sittingbourne ME9 0PP

Junction Castle Road Eurolink Way Sittingbourne ME10 3HH

Opposite Station Road London Road Teynham Sittingbourne ME9 9QN

Outside No. 1 & 2 Batteries Close Lynsted Sittingbourne ME9 9RA

Oad Street near junction Oad Street Borden Sittingbourne ME9 8LB

Junction with Northdown The Street Doddington Sittingbourne ME9 0BH

If anyone has views about the proposals to remove any of the above pay phones or for more information or to submit any representations please contact Sophia Ramm
Email: sophiaramm@swale.gov.uk or Call: 01795 417193.

Wendy Licence
Clerk to the Parish Council
Tel: 01634 363906

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A History of Callows House by David Wood

Situated in Ham Green at the end of a track leading to the River Medway, Callows House dates from the eighteenth century and was constructed during the 1720s. 

The name derives from ‘The Callows,’ an old term from Ireland meaning low lying wetland or a river flood plain but this was not the original name of the house. During the eighteenth century the Chambers family owned the property on land belonging to Chambers Farm and the house became known as ‘Chambers House’ then as ‘Chambers Cottages’. Abraham Chambers became a well-known Ham Green farmer during the eighteenth century. The name of the dwelling changed to Callows House at the end of the nineteenth century and the first reference to this appears in the National Census for Upchurch dated 1901.

Although the house may originally have been one dwelling it appears to have been divided into two separate parts at some point with a loft which may have been used as a third living area. Evidence for this is a shared front entrance and staircase with a door on either side for entry from each side of the house on the ground floor. Both sides are more or less identical, with the exception of a separate area directly behind the living room on the right of the building, most likely used to house farm animals.

The ground floor originally had an earth surface like other old farm cottages in the area. Yew Tree Cottage and the former thatched cottages in the locality also had earthen floors. An open fireplace with a chimney stack on each side of the house would have originally provided heating and a means of cooking then in the nineteenth century an iron cooking range may have replaced this. One main bedroom is situated on each side of the first floor.

The exposed beams on the ceiling and walls of the ground floor are old ship’s timbers made of oak which probably pre-date the house. The building also has a tiled cat slide roof which is typical of eighteenth century houses.

In the loft are two enclaves with a small window on each side of the house indicating that the property may have also served as a Huffler’s cottage with lights displayed in the two small windows for guiding small boats and barges along the river. Hufflers were men who worked in pairs with ropes from a barge attached to their bodies whose job was to pull a vessel along the river from the shore. They also helped moor the boats and guide them along awkward creeks. The only other evidence for a connection between Callows House and river transport is found in the 1851 National Census for Upchurch which records the presence of a coastguard named George Phillips in the property. It’s possible that farm workers living in the house may have taken on the hufflers role as a part time job.

Callows House as it is today. Photo - David Wood.

According to the Upchurch tithe map of 1839 the house and the land in the vicinity were owned by a farmer and widow named Katherine Coveney who lived in Yew Tree Cottage at the bottom of Poot Lane. During this period farm workers George Edmonds and James Medhurst and their families lived in the property. During the 1850s John Thacker and his family joined them and after he left coastguard George Phillips resided in the house.

For most of the nineteenth century farm workers inhabited the property. In the 1861 National Census for Upchurch farm workers James Muggeridge and William Trice and their families resided there. They were followed by George Giles and his wife Mary, George Baker and Frances Holland in 1871, William Young, John Hatton and his family in 1881 and Walter and Jane Phipps and Fred and Mary Osborne in 1891.

Tom Seamer, his mother and a lodger named Henry Renshaw lived at Callows House in 1901 followed by Charles and Daisy Anderson and George and Nellie Shipp during the 1920s and 1930s then Annie King and Arthur Patrick during the late 1930s.

The deeds for the property reveal that Alfred Hinge from Tunstall bought the house along with other farm cottages and land in 1933. This passed to A Hinge & Sons Limited in 1949. Alfred and Charlotte Browning followed by Merci Higgins and her daughter lived in the house during the 1940s and early 1950s.

With the arrival of John Hinge to Ham Green House as a resident farmer in 1952, George Friend and his family moved into Callows House. George Friend worked as a gardener for John Hinge and became a well-known organiser and founding member of Upchurch Horticultural Society. He and his family resided in the property for about thirty years. After he passed away his family left and the house privately sold to Billie and Theresa Manley in June 1990. They made changes to the building by adding an extension to the upstairs area then sold the house to well-known local tree surgeon Jim Lindsay in 1996. He continues to reside in the property.

Like other old properties in Ham Green, Callows House has had a connection with farming until recent decades and remains a unique and rather isolated building close to the River Medway.

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