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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: 16/508665/LDCEX	Officer: Graham Thomas
Grid: 602501/161681	Ward: Abbey Parish: Faversham Town
Address: 39 Abbeyfields Faversham Kent ME13 8HS Proposal: Lawful development certificate (Existing) Established use of the site for the following categories: Use class B8 for storage and maintenance of plant hire equipment. Use class B1 Business (office for Business). Use class C3 dwelling house. Use for redundant engine shed and associated chimney stack.
Applicant: Faversham Plant Limited Contact Address: C/O Planning Consultants 15 Lansbury Court Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear NE12 8RN

Application: 16/508496/PNQCLA	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 606896/160643	Ward: Boughton And Courtenay Parish: Hernhill

Address: Crockham Farm Oast Crockham Lane Hernhill Kent ME13 9LZ

Proposal: Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural building to a single dwelling 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: Mrs N Traske

Contact Address: C/O Mr Tim Spencer 87 Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ

Application: 16/508646/SUB	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 606681/161309	Ward: Boughton And Courtenay Parish: Hernhill
Address: Forstal House Church Hill Hernhill ME13 9JJ Proposal: Submission of Details pursuant to Condition 2 - External Finishing Materials and Condition 3 - External Joinery works of 15/510617/FULL.
Applicant: Mr Tony Webb Contact Address: C/O Wayne Murray Ci3 Unit D3 Eurolink Commercial Park Bonham Drive Sittingbourne

Application: 16/508404/FULL	Officer: Mandi Pilcher
Grid: 588405/164012	Ward: Borden And Grove Park Parish: Borden
Address: 4 Dental Close Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1DT Proposal: Erection of a single storey rear extension
Applicant: Mr & Mrs James Adebayo Contact Address: C/O Kirsten Associates 179 Robin Hood Lane Chatham Kent ME5 9NJ

Application: 16/508553/FULL	Officer: Artemis Christophi
Grid: 586120/162140	Ward: Borden And Grove Park Parish: Borden
Address: Bowl Reed Oad Street Borden Kent ME9 8JX Proposal: Agricultural storage building
Applicant: Mr Ratcliffe Contact Address: C/O Alpha Design Studio Limited 43 Park Road Sittingbourne ME10 1DY United Kingdom

Application: 16/508603/LAWPRO	Officer: Claire Attaway
Grid: 588544/164107	Ward: Borden And Grove Park Parish: Borden

Address: 7 Grove Park Avenue Borden Kent ME10 1YH

Proposal: Lawful Development Certificate for the erection of a proposed garden building.

Applicant: Mr Nigel Sands

Contact Address: 7 Grove Park Avenue Borden Kent ME10 1YH

Application: 16/508584/FULL	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 594392/156500	Ward: East Downs Parish: Newnham
Address: Foxenden Paddock Seed Road Newnham Kent ME9 0NE Proposal: Change of use of existing barn into 1no. holiday let, insertion of doors and windows and erection of single storey side extension to replace the existing side canopy.
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Coevoet Contact Address: C/O DHA Planning FAO: Mr John Collins Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone

Application: 16/508664/SUB	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 595340/157521	Ward: East Downs Parish: Newnham
Address: The Tapster Inn Seed Road Newnham ME9 0NA Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 2: Details of hard & soft landscaping (relating to original application: 16/503782/FULL).
Applicant: Mr Iain Palmer Contact Address: C/O Mr Stephen Cox 190 Drove Road Biggleswade SG18 0HP United Kingdom

Application: 16/508073/FULL	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 591473/175100	Ward: Sheerness Parish:
Address: 3 Naval Terrace Sheerness Kent ME12 1RR Proposal: Conversion of existing coach house in to Garden room/studio
Applicant: Mr Justin Webb Contact Address: 3 Naval Terrace Sheerness Kent ME12 1RR

Application: 16/508521/FULL	Officer: Paul Gregory
Grid: 583104/166910	Ward: Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch Parish: Upchurch
Address: Tranquility Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 7UT Proposal: Conversion of existing redundant agricultural building to form one 2 bedroom and one 3 bedroom dwellings with associated amenities.
Applicant: Mr C Agley Contact Address: C/O Richard Baker Partnership 31 Highsted Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PS

Application: 16/508519/FULL

Officer: Andrew Byrne

Grid: 589517/163894	Ward: Homewood Parish: Unparished
Address: Hanningfield Retirement Home 99 London Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1NR Proposal: Proposed extensions to existing residential home to provide 11 additional bedrooms.
Applicant: Hanningfield Retirement Home Limited Contact Address: C/O Woodstock Associates 53 Woodstock Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4HJ

Application: 16/508645/COUNTY	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 590490/163497	Ward: Homewood Parish:
Address: Divisional Office Avenue Of Remembrance Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4DD Proposal: County Application for the erection of 4 5x5 play areas with shared shed space in the centre. Footpath to be extended to access these play areas
Applicant: Kent County Council Contact Address: C/O Kent County Council Planning Applications Group First Floor Invicta House County Hall Maidstone

Application: 16/507971/FULL	Officer: Andrew Byrne
Grid: 588712/167770	Ward: Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow Parish: Iwade
Address: Summer Cottages School Lane Iwade Kent ME9 8QH Proposal: Part Retrospective application for siting of 1no. twin unit (mobile home), (and continued siting of 2no. static caravans), with 2no. associated utility Blocks, parking and 2no. transient pitches for touring caravans for Family with Gypsy status.
Applicant: Mr Joseph Jones Contact Address: C/O M P Foad Ltd 16 The Paddocks Herne Bay CT6 6QX

Application: 16/508591/TPO	Officer: Claire Attaway
Grid: 587315/164544	Ward: Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow Parish: Bobbing
Address: 15 Rooks View Bobbing Kent ME9 8GB Proposal: TPO application - 1 Sweet Chestnut Tree - (1) Raise Canopy to approx 6-7 metres including removal of 1 x lowest branch to rear of tree also several small hanging branches to be removed. (2) Cut back several dead stubs to branch collars from previous tipping cuts. (3) Cut back dead branches wrapped in dead ivy. (4) Gentle canopy thin (Max 10-15%) by removal of smallest epicormic growth along main branches
Applicant: Miss Shirley Philips Contact Address: 15 Rooks View Bobbing Kent ME9 8GB

Application: 16/508614/SUB	Officer: Paul Gregory
Grid: 595330/173786	Ward: Minster Cliffs Parish: Minster-On-Sea

Address: 120 Southsea Avenue Private Street Minster-On-Sea ME12 2LU

Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 2 (Details of Screening Panels) Subject to 15/504903/FULL

Applicant: Ms Karen O'Connor

Contact Address: 120 Southsea Avenue Minster On Sea Sheerness ME12 2LU

Application: 16/508651/SUB	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 590387/164794	Ward: Milton Regis Parish:
Address: Land Adjacent 124 High Street Milton Regis Sittingbourne Kent Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to conditions 2 & 6 (materials), Condition 4 (Roof details), Condition 5 (Joinery details), Condition 7 (Sustainable Construction), Condition 8 (Foul & surface drainage), Condition 10 (Dust Suppression), Condition 12 (Surface water), Condition 13 (Mud on highway) and Condition 17 (Boundary treatment) for planning permission 15/503319/FULL
Applicant: Swift Roofing Contact Address: C/O Mr Paul Fowler 1 Discovery Road Maidstone Kent ME15 8HF

Application: 16/508557/FULL	Officer: Ross McCardle
Grid: 591674/164068	Ward: Murston Parish:
Address: 15A Dolphin Park Upper Field Road Eurolink Sittingbourne ME10 3RN Proposal: Change of use to B8, enlargement of external yard, provision of 4 additional car parking spaces to the front of the building and to use external racking.
Applicant: Mr Mark Kingsbury Contact Address: 45 Portsmouth Road Cobham KT11 1JQ

Application: 16/508596/SUB	Officer: Paul Gregory
Grid: 592512/164383	Ward: Murston Parish: Unparished
Address: 3 Bingham Road (Plot 4G) Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3SU Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to condition 4 (Sustainable Drainage System), Condition 5 (Details of the proposed means of foul and surface water sewerage disposal), Condition 6 (Details of both hard and soft landscape works) and Condition 9 (Lighting Columns) for planning permission 16/504812/FULL
Applicant: Stanbury Contact Address: C/O Mr David Bellamy Harrison Mutch Chartered Architects Innovation Centre Medway Maidstone Road Chatham ME5 9FD

Application: 16/508693/LAWPRO	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 592003/164421	Ward: Murston Parish:
Address: 3 Hugh Price Close Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3AR Proposal: Lawful Development Certificate for proposed loft conversion into bedroom with 1no. Velux roof light to the front and two Velux roof lights to the rear.

Applicant: Mrs L Gardner

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

Application: 16/508292/FULL	Officer: Mandi Pilcher
Grid: 593001/173016	Ward: Queenborough And Halfway Parish:
Address: 2 Belmont Road Halfway Kent ME12 3BL Proposal: Demolish existing garage, two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
Applicant: Mrs T Bridges Contact Address: C/O Richard Baker Partnership 31 Highsted Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PS

Application: 16/508495/FULL	Officer: Claire Attaway
Grid: 593580/172913	Ward: Queenborough And Halfway Parish:
Address: 90 Minster Road Minster-on-sea Kent ME12 3JJ Proposal: Erection of detached 4 bedroom house with garage and associated drive and parking spaces
Applicant: Mr George Batten Contact Address: C/O Prime Folio 35 Albion Place Maidstone Kent ME14 5DZ

Application: 16/508231/REM	Officer: Andrew Byrne
Grid: 592985/164278	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Tonge
Address: Eurolink V Land North Of Swale Way Sittingbourne Kent ME9 9AR Proposal: Approval of Reserved Matters (Part layout and landscaping being sought) related to internal access roads/spurs, following planning permission 15/510589/OUT - Outline application for access matters reserved for construction of Business Park (Use Classes B1(B), B1(C), B2 and B8) (research and development, light industrial, general industrial and storage or distribution) (up to a maximum of 46,600sqm), including associated accesses (including alterations to existing northern relief road), parking and servicing areas, landscaping, bunds, surface water storage areas, and related development.
Applicant: Trenport Investments Limited Contact Address: C/O Vincent And Gorbing F.A.O Mr Richard Lewis Sterling Court Norton Road Stevenage SG1 2JY

Application: 16/508637/SUB	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 593500/163219	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Tonge
Address: Hempstead Farm Hempstead Lane Tonge Kent ME9 9BH Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Conditions 2 (Programme of Dust Suppression) Condition 4 (Hard and Soft Landscaping Details) Condition 5 (Mechanical Ventilation or Chiller System Details) Condition 6 (Precautions Against Mud on Highways) and Condition 9 (Construction Site Parking Details) Subject to 16/500017/FULL

Applicant: Mr Oliver Doubleday

Contact Address: C/O Mr Simon Fitch ICA Group Lawrence House Transfesa Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge

Application: 16/508536/FULL	Officer: Andrew Spiers
Grid: 595155/161812	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Lynsted With Kingsdown
Address: Cambridge Farm Cellar Hill Lynsted ME9 9JB Proposal: Erection of a single storey timber conservatory to south east elevation.
Applicant: Mrs Delaney Contact Address: C/O David Salisbury Joinery FAO: Mrs Christine Melody 65 Pennymoor Drive Middlewich CW10 9QP

Application: 16/508681/TCA	Officer: Mandi Pilcher
Grid: 594445/161097	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Lynsted With Kingsdown
Address: Lynsted County Primary School Lynsted Lane Lynsted Kent ME9 0RL Proposal: Tree in Conservation Area Consent - Remove deadwood from Horse Chestnut, remove dead low branch from Beech tree, remove deadwood and crown lift to 3m on Horse Chestnut, sever Ivy at ground level and re-inspect from 2 x Sycamore, reduce crown up to 3m to reduce loading on stem of Horse Chestnut, climbing inspection to Horse Chestnut, reduce to 3.5m high stump on Horse Chestnut, remove deadwood from Beech tree, sever ivy at ground level and re- inspect on 5 x Sycamore, remove deadwood from Oak tree, remove deadwood of Cherry tree and prune back to previous cut point on Ash tree.
Applicant: Lynsted And Norton Primary School Contact Address: C/O Heartwood Tree Care 2 Kittington Cottages Nonington Dover Kent CT15 4ET

Application: 16/508585/FULL	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 595609/162946	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Teynham
Address: 81 Station Road Teynham Kent ME9 9TH Proposal: Demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of replacement rear PVCU grey conservatory.
Applicant: Mr T Hannon Contact Address: C/O Anglian Home Improvements FAO: Ms Sarah Wright National Administration Centre Po Box 65 Norwich Norfolk

Application: 16/508635/TCA	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 594343/161062	Ward: Teynham And Lynsted Parish: Lynsted With Kingsdown
Address: The Old Vicarage Lynsted Lane Lynsted Kent ME9 0RL Proposal: Trees in Conservation Area Consent - 1no. Sycamore - Fell.

Applicant: John Hayden

Contact Address: The Old Vicarage Lynsted Lane Lynsted Kent ME9 0RL

Application: 16/508463/FULL	Officer: Artemis Christophi
Grid: 590226/158418	Ward: West Downs Parish: Milstead
Address: Land Adjacent 1 Fairview Cottages Frinsted Road Milstead Kent Proposal: Erection of three bedroom dwelling with associated parking.
Applicant: Champion Court Farm Ltd Contact Address: C/O Lander Planning FAO: Mrs K Lander Grainey Farm Cottage Lower Hartlip Road Hartlip Sittingbourne

Application: 16/508465/FULL	Officer: Artemis Christophi
Grid: 590226/158418	Ward: West Downs Parish: Milstead
Address: 1 Fairview Cottages Frinsted Road Milstead Kent ME9 0SB Proposal: Proposed two storey rear extension (to replace existing single storey element) to the existing dwelling and erection of an outbuilding for parking and ancillary accommodation.
Applicant: Mr James Boucher Contact Address: C/O Mrs Klaire Lander Lander Planning Grainey Farm Cottage Lower Hartlip Road Hartlip Sittingbourne

Application: 16/508232/FULL	Officer: Aaron Wilkinson
Grid: 590448/162457	Ward: Woodstock Parish:
Address: 18 The Fairway Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4RA Proposal: Erection of ground and first floor extensions.
Applicant: Mr G Lloyd Contact Address: C/O Richard Baker Partnership F.A.O Mr R Baker 31 Highsted Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PS

Application: 16/508516/FULL	Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
Grid: 589874/162500	Ward: Woodstock Parish: Tunstall
Address: 28 Park Drive Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1RW Proposal: Proposed two storey and single storey rear extensions.
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Churcher Contact Address: C/O Woodstock Associates 53 Woodstock Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4HJ

Application: 16/508618/FULL	Officer: Sara Potter
Grid: 589614/162452	Ward: Woodstock Parish: Tunstall

Address: 78 Sterling Road Tunstall Kent ME10 1SL

Proposal: Rear and first floor extensions

Applicant: Mr David Kerridge

Contact Address: C/O Architectural Designs 76 Ufton Lane Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1EX

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With submarine warfare hitting British shipping and reports of more fatalities at the battle front, the New Year in Upchurch began with uncertainty.

The marriage of George Marsh from Forge Lane to Grace Hepton from Gore Bank at the village church brought some joy in January. George Marsh served in the army, won promotion to sergeant and survived the Great War, although his brother Henry died of pneumonia while serving in Canada with the Ist Canadian Pioneers in 1916.

Most of the war effort in the village took the form of money raising activities at Holywell School under the direction of headmaster Mr Maltravers and his wife Ethel. The children organised bazaars, concerts and sales of work, they went carol singing and arranged house to house collections for the relief of victims of the war. In total they raised £44/19/4d. Meanwhile, the Holywell School League of Young Patriots raised £6/19/5d from house to house collections for the Penny Bandage Fund for Wounded Soldiers.

According to the Holywell School daily record book pupils of Holywell School were given a week off school in April to stage the fairy operetta ‘Briar Rose’ for the second successive year. This proved successful and raised money for the War Memorial Fund. Up to May 1917 £12/11/9d had been raised for the fund.

The Infant’s School collected £5/4/9d for Lord Robert’s Memorial Fund, the Sailors Home at Bristol, the Overseas Club, the YMCA Huts and £4/1/7d for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. They also sent sweet smelling lavender bags to wounded British soldiers hospitalised in France and Belgium with a message informing them that they were not forgotten in their homeland. Reverend Dicker later supplied twenty three missionary boxes to twenty three homes in the village to raise money. The Upchurch Girls Friendly Society also worked hard in the war effort and sent knitted socks to wounded soldiers at Bath Hospital.

The parish council were active throughout the year with war related matters. According to the parish council minutes for May 1917 they applied for a speaker to address parishioners at a meeting about the War Savings Association, in June they discussed the formation of a Food Production Society in the village and in October they wrote to the local MP and to GCO Thames requesting that air raid warnings be stopped at the request of parishioners. They were informed that the warnings could not be terminated and the rules would have to be adhered to. They also discussed the possible installation of a public telephone in the village for enemy aircraft warnings and for general use. Although a threat existed Upchurch did not experience any enemy aircraft or zeppelin attacks during the war.

News from the Front revealed that the Germans had captured Richard Turner Seager from a shell hole and taken him to Germany as a prisoner-of-war. Villagers sent food parcels to him when they heard news of his capture. The Germans put him to work cutting down trees but according to the Upchurch parish magazine he suffered foot sore from wearing wooden shoes, weakness due to lack of food and loneliness because of an absence of British servicemen to converse with. The Germans freed him at the end of the war. Later in the year John Searstree became the second Upchurch soldier to be captured and taken to Germany. He also survived and was freed at the end of the conflict.

As the numbers of Upchurch soldiers killed at the front increased, the body of Henry Thurley, a 21 year old corporal in the Buffs, was returned home in February and buried in the churchyard with full military honours. John Packer and Walter Hatton from Otterham Quay, Percy Hales from Horsham Farm, John Allen from Gore Bank, Bill Clark from Poot Lane, James Brown based at Chatham barracks and Edward Faulkner from The Crown pub were all reported killed. Up to August 1917 twenty seven Upchurch men had lost their lives in the war.

From July 1917 the bell ringers tolled the tenor bell in the church three times five for a sailor and three times four for a soldier. The age of the deceased was then rung. Families had to inform the church sexton Mr Giles about a war related death and give him a small fee for the bells to be rung.

On August 6th Seymour Wakeley from Rainham held a special tea in Wakeley Brothers Otterham Quay Granary for wounded servicemen from the Fort Pitt Hospital in Chatham. About 100 people attended the event including Reverend Dicker and his wife. A committee led by Wakeley Brothers foreman Dennis Cheeseman organised it. After the meal sports events took place in the adjoining orchard followed by a hairdressing competition which apparently caused great amusement. After this songs, dances, music and games were held in the granary.

Annual events like the Empire Day celebrations in May continued to take place in the village. Unfortunately, in 1917 rain forced organisers to hold the event in the Infant’s School rather than on The Paddock. Ada Booty appeared as May Queen and Alfred Vant her consort. After pupils from the Infant’s School had performed dances, the flag was saluted and the National Anthem played. Mrs Hunter Dunn wife of the Bishop of Quebec then presented medals and certificates to pupils. She also donated £5 to the Memorial Fund. Later, on October 21st the Harvest Festival took place in the church when villagers contributed food items, mainly fruit, vegetables and flowers. Harvest offerings were given to blinded soldiers and sailors.

On December 16th 1917, the church held a memorial service for Tom Sifleet, killed on the Western Front while serving with the Buffs. Memorial services for Upchurch servicemen killed in battle were held in the church throughout the war.

According to the parish magazine of January 1918 decorations adorned the church at Christmas and carols were sung on Christmas Day afternoon and repeated the following Sunday evening as Upchurch residents prayed and hoped for an end to the war.

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