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Land At Lenham Heath - Heathlands Lenham Heath Road Lenham Heath Kent

Awaiting decision Swale 26/502146/EIASCO

Works: New dwelling Demolition

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

EIA Scoping Opinion - Proposed outline application for residential development of up to 5,000 homes, including employment, mixed use and community floorspace, public open space, outdoor sports provision and structural planting, schools, new railway station, demolition of existing buildings, and associated infrastructure.

As published by the council, reference 26/502146/EIASCO

Application record

Reference
26/502146/EIASCO
Status
Unknown
Validated
3 Jun 2026

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swale register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • 26/502417/ADJ Decided

    Land At Lenham Heath - Heathlands Lenham Heath Road Lenham Heath Kent

    Adjacent Authority Notification between Maidstone Borough Council and Swale Borough Council Related to 26/502146/EIASCO: Proposed outline application for residential development of up to 5,000 homes, including employment, mixed use and community floorspace, public open space, outdoor sports provision and structural planting, schools, new railway station, demolition of existing buildings, and associated infrastructure.

    Decided 9 Jul 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  2. 16 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 30 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Unknown

    Previously Awaiting decision.

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 29 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Swale took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 26/502417/ADJ Decided

    Land At Lenham Heath - Heathlands Lenham Heath Road Lenham Heath Kent

    Adjacent Authority Notification between Maidstone Borough Council and Swale Borough Council Related to 26/502146/EIASCO: Proposed outline application for residential development of up to 5,000 homes, including employment, mixed use and community floorspace, public open space, outdoor sports provision and structural planting, schools, new railway station, demolition of existing buildings, and associated infrastructure.

    Decided 9 Jul 2026

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Swale for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Swale's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Swale's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.