Development Control Minutes – Wednesday 18th March 2026

Published on; Wednesday, 15th April, 2026 | 11:59 am

Swanley Town Council:

Present:

MembersPresentApologiesReason
Chair: Cllr G Darrington
Deputy Chair: Cllr P Darrington
Cllr C BarnesPersonal Circumstances
Cllr P Brown
Cllr S Durden
Cllr J Ferrari
Cllr M HorwoodPersonal Circumstances
Cllr C Prestedge
Cllr E Uttley

Officers:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Ryan Hayman
Senior Executive Assistant – Adele Farrier
Executive Assistant – Marisa Levy

Also Present:
Cllr Rita Wood
George Brooker Parks & Open Spaces Manager

Public: None present

MEETING COMMENCED: 19:26

12557 – APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Cllr C Barnes
Cllr M Horwood

12558 – DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
None

12559 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
To approve as correct the Minutes of the Meeting held on Wednesday 4th March 2026.
APPROVED AND SIGNED

12560 – DECISIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY SWANLEY TOWN COUNCIL

26/00245/HOUSE 36 Willow Avenue Swanley Kent BR8 8AT – COMMENTS DUE BY 23/03/2026
Erection of single storey rear extension with rooflight and garage conversion into a room.
NO OBJECTION

26/00340/HOUSE 93 Pinks Hill Swanley Kent BR8 8NN – COMMENTS DUE BY 23/03/2026
Single storey front extension to garage and conversion of garage and new permeable block paved driveway.
NO OBJECTION

Application for Disabled Persons (Blue Badge) Parking Bay – 4 Reeves Crescent, Swanley – COMMENTS DUE BY 27/03/2026
NO OBJECTION

Application for Disabled Persons (Blue Badge) Parking Bay – 15 Russett Way, Swanley – COMMENTS DUE BY 27/03/2026
NO OBJECTION

Application for Disabled Persons (Blue Badge) Parking Bay – 99 Wisteria Gardens, Swanley – COMMENTS DUE BY 27/03/2026
NO OBJECTION

26/00337/HOUSE – 23 Woodlands Close Swanley Kent BR8 7JU – COMMENTS DUE BY 31/03/2026
Demolition of existing detached garage, construction of single storey residential annexe.
NO OBJECTION subject to a condition that it is for ancillary use only to the main property.

12561 DECISIONS MADE BY PLANNING AUTHORITY

25/03418/HOUSE 15 Manse Way Swanley Kent
Demolition of existing outbuilding, construction of replacement outbuilding. Part single storey, part two storey rear extension with roof lantern, roof extension with loft conversion, rear dormer and rooflights, front porch, internal alterations and alterations to fenestration.
GRANTED – STC COMMENT – OBJECTION 26/01/2026

25/02941/FUL 52 Lynden Way Swanley Kent
Change of use of existing dwellinghouse as a children’s home. Erection of bin & bike store.
REFUSED – STC COMMENT – OBJECTION 19/02/2026

25/02577/FUL Land North Of 31 to 35 Goldsel Road Swanley Kent
Erection of a four storey building comprising of 6 residential units.
GRANTED – STC COMMENT – OBJECTION 19/02/2026

26/00062/LBCALT & 26/00061/HOUSE Old College Swanley Village Road Swanley
Erection of a first floor rear extension with a juliet balcony and white horizontal timber cladding, Existing internal chimney retained and remains untouched, chimney stack raised to match that of the existing chimney, existing extension roof altered to match style and form of existing roof forms, and new windows to match the existing style and distance of existing flank wall windows.
REFUSED – STC COMMENT – NO OBJECTION 09/02/2026

12562 – APPEALS
Appeal Ref: 6005475 (26/00011/RFPLN) Nirvana Moultain Hill, Swanley Kent BR8 8BS
Demolition of outbuilding, proposed two-storey rear extension, second-storey addition, loft conversion, two roof dormer windows, rooflights, and associated internal and external alterations, landscaping works, bin and cycle store.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING – 8th April 2026

MEETING CLOSED: 19:59

SIGNED: 08/04/2026

Cllr G Darrington
Chair of Development Control