Planning committee update
Published
Thursday 7 November, 2024
Updated
Tuesday 12 November, 2024
Swale Borough Council offers an update on the council's planning committee meeting on 7 November.
Cllr Elliott Jayes, vice chair of Swale Borough Council’s Planning Committee, said:
“The Secretary of State has called in the applications for land to the west of Teynham (21/503906/EIOUT) and land south and east of Sittingbourne (21/503914/EIOUT) and will now be determining them.
“We will work closely with the Secretary of State as they make their determination, but we will robustly explain the council’s reasons for recommending refusal.
“We understand the importance of these two applications but would appreciate being informed of the Secretary of State’s decision before less than three hours until the planning committee meeting so we can adequately prepare our response.
“The planning committee meeting on 7 November 2024 still went ahead, and members of the committee discussed the council’s response to the Secretary of State’s request for information and agreed with the officer recommendation for refusal.”
The council has six weeks to respond, with the start of the enquiry expected to be within the next 22 weeks.
The planning committee meeting on 7 November 2024 took place at 6pm, in the Council Chamber, at Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne ME10 3HT.
The meeting is available on our YouTube channel.
The planning applications for 21/503906/EIOUT (land to the west of Teynham) and 21/503914/EIOUT (land south and east of Sittingbourne) can be viewed here.
