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South EastConservation areas in Swale Borough Council
52 conservation areas and 22 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Badlesmere
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-01
Rules & recordBexon
Designated 2026 · ref. CA-SWL-52
Rules & recordBorden - Chestnut Street
Designated 2021 · ref. CA-SWL-02
Rules & recordBorden - Harmans Corner
Designated 2021 · ref. CA-SWL-04
Rules & recordBorden - Hearts Delight
Designated 2021 · ref. CA-SWL-05
Rules & recordBorden - The Street
Designated 2022 · ref. CA-SWL-03
Rules & recordBoughton - Boughton Church
Designated 2019 · ref. CA-SWL-06
Rules & recordBoughton - Boughton Street
Designated 2022 · ref. CA-SWL-07
Rules & recordBoughton - South Street
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-08
Rules & recordBredgar
Designated 2023 · ref. CA-SWL-09
Rules & recordCellar Hill and Greenstreet, Teynham
Designated 2000 · ref. CA-SWL-10
Rules & recordDoddington and Newnham
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-11
Rules & recordEastling
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-12
Rules & recordFaversham - Faversham Town
Designated 2024 · ref. CA-SWL-13
Rules & recordFaversham - Ospringe
Designated 2004 · ref. CA-SWL-14
Rules & recordFaversham - Preston-next-Faversham
Designated 2024 · ref. CA-SWL-15
Rules & recordGoodnestone
Designated 2000 · ref. CA-SWL-16
Rules & recordGraveney - Graveney Bridge
Designated 1970 · ref. CA-SWL-18
Rules & recordGraveney - Graveney Church
Designated 2000 · ref. CA-SWL-17
Rules & recordHartlip
Designated 2023 · ref. CA-SWL-19
Rules & recordHernhill
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-20
Rules & recordHernhill - Dargate
Designated 1999 · ref. CA-SWL-21
Rules & recordHernhill - Fostall
Designated 1999 · ref. CA-SWL-22
Rules & recordKingsdown
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-23
Rules & recordLewson Street
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-24
Rules & recordLower Halstow
Designated 2006 · ref. CA-SWL-25
Rules & recordLynsted - Bogle
Designated 2000 · ref. CA-SWL-26
Rules & recordLynsted - The Street
Designated 2000 · ref. CA-SWL-27
Rules & recordMilstead
Designated 2022 · ref. CA-SWL-28
Rules & recordMilton Regis - High Street
Designated 2024 · ref. CA-SWL-29
Rules & recordNewington - High Street
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-31
Rules & recordNewington - Newington Manor
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-32
Rules & recordNewington Church
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-30
Rules & recordPainter's Forstal
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-33
Rules & recordQueenborough
Designated 2011 · ref. CA-SWL-34
Rules & recordRodmersham Church Street
Designated 2022 · ref. CA-SWL-35
Rules & recordRodmersham Green
Designated 2022 · ref. CA-SWL-36
Rules & recordSelling
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-37
Rules & recordSelling - Shepherd's Hill
Designated 2000 · ref. CA-SWL-38
Rules & recordSheerness : Marine Town
Designated 2024 · ref. CA-SWL-39
Rules & recordSheerness : Mile Town
Designated 2024 · ref. CA-SWL-40
Rules & recordSheerness : Royal Naval Dockyard and Bluetown
Designated 2011 · ref. CA-SWL-41
Rules & recordSheldwich
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-42
Rules & recordSittingbourne
Designated 2022 · ref. CA-SWL-43
Rules & recordStalisfield Green
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-44
Rules & recordStaplestreet
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-45
Rules & recordSyndale
Designated 2008 · ref. CA-SWL-46
Rules & recordThrowley Forstal
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-47
Rules & recordTonge
Designated 2022 · ref. CA-SWL-48
Rules & recordTunstall
Designated 2022 · ref. CA-SWL-49
Rules & recordUpchurch
Designated 2006 · ref. CA-SWL-50
Rules & recordWhitehill
Designated 1994 · ref. CA-SWL-51
Rules & recordWhat a conservation area changes
Extensions
Side extensions, and rear extensions of more than one storey, are not permitted development — they need planning permission. Single-storey rear extensions keep their normal limits, but the Larger Home Extension prior-approval route is not available.
Lofts and roofs
Roof extensions such as dormers are not permitted development. Rooflights are usually fine if they don't project more than 15 cm.
Cladding
Cladding the outside of a house in stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber, plastic or tiles needs planning permission.
Outbuildings
Garden rooms, sheds and other outbuildings to the side of the house need planning permission.
Demolition
Demolishing a building larger than 115 m³ needs planning permission. Taking down a wall, gate or fence over 1 m high next to a road (or 2 m elsewhere) also needs permission.
Trees
You must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting down or pruning most trees (trunk over 7.5 cm across at 1.5 m high), even if they are not protected by a tree preservation order.
Article 4 directions
Councils can remove more permitted development rights — for example for windows, doors, porches or front boundaries — with an Article 4 direction. Check the council's list below.
Article 4 directions in Swale Borough Council
These remove some permitted development rights in the areas they cover — check whether one applies to your property before you rely on permitted development.
- 1 and 2 Flint Cottages (14 March 1988)
- 20 East Street (29 May 2007)
- 43-47, 49-51, 54, 56, 57, 59-72 Marine Parade (18 August 1981)
- 49, 88, 90, 104, 114-128(evens), 132-140(evens) The Street and 1 & 2 Chapel Cottages (14 March 1988)
- 84 Scarborough Drive (12 September 2007)
- Fairmeadow
- Faversham Conservation Area (29 May 2007)
- Faversham Conservation Area (unit 8, Granville House) (29 May 2007)
- Land at Little Coxett Farm (15 November 1973)
- Land at Oare Creek (16 July 1969)
- Land at the Whitstable Bay Estate
- Land between Brielle Way and Sterling Road (5 April 2006)
- Land in and around Dargate (7 April 2008)
- Land on east side of South Bush Lane (aka Land at Spade Lane) (12 August 2021)
- Land South East of Kingsborough Manor (5 April 2006)
- Land South of Denstroude Lane (26 March 2008)
- Land West of Cedar Cottage (27 June 2007)
- No's 43 - 72 (ALL) Marine Parade (18 August 1981)
- Perry Wood and Conduit Wood, Selling (29 November 1973)
- Sweepstakes Farm, Lower Hartlip Road, Hartlip (10 May 1978)
- The Viking Caravan Site and Seasalter Meadow Estate, Seasalter Road, Graveney (22 May 1972)
- The Willow Beds (8 May 1985)
Conservation area and Article 4 data: planning.data.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always confirm boundaries and rules with the council before starting work. General information, not legal advice.