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Soles Hill Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham, Kent, CT4 8JZ

19/01331/ASFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 November 2019

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of cold store to a B2 General Industrial Use

Received
16 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs North
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.12 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Soles Hill Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham, Kent, CT4 8JZ. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Downs North. We hold 1,907 applications in total for the CT4 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Ashford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT4 8JZ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chilham

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2019
Consultation expiry
12 October 2019
Consultation start
18 September 2019
Consultation end
12 October 2019
Target decision date
11 November 2019
Application expires
11 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
BTF Partnership Clock House Barn Canterbury Road Challock Kent TN25 4BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 September 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08144023
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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