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The Cart Shed, Godinton Park, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, Kent

21/00468/ASFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 December 2021

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Works of conversion to facilitate change of use of curtilage listed Cart Shed into an education building with new link corridor and WC addition

Received
11 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 265 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Cart Shed, Godinton Park, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, Kent. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 265 days, 30 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Weald Central.

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

Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Chart with Singleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2021
Consultation expiry
10 April 2021
Consultation start
18 November 2021
Consultation end
10 April 2021
Target decision date
6 May 2021
Application expires
1 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Conker Conservation Ltd 6 The Stour Centre 22-24 Stour Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
265 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 March 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09444447
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Registered park and garden: Godinton Park
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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