The Bothy, 9 Church Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DA
Approved on 1 October 2021
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of No.9 The Bothy and the erection of a replacement dwelling with associated access, parking and landscaping.
- Received
- 29 March 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Downs North
- ReceivedReceived29 Mar
- ValidatedValidated30 Mar
- Consult.Consultation1 May
- TargetTarget Date25 May
- DecidedDecided1 Oct
Decided in 185 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at The Bothy, 9 Church Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DA. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 186 days, 19 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications 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 8DA
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Chilham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 March 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 1 May 2021
- Consultation start
- 19 July 2021
- Consultation end
- 1 May 2021
- Target decision date
- 25 May 2021
- Application expires
- 8 October 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Rebus Planning Solutions Basepoint Business Centre Shearway Business Park Shearway Road Folkestone, Kent CT19 4RH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 192 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 7 April 2021
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09670620
- Documents
- 41
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chilham
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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