Gardeners Lodge, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BX
Approved on 16 July 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)1 condition
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2025/1586 (single-storey rear extension, including roof extension, changes to fenestration on the existing roof and a new sliding entrance gate) to allow changes to the depth of the single-storey rear extension.
- Received
- 26 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Downs North
- ReceivedReceived26 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 Jul
Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Gardeners Lodge, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BX. Ashford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Downs North. We hold 1,905 applications in total for the CT4 postcode area.
86% of amendment 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 8BX
- Application type
- Non-Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chilham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 July 2026
- Application expires
- 24 July 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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.
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Associated applications
- 202626 Jun
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2025/1586
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentOTH/2026/1129 - 202527 Aug
Single-storey rear extension, including roof extension, changes to fenestration on the existing roof and a…
ApprovedHouseholderPart ofPA/2025/1586
Source: Ashford
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