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Land north west of Great Paddock Farm, Canterbury Road, Challock

PA/2023/1705Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 12 January 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Construction of a 5-bedroomed subterranean eco house including improvements to existing highway access

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs West
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land north west of Great Paddock Farm, Canterbury Road, Challock. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downs West.

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
Small
Parish
Challock

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2023
Consultation expiry
4 January 2024
Consultation start
18 October 2023
Consultation end
4 January 2024
Application expires
11 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.

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

Source: Ashford

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