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Heron Manor, Mountain Street, Chilham, CT4 8DG

PA/2024/1815Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 June 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land from agricultural to equestrian. Erection of stable block consisting of two stables, a farrier/ tie up bay, a tack room and a hay barn/feed store following demolition of 2no existing garages. Erection of 2no mobile field shelters.

Received
1 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs North
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 200 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Heron Manor, Mountain Street, Chilham, CT4 8DG. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 262 days, 29 weeks longer 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 1,905 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 8DG
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chilham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2024
Consultation expiry
20 June 2025
Consultation end
20 June 2025
Application expires
20 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
200 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13403552
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
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 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.

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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