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Old White Hill Cottage, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8EB

PA/2025/1827Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed building consent for internal and external works including the enlargement of a chimney breast; addition of a partition; removal of modern render and plaster; insertion of breathable insulation and lime plaster finishes; removal of window, enlargement of opening, and insertion of French doors; and restoration of two inglenook fireplaces.

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs North
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Old White Hill Cottage, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8EB. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

88% of heritage 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 8EB
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chilham;Chilham

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation end
13 March 2026
Application expires
24 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
179 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14225210
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Old White Hill CottageOn this site
  • 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, 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, 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Apr

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 5 (internal partition) of Listed Building Consent PA/2025/1827

    ApprovedListed building consentRelatedOTH/2026/0698
  2. 2025
    26 Sep

    Listed building consent for internal and external works including the enlargement of a chimney breast…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentPA/2025/1827

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