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The Barn The Bothy, and Land at rear of 9, Church Hill, Chilham

PA/2025/2136Removal/variation of conditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans and documents) for planning permission 21/00577/AS "Demolition of The Bothy Barn and the erection of three detached dwellings with associated accesses, parking and landscaping"; to allow for the erection of a garage to the side of Plot A

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs North
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Barn The Bothy, and Land at rear of 9, Church Hill, Chilham. Ashford has handled 790 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Downs North.

97% of conditions 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
Removal/variation of conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chilham

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
18 December 2025
Consultation end
18 December 2025
Application expires
13 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14484698
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Chilham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cumberland HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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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