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Farm Office Great Bossingham Farm Hardres Court Road Upper Hardres Kent CT4 6EA

CA/22/02613Prior - agricultural to otherApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 6 February 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for change of use of agricultural building for use as a woodworking business (Class E).

Received
12 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chartham And Stone Street
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Farm Office Great Bossingham Farm Hardres Court Road Upper Hardres Kent CT4 6EA. Canterbury has handled 14 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Bossingham, Upper Hardres conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 130 applications across Chartham And Stone Street. We hold 1,905 applications in total for the CT4 postcode area.

97% of all applications at Canterbury City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT4 6EA
Application type
Prior - agricultural to other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Upper Hardres

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2022
Last date for comments
20 January 2023
Target decision date
6 February 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: The Bossingham (Upper Hardres) Conservation Area Reg 13.12.1995
  • Listed building: Grade II: Great Bossingham FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: 2 the Cottages, Manns Hill, BossinghamPart of the 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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