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Smeeds Farm Church Street Whitstable Kent CT5 1PJ

CA/23/01173Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 19 July 2023

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1.Yew Tree (Taxus) located in front garden - Topping 6 foot off height and 10% trimming lower overgrowth. T2. Holly Tree (Ilex) located in front garden - Topping 6 foot off height and 10% trimming lower overgrowth

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chestfield
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Aug
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Smeeds Farm Church Street Whitstable Kent CT5 1PJ. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Street, Whitstable conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Chestfield. We hold 846 applications in total for the CT5 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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
CT5 1PJ
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2023
Last date for comments
2 August 2023
Target decision date
2 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: CHURCH STREET (WHITSTABLE ) registered 06.11.1991
  • Listed building: CHURCH STREET (WHITSTABLE ) registered 06.11.1991On this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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, 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

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.

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