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High Elms House Hicks Forstal Road Hoath Kent CT3 4NA

CA/24/00693Cert of existing lawful use or devtApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 11 July 2024

Council decision: WAS LAWFULDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for existing use of dwelling unrestricted to High Elms Arabian Stud.

Received
30 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sturry
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.5 Jul
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at High Elms House Hicks Forstal Road Hoath Kent CT3 4NA. Canterbury has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Sturry. We hold 2,038 applications in total for the CT3 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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
CT3 4NA
Application type
Cert of existing lawful use or devt
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sturry

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2024
Last date for comments
5 July 2024
Target decision date
25 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Finn's
Agent address
The Packhouse Wantsum Way St Nicholas-at-Wade CT7 0NE

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.

  • Article 4 direction: Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
  • 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, listed buildings, 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

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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