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16 Best Lane Canterbury Kent CT1 2JB

CA/25/01264Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 22 August 2025

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Silver birch located in the rear garden - 30% reduction.

Received
21 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 16 Best Lane Canterbury Kent CT1 2JB. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Canterbury City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 191 applications across Westgate. We hold 556 applications in total for the CT1 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
CT1 2JB
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2025
Last date for comments
22 August 2025
Target decision date
1 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Best Lane Canterbury CT1 2JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: CANTERBURY CITY (Canterbury Conservation Area) Reg 4.12.96
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Tudor HouseOn or next to this site · +8 more
  • 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
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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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