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Great Ruckinge Farm Thornden Wood Road Herne Bay Kent CT6 7NU

CA/25/01788Prior - agricultural to dwlgApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for the change of use of agricultural building to dwelling.

Received
13 October 2025
Ward
Greenhill
Agent
NoP Ltd.
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 158 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Great Ruckinge Farm Thornden Wood Road Herne Bay Kent CT6 7NU. Canterbury has handled 14 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Greenhill. We hold 577 applications in total for the CT6 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
CT6 7NU
Application type
Prior - agricultural to dwlg
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Last date for comments
7 November 2025
Target decision date
8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
NoP Ltd.
Architect profile
NOP LIMITED
Agent address
Unit 2A No. 118 Stanstead Road London SE23 1BX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Ancient woodland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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: Canterbury

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