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The Willows Church Lane Petham Kent CT4 5RD

CA/26/00093Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Level the top of the Leylandii Hedge L1 between The Willows and Sunnyside removing up to 3m from the top of a 10m hedge.

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chartham And Stone Street
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Willows Church Lane Petham Kent CT4 5RD. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Petham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 126 applications across Chartham And Stone Street. We hold 1,907 applications in total for the CT4 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
CT4 5RD
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Petham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Last date for comments
20 February 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: The PETHAM Conservation Area
  • Listed building: The PETHAM Conservation AreaOn or next to this 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 (21)

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, 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

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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