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Vehicle Testing Station Island Road Hersden Kent CT3 4HB

CA/26/00138Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 4 November 2026

Council decision: GRANTED10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective change of use of part of site to padel courts together with erection of canopy structure, clubhouse building and siting of shipping-style containers following demolition of existing building.

Received
27 January 2026
Ward
Sturry
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 281 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Vehicle Testing Station Island Road Hersden Kent CT3 4HB. Canterbury has handled 2,757 applications of this type. This one was decided in 281 days, 32 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Sturry. We hold 2,038 applications in total for the CT3 postcode area.

96% of full 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 4HB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Last date for comments
27 February 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Innovation House, Discovery Park Innovation Way Innovation Way Sandwich Kent CT13 9ND
Applicant company

Rewd Padel Limited

Company number 12715941

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
3 Jul 2020 (6 years old)
Nature of business
Other food services; Operation of sports facilities
Registered office
Ashford
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Emily Rule
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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, 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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