Breach Farm Elham Valley Road Barham Kent CT4 6LN
Approved on 6 November 2026
Council decision: Would be lawful
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Proposal
Change of use of barn from Commercial to Agricultural use.
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Nailbourne
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated2 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Apr
- TargetTarget Date28 Dec
- DecidedDecided6 Nov
Decided in 4 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Breach Farm Elham Valley Road Barham Kent CT4 6LN. Canterbury has handled 2,757 applications of this type. This one was decided in 234 days, 25 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Nailbourne. We hold 1,907 applications in total for the CT4 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
- CT4 6LN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 November 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 December 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Emily Rule
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- Ancient woodland: Bedlam WoodPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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.
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Source: Canterbury
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