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The Old Woodyard Moat Lane Fordwich Kent CT2 0DR

CA/26/00372Cert of existing lawful use or devtApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: WAS LAWFULDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for confirmation that planning permission CA/21/02482/FUL has commenced lawfully.

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sturry
Agent
Invent Architecture Ltd
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Old Woodyard Moat Lane Fordwich Kent CT2 0DR. Canterbury has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Fordwich conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Sturry. We hold 2,485 applications in total for the CT2 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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
CT2 0DR
Application type
Cert of existing lawful use or devt
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fordwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Last date for comments
10 April 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Invent Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
INVENT ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
24 Oxford Street Whitstable CT5 1DD

Planning decision

Case officer
Elizabeth Donnachie
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Fordwich
  • Listed building: FordwichOn this site
  • 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
  • Brownfield land register: The Old Woodyard, Moat Lane, Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0DPRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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