Water Meadows Primary School Shaftesbury Road Hersden Kent CT3 4HS
Approved on 12 October 2026
Council decision: GRANTED11 conditions
Proposal
Erection of two-storey detached block, refurbishment of the existing Sports Hall, installation of Multi-Use Games Area, extension of existing car park and associated infrastructure including hard and soft landscaping following demolition of existing block.
- Submitted
- 18 May 2026
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Sturry
- ReceivedSubmitted18 May
- ValidatedValidated18 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 147 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Water Meadows Primary School Shaftesbury Road Hersden Kent CT3 4HS. Canterbury has handled 6,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Sturry. We hold 2,038 applications in total for the CT3 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- CT3 4HS
- Parish
- Hersden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 May 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Stevie Andrews
Additional information
- Documents
- 101
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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Associated applications
- 202626 Oct
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 6 (CMP) and 11 (Drainage) of planning permission CA/26/00831
PendingApplicationRelatedCA/26/01773 - 202618 May
Erection of two-storey detached block, refurbishment of the existing Sports Hall, installation of Multi-Use…
This applicationApprovedApplicationCA/26/00831
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Canterbury
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