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Grimsacre Cottage, Grimsacre Farm, Canterbury Road, North Elham, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6NG

20/0443/FHHouseholder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 29 May 2020

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of existing stable block and erection of new link connected single storey building containing home office, utility and boot room, plus external store.

Received
24 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at GRIMSACRE COTTAGE, GRIMSACRE FARM, CANTERBURY ROAD, NORTH ELHAM, ELHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 6NG. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,907 applications in total for the CT4 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Folkestone and Hythe District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT4 6NG
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Elham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2020
Consultation expiry
20 May 2020
Consultation end
20 May 2020
Target decision date
20 May 2020
Application expires
1 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Prince & Gisbey Architects Ltd 1 Dene Cottages Dene Farm Lane Wingham CT3 1NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

No recorded designations at this site.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (7)

conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens and SSSIs.

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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    30 Sep

    Proposed detached 3 bay garage and store plus annexe above.

    ApprovedHouseholder22/1665/FH

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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