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Kings Arms, The Square, Elham, CT4 6TJ

23/1734/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 February 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective planning application for works to raise the ground levels in the existing garden

Received
2 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target21 Dec
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 111 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Kings Arms, The Square, Elham, CT4 6TJ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 9 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Elham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,908 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 6TJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2023
Consultation expiry
21 December 2023
Consultation end
21 December 2023
Target decision date
21 December 2023
Application expires
23 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Innovation House Discovery Park Innovation Way Sandwich CT13 9ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
113 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Elham
  • Listed building: Grade II: RigdensOn or next to this site · +2 more

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 (5)

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.

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.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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