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Rigdens, The Square, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6TJ

25/1276/FHHouseholder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 9 September 2025

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for the erection of an internal garden all timber feather edge fence with small gate to rear

Received
14 July 2025
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at RIGDENS, THE SQUARE, ELHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 6TJ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Elham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,908 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
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2025
Consultation expiry
14 August 2025
Consultation end
14 August 2025
Application expires
10 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

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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