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Old Mount Farm, Mount Hill, Rhodes Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6YD

25/1495/FHFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 October 2025

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Detached dwelling house following demolition of redundant farmhouse

Received
7 August 2025
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at OLD MOUNT FARM, MOUNT HILL, RHODES MINNIS, CANTERBURY, CT4 6YD. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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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Why it was refused

  1. In the absence of an updated bat inspection survey to determine whether the existing loft space is currently supporting roosting bats, whether it is suitable for roosting bats, and whether adverse impacts as a result of development proposals are likely, a detrimental impact upon protected habitats and species cannot be ruled out, contrary to Places and Policies Local Plan policy NE2, Core Strategy Review policy CSD4, and paragraph 193 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CT4 6YD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2025
Consultation expiry
12 September 2025
Consultation end
12 September 2025
Application expires
2 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (6)

conservation areas, 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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Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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