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

26/0950/FHListed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 27 July 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for removal of internal wall and access to existing chimney for woodburner.

Received
12 June 2026
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Rigdens, The Square, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6TJ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker 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 heritage 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. The proposed removal of the internal wall and the proposed flue arrangement would result in the loss of historic fabric, erosion of the historic planform and the introduction of an inappropriate modern feature within the Grade II listed building. The works would fail to preserve the building’s special architectural and historic interest and would cause harm to its significance, with no clear and convincing justification or public benefits to outweigh that harm. The proposal is therefore contrary to Section 16(2) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, policies HB1 and HB8 of the Places and Policies Local Plan and paragraphs 207-221 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CT4 6TJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2026
Consultation expiry
23 July 2026
Consultation end
23 July 2026
Application expires
7 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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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