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The Sycamores High Street Elham Canterbury Kent CT4 6SY

Y14/1044/SHLawful development: Proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 November 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for proposed use of integral garage as living accommodation.

Submitted
26 September 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at The Sycamores High Street Elham Canterbury Kent CT4 6SY. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 423 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Elham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,908 applications in total for the CT4 postcode area.

77% of outline 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 6SY
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bob Edden : Architect Maison Dieu Stone Hill Sellindge Ashford Kent TN25 6EJ

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

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)

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    23 Jun

    Section 73 application for the variation of Condition 2 (submitted plans) of planning permission 21/1075/FH

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)22/1056/FH
  2. 2017
    25 Oct

    Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising: felling of one Willow and three Ash and…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY17/1371/SH
  3. 2016
    13 Jan

    Crown reduction back to previous points of a Sycamore subject of Tree Preservation Order No 16 of 1994

    ApprovedWorks to Trees covered by a TPOY16/0058/SH
  4. 2016
    13 Jan

    Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising felling of a Conifer (T2) and reduction by 50%…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY16/0039/SH
  5. 2008
    27 Oct

    Felling of two Conifer trees situated within a conservation area.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a conservation areaY08/1095/SH
  6. 2008
    27 Oct

    30% crown reduction of a Sycamore tree subject of Tree Preservation Order No. 16 of 1994.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees covered by a TPOY08/1127/SH

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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