Eggarton Lodge, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, CT4 7DY Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2025/2374 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of land to residential and erection of a timber Summer House, for use as a tennis pavilion. Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.

View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 22:48

Application progress

✓

Received

22 Dec 2025

✓

Validated

5 Mar 2026

✓

Approved

around 7 Aug 2026

Approved around 7 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 25

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/Ramsar

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Kent Downs National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Priority habitat: No main habitat but additional habitats present

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Ashford - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council: Ashford
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: CT4 7DY
Received: 22 Dec 2025
Validated: 5 Mar 2026
Ward: Downs North
Parish: Godmersham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Aug 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: around 7 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: WoodKraft Ltd John Simmons

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 7 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Refused

Proposed Garden Room

PA/2024/1136 12 Sep 2024

2024 Refused

Proposed Garden Room

PA/2024/1136 12 Sep 2024

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved

Orchard Cottage, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, Canterbury, CT4 7DY

First floor extension and single storey roof addition to include rooflights and dormer wi…

PA/2024/1422 26 Sep 2024

2024 Approved

Orchard Cottage, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, Canterbury, CT4 7DY

First floor extension and single storey roof addition to include rooflights and dormer wi…

PA/2024/1422 26 Sep 2024

2023 Refused

Orchard Cottage, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, Canterbury, CT4 7DY

Proposed first floor extension

PA/2023/1445 22 Dec 2023

Ashford

Planning Authority Score

5.9/10

Average

#105 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Ashford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #75 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Ashford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #147 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #146 of 296

75%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #75 of 296

40%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #146 of 296

71%

Minor dwellings approved

106 decided (1-9 homes)

89%

Major dwellings approved

18 decided (10+ homes)

90%

Change of use approved

40 decided

991

Total decisions

123 refused in the year to March 2026

Eggarton Lodge, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, CT4 7DY Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 25

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 8

Plans & drawings 9

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 4

Site constraints 6

Important details

Public comments

Consultation & key dates

Previous applications at this address

Nearby activity