Charlton Lodge Charlton Park Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5JA Data via plota.co.uk

CA/26/00606 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Timber cladding to all elevations, metal pitched roof together with replacement door from aluminium to timber to existing garage. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:57

Application progress

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Received

30 Apr 2026

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Approved

9 Jul 2026

Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE FULL GRANTED C AND R RX Decision · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 14 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FORM 1 CIL · 14 Apr 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 12

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: The Dower House, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade II*, 1 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 3 with distances

0 mThe Dower HouseGrade II
0 mCharlton Park
143 mCharlton ParkGrade II*

Historic England ↗

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.

Charlton Park conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

Tree preservation order: The Manor House Crows Camp Road Bishopbourne CT4 5JB

Consent is needed before work on protected trees.

Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.

Priority habitat: Good quality semi improved grassland

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

Habitat network: Restorable Habitat

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

Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Bishopsbourne built-up area; Flood defence about 41 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); 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. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £540,000 in November 2025. Detached house, freehold.

24 November 2025£540,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Canterbury
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: CT4 5JA
Received: 30 Apr 2026
Validated: 30 Apr 2026
Parish: Bishopsbourne
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Jun 2026
Decision: GRANTED
Decision date: 9 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 15 days slower than Canterbury's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 98% of extensions here are.

This one70d

Council55d

UK55d

73%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

377decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Canterbury in the last twelve months, from validation. Canterbury decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice: 15 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

TPO 2/1968 Fell dead tree.

CA/25/02287 8 Jan 2026

2025 Approved

TPO 2/1968 Fell dead tree.

CA/25/02287 8 Jan 2026

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016

Court Lodge Farmhouse, The Street, Bishopsbourne, CT4 5JA

Proposed window replacement

CON/16/02224 18 Oct 2016

Canterbury

Planning Authority Score

4.8/10

Below average

#158 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Canterbury is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #259 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

97% approved vs 90% nationally

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

Canterbury decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

95%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #18 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #27 of 296

43%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #259 of 296

44%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #176 of 296

84%

Minor dwellings approved

62 decided (1-9 homes)

95%

Major dwellings approved

20 decided (10+ homes)

93%

Change of use approved

29 decided

925

Total decisions

45 refused in the year to March 2026