Greenleaves, 12 Victoria Road, Littlestone, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8NL Data via plota.co.uk

26/0705/FH - Householder planning permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of rear extension with rooflights. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 May 2026
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Approved
16 Jun 2026

Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Ramsar wetland about 153 m away: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Designation record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 107 m away: Rye Harbour SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Inside the Littlestone-on-Sea built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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 £380,000 in December 2025. Detached house, freehold.

2 December 2025£380,000

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

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Important details

Council
Shepway
Application type
Householder planning permission
Postcode
TN28 8NL
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
7 May 2026
Ward
New Romney
Parish
New Romney
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
16 Jun 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 7 days faster than Shepway's median of 47 for extensions. Approved, as 84% of extensions here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
337decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Jun 2026
Shepway
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#49 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Shepway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #5 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Shepway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #247 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #219 of 296
96%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #5 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #5 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
69%
Change of use approved
32 decided
761
Total decisions
139 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.