Court Lodge Farm, Gilda Bakery Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HU Data via plota.co.uk
CA/26/00400 - Full Application
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Proposal
Extension of existing roof cover to rear elevation. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
12 Mar 2026
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Approved
16 Apr 2026
Approved on 16 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 2
Site constraints 8
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Bishopsbourne, the postcode pin is inside its outline
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.
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- 0 mBishopsbourne
- 28 mBourne Park ( Bishopsbourne/ Bridge )
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.
Bishopsbourne 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 31 m away: Lowland calcareous grassland.
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.
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Important details
- Council
- Canterbury
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- CT4 5HU
- Received
- 12 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 12 Mar 2026
- Parish
- Bishopsbourne
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 7 May 2026
- Decision
- GRANTED
- Decision date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- James Clague Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 35 days from validation, 20 days faster than Canterbury's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 98% of extensions here are.
This one35d
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
- 20 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 7 May 2026
Historical activity at this location
19 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
Tadpole Tearooms Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HR
T1 - Beech, fell tree to ground level.
2025
Approved
Tadpole Tearooms Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HR
T1 - Beech, fell tree to ground level.
2024
Approved
Tadpole Tearoom Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HU
TPO-2/1968 - T1 Beech tree, fungal fruiting bodies at base of tree and around root collar…
2024
Approved
Tadpole Tearoom Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HU
TPO-2/1968 - T1 Beech tree, fungal fruiting bodies at base of tree and around root collar…
2024
Approved
Gilda Bakery Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HU
Retrospective planning application for a rear extension.
2024
Approved
Gilda Bakery Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HU
Retrospective planning application for a rear extension.
2024
Approved
Tadpole Tearooms Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HR
TPO - 2/1968 Group of trees G2 T1 - Beech - Reduce damaged lower scaffold limb over acces…
2024
Approved
Tadpole Tearooms Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HR
TPO - 2/1968 Group of trees G2 T1 - Beech - Reduce damaged lower scaffold limb over acces…
2023
Approved
Oswald Lodge Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HR
Twin stemmed Wild Cherry with weak bifurcated basal union at 0.5m and has shed a leader o…
2020
Approved
Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HU
Change of use of agricultural building to a craft workshop.
2020
Withdrawn
Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne Kent CT4 5HU
Change of use of agricultural building to pizza restaurant, together with installation of…
2019
Approved
Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HU
Change of use of buildings from agricultural use to 3 no. workshops and a store room and…
2019
Approved
Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HU
Change of use of buildings from agricultural use to 3 no. workshops and a store room and…
2018
Approved
Sunnyside Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HU
Proposed single-storey side extension.
2018
Approved
Sunnyside Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HU
Proposed single-storey side extension.
2017
Approved
Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HR
Retrospective application for change of use from light industrial to general industrial.
2017
Approved
Sunnyside Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HU
Proposed single-storey side extension.
2016
Approved
Court Lodge Farm Frog Lane Bishopsbourne
Details submitted pursuant to condition 04 (internal extract system) of planning permissi…
2016
Approved
Court Lodge Farm Barn Frog Lane Bishopsbourne CT4 5HR
Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/15/00708/FUL for change of use of former…
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.
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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
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