Land At Westcourt Lane Woolage Green Data via plota.co.uk

CA/26/00258 - Full Application Awaiting decision
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of land as a glamping site for siting of 3 shepherd huts with associated access. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Feb 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Apr 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 238.

Documents 13

Statements & assessments 5

PDF KCC- ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG METRIC Associated Document · 11 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Associated Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND BNG ASSESSMENT Associated Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM CIL · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 6

PDF PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF CC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Woolage Green ( Womenswold ), the postcode pin is inside its outline · 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.
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Woolage Green ( Womenswold ) 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 ↗
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 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 ↗
National landscape about 1 m away: Kent Downs
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
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.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area.
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 6SE
Received
13 Feb 2026
Validated
13 Feb 2026
Parish
Womenswold
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Applicant
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Agent
ADP Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 238, past the statutory target. 70% of changes of use in Canterbury are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 5 Oct 2026.

Day 238182 days past the 56-day target
41%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
39decided in the last year

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

Public comments

2comments received
2 neutral

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
10 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

11 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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CA/24/00307
2024 Approved
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CA/24/00307
2022 Approved
The Spinney Westcourt Lane Woolage Green Canterbury Kent CT4 6SE
Fell Beech tree in front of property.
CA/22/02034
2022 Approved
The Spinney Westcourt Lane Woolage Green Canterbury Kent CT4 6SE
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CA/22/01454
2022 Approved
Bay Tree Cottage Westcourt Lane Woolage Green Canterbury Kent CT4 6SE
T1 & 2 - Silver Birch to fell in side garden.
CA/22/00691
2021 Approved
Bay Tree Cottage Westcourt Lane Woolage Green Canterbury Kent CT4 6SE
Installation of 8 no solar photovoltaic system panels on roof to side elevation.
CA/21/00034
2019 Approved
Bay Tree Cottage Westcourt Lane Woolage Green Womenswold CT4 6SE
3 fruit trees (apple, plum and damson) in rear garden- crown clean by 20%, crown thin by…
TRE/19/00472
2019 Approved
Bay Tree Cottage Westcourt Lane Woolage Green Womenswold CT4 6SE
3 fruit trees (apple, plum and damson) in rear garden- crown clean by 20%, crown thin by…
TRE/19/00472
2017 Approved
Tatura Westcourt Lane Woolage Green Womenswold CT4 6SE
Proposed installation of smooth render over existing brickwork to front elevation.
CA//17/02138
Canterbury
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#158 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings