9, The Bothy, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DA Data via plota.co.uk

OTH/2026/1824 - Approval of details reserved by a condition Under Consultation
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Proposal

Details submitted pursuant to conditions 8 (Lighting Strategy for Biodiversity) & 9 (Biodiversity Enhancement) of Planning Permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
8 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Dec 2026

Under consideration

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Documents 4

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Biodiversity Enhancement Plan Plan · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Supporting Statement to Address Planning Condition 8 & 9 Supporting Documents · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Proposed Lighting Design Plan · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

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    Conditions 8, 9 awaiting decision · 2 varied

Site constraints 12

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.
Chilham 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 ↗
38 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 2 and 3, Church Hill, Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 36 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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Historic England ↗
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.
UKHSA radon ↗
Registered park or garden about 80 m away: Chilham Castle
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 238 m away: Tower keep castle at Chilham; Inside the Chilham built-up area; Priority habitat about 23 m away: Deciduous woodland; Tree preservation order about 28 m away: TPO/74/00001; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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

Checked on 16 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 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 £745,000 in November 2024. Other property, freehold.

7 November 2024£745,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Ashford
Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode
CT4 8DA
Received
8 Oct 2026
Validated
8 Oct 2026
Ward
Downs North
Parish
Chilham
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (transport construction management plan) of pla…
OTH/2024/0606
2024 Approved
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (transport construction management plan) of pla…
OTH/2024/0606
2024 Approved
The creation of a temporary access from the A252 into a temporary compound area.
PA/2024/0171
2024 Approved
The creation of a temporary access from the A252 into a temporary compound area.
PA/2024/0171
2023 Approved
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Reptile mitigation strategy), and 5 (Ecologica…
OTH/2023/2030
2024 Withdrawn
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (Transport Construction Management Plan) of pla…
OTH/2024/0020
2024 Withdrawn
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (Transport Construction Management Plan) of pla…
OTH/2024/0020
2023 Approved
Fell to ground level 39no dead/ predominantly dead (>75% of the canopy area) Ash trees ma…
NOT/2023/1828
2023 Withdrawn
Ash Trees - Fell to ground level 30 dead/ predominantly dead (>75% of the canopy area)…
OTH/2023/2025
2023 Approved
Dead and dangerous 5 day notification to fell twenty nine Ash trees
NOT/2023/2102
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
Well Cottage, Taylors Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BZ
Listed Building Consent for the construction of replacement garden wall.
PA/2025/1417
2025 Refused
Well Cottage, Taylors Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BZ
Construction of replacement garden wall.
PA/2025/1388
2025 Refused
Well Cottage, Taylors Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BZ
Listed Building Consent for the construction of replacement garden wall.
PA/2025/1417
2025 Refused
Well Cottage, Taylors Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BZ
Construction of replacement garden wall.
PA/2025/1388
2025 Approved
Chrisholme, The Square, Chilham, CT4 8BY
T1 - Yew tree - overall crown reduction of up to 3 metres. The tree is outgrowing it's sp…
NOT/2025/1016
2025 Approved
Chrisholme, The Square, Chilham, CT4 8BY
T1 - Yew tree - overall crown reduction of up to 3 metres. The tree is outgrowing it's sp…
NOT/2025/1016
2021 Approved
The Barn The Bothy, and Land at rear of 9, Church Hill, Chilham
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21/00577/AS
2024 Approved
Orion Cottage, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 8BY
T1 & T2- Douglas Fir - Fell - Roots lifting the block patio on the neighbouring property…
NOT/2024/1740
2024 Approved
Orion Cottage, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 8BY
T1 & T2- Douglas Fir - Fell - Roots lifting the block patio on the neighbouring property…
NOT/2024/1740
2024 Approved
St Mary's Church, Church Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
T4 Lime – reduce weight bearing branches back to vertical growth at 2m, remove deadwood…
NOT/2024/1448
2024 Approved
St Mary's Church, Church Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
T4 Lime – reduce weight bearing branches back to vertical growth at 2m, remove deadwood…
NOT/2024/1448
2024 Approved
Chilham War Memorial At St Marys Church, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BY
T1 Yew - crown reduction of 2.5 metres and a crown lift of 3 - 4 metres The tree is now o…
NOT/2024/0730
2024 Approved
Chilham War Memorial At St Marys Church, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BY
T1 Yew - crown reduction of 2.5 metres and a crown lift of 3 - 4 metres The tree is now o…
NOT/2024/0730
2023 Approved
Old Vicarage, The Square, Chilham, CT4 8BY
T6, Robinia - Fell, due to rotting in roots.
NOT/2023/1910
2023 Withdrawn
Land adjacent, The Bothy, 9 Church Hill, Chilham, Kent CT4 8DA
Forestry Commission Application to remove 39no dead or dying ashes spread in the woodland…
NOT/2023/2083
2022 Approved
Thompsons House, Taylors Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BZ
Proposed in-fill extension to the rear of the main house to create a link to the retained…
PA/2022/2778
2022 Approved
Thompsons House, Taylors Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BZ
Proposed in-fill extension to the rear of the main house to create a link to the retained…
PA/2022/2837
2023 Approved
St Marys Church, The Square, Chilham , CT4 8BY
T1 Lime Tree, located in churchyard of St Mary's Church, Chilham, adjacent to Ye Olde Cot…
OTH/2023/0124
2022 Approved
The White Horse, The Square, Chilham, CT4 8BY
Erection of non-illuminated signs and external lighting to the exterior of the building.
PA/2022/2743
2022 Approved
The White Horse, The Square, Chilham, CT4 8BY
Erection of non-illuminated signs to the exterior of the building. SIGN A - 1 X new picto…
PA/2022/2734
2017 Approved
Car Park, Taylors Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BZ
Description: T1 Beech remove first four branches max diameter 60mm, branch from ground le…
17/00078/TC
2016 Approved
Chrisholme, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
Take down chimney to roof level and rebuild using reclaimed bricks & lime mortar to origi…
16/01497/AS
2016 Approved
Chrisholme, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
Description: Yew Tree (T1) Crown lift by 2.5 m and crown reduce by 15%.
16/00205/TC
2016 Approved
The White Horse, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
Essential external repairs to the south-west, front elevation, first floor, only
16/00879/AS
2016 Approved
Old Vicarage, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
Description: T1 - one x horse chestnut, to lift and cut back from neighbour's property (n…
16/00092/TC
Ashford
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#105 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.