Manor Farm, Aldington Road, Court-at-street, CT21 4PH Data via plota.co.uk

26/1497/FH - Full Planning Permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Conversion of farmstead buildings to five dwellings, including extensions and reinstatement of oast roof, associated parking and private amenity areas, landscaping and ecology enhancements. Reinstatement of open sided pitched roof structure to the south of the main buildings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 3 Nov 2026, from Shepway's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 19 Oct 2026

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Documents 50

Plans & drawings 26

PDF Proposed Elevations Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevations (Lambing Shed) Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing First Floor Plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing East and West Elevations Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Location and Site Plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Roof plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF On-site Baseline Map Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF On-site Post Intervention Map Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Location and Site Plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations (Lambing Shed) Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Roof Plan (Lambing Shed) Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing North and South Elevations Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Reptile Mitigation Plan Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Exterior Perspective Views Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed External Views Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Exterior Views Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing External Views Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor and Roof Plan (Lambing Shed) Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Construction Management Plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Shared Storage Area Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plan · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
National landscape about 20 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
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Scheduled monument about 197 m away: Chapel at Court-at-Street.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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 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
Shepway
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT21 4PH
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Ward
Hythe Rural
Parish
Lympne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Shepway usually decides changes of use by day 53.

Day 2828 days to the 56-day target
91%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
58decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Oct 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
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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