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

PA/2025/1105 - Removal/variation of conditions Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of Planning Permission Demolition of The Bothy Barn and the erection of three detached dwellings with associated accesses, parking and landscaping; to allow for the addition of a single garage to the side of Plot B. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2025
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Approved
around 6 Aug 2025

Approved around 6 Aug 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DM Final Officer Report.pdf Officer Report · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF DM Decision Notice.pdf Decision Notice · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF KCC: Highways & Transportation Consultee · 16 Jun 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 6

PDF Proposed site layout with RPAs Plan · 15 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed site masterplan with RPAs Plan · 15 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Masterplan - PL-(00)-0109 Rev P06 Plan · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Layout - PL-(00)-0111 Rev P07 Plan · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor Plans & Elevations - PL-(00)-0300 Rev 1st Plan · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing and Proposed Masterplan Street Scene - PL-(00)-0120 Rev P05 Plan · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Advert - Press Notification Other · 20 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

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.
Show all 38 with distances
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 15 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.

Building

Floor area108 m² (1,163 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (25 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 4 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2018, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Ashford
Application type
Removal/variation of conditions
Postcode
CT4 8DA
Received
11 Jun 2025
Validated
11 Jun 2025
Ward
Downs North
Parish
Chilham
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Aug 2025
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
around 6 Aug 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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Freehold owner
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Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
29 Jul 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans and documents) of planning permission 21/00572/A…
PA/2025/2241
2025
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans and documents) of planning permission 21/00572/A…
PA/2025/2241
2021 Approved
Demolition of No.9 The Bothy and the erection of a replacement dwelling with associated a…
21/00572/AS
2017 Approved
Erection of ground floor side and rear extension with first floor accommodation within ro…
17/00519/AS
2017 Approved
Demolition of existing barn and erection of a new dwelling
17/00522/AS
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
Demolition of The Bothy Barn and the erection of three detached dwellings with associated…
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
2024 Approved
9, The Bothy, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DA
The creation of a temporary access from the A252 into a temporary compound area.
PA/2024/0171
2024 Approved
9, The Bothy, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DA
The creation of a temporary access from the A252 into a temporary compound area.
PA/2024/0171
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
2023 Approved
9, The Bothy, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DA
Fell to ground level 39no dead/ predominantly dead (>75% of the canopy area) Ash trees ma…
NOT/2023/1828
2023 Withdrawn
9, The Bothy, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DA
Ash Trees - Fell to ground level 30 dead/ predominantly dead (>75% of the canopy area)…
OTH/2023/2025
2023 Approved
9, The Bothy, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DA
Dead and dangerous 5 day notification to fell twenty nine Ash trees
NOT/2023/2102
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:
Householder decisions

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

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.