Land Adjacent To Communications Mast, White Horse Hill, Hawkinge Data via plota.co.uk

26/0854/FH - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to a secure dog walking field, with associated fencing, parking area and shelter. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 14 Sept 2026, 12:06

Application progress

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Received

1 Jun 2026

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Validated

15 Jun 2026

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Approved

10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Documents 11

Site constraints 5

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.

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 Expansion Zone

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.

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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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Land Adjacent To Communications Mast, White Horse Hill, Hawkinge

Approval of details pursuant to condition 3 (materials), 6 (storage & disposal ...

26/1513/FH/CON

Important details

Council: Shepway
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: CT18
Received: 1 Jun 2026
Validated: 15 Jun 2026
Ward: North Downs East
Parish: Hawkinge
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Aug 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 10 Aug 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sarah Collins

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 79% of changes of use here are.

This one56d

Council53d

UK56d

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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 13 Jul 2026

Shepway

Planning Authority Score

7.4/10

Good

#49 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

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

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

Land Adjacent To Communications Mast, White Horse Hill, Hawkinge Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 5

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 2