Craythorne Farmhouse, St Marys Road, New Romney, TN28 8TR Data via plota.co.uk

26/1157/FH - Householder planning permission Refused

Proposal

Loft conversion, dormer windows with Juliet balconies to front and rear, increase in height to roof ridge and installation of door and balustrade to rear elevation at first floor level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
3 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 3 Sept 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 285 m away: Rye Harbour SSSI; Local nature reserve about 403 m away: Romney Warren; Inside the New Romney built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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 3

Last sold for £725,000 in July 2025. Detached house, freehold.

1 July 2025£725,000
19 March 2008£287,000
2 October 2002£205,000

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

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Important details

Council
Shepway
Application type
Householder planning permission
Postcode
TN28 8TR
Received
20 Jul 2026
Validated
20 Jul 2026
Ward
Romney Marsh
Parish
St. Mary in the Marsh
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Sept 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
3 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
B Lowrie, Director

How this decision compares

Decided in 45 days from validation, about the council's usual 47 days. Refused, as 16% of extensions here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
337decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions 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
26 Aug 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
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

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