Chalkpit Farm Chalkpit Hill Bekesbourne Kent CT4 5EU Data via plota.co.uk

CA/26/01510 - Farming consultation Awaiting decision
Agricultural

Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for the erection of agricultural building to provide agricultural storage and farm office Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 21 Oct 2026 and 30 Oct 2026, from Canterbury's recent prior approvals.

Documents 2

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVERING LETTER Associated Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

The Bekesbourne Conservation Area 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 ↗
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 25 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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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Important details

Council
Canterbury
Application type
Farming consultation
Postcode
CT4 5EU
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Ward
Little Stour And Adisham
Parish
Bekesbourne With Patrixbourne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Finn's

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Canterbury usually decides prior approvals by day 43.

Day 2828 days to the 56-day target
77%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
31decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Canterbury in the last twelve months, from validation. Canterbury decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
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2021 Approved
Essentially Hops Chalkpit Farm Chalkpit Hill Bekesbourne Canterbury Kent CT4 5EU
Application for prior notification for an Agricultural Building for use as seed storage.
CA/21/02857
2021 Withdrawn
Essentially Hops Chalkpit Farm Chalkpit Hill Bekesbourne Canterbury Kent CT4 5EU
Application for prior notification for an agricultural building and new access from Chalk…
CA/21/02666
2020 Approved
4 Chalkpit Cottages Chalkpit Hill Bekesbourne Canterbury Kent CT4 5EU
Two-storey extension to south west elevation, following demolition of existing single-sto…
CA/20/01564
2018 Approved
Chalkpit Farm Chalkpit Hill Bekesbourne CT4 5EU
Proposed single-storey front extension to shop to provide ancillary workshop.
CA//18/01335
2018 Approved
Chalkpit Farm Chalkpit Hill Bekesbourne CT4 5EU
Proposed single-storey front extension to shop to provide ancillary workshop.
CA//18/01335
2017 Approved
Chalkpit Farm Chalkpit Hill Bekesbourne CT4 5EU
T1 & T2 - Ash - fell and grind out stump, G1 - Beech - hedgerow on drive, nearest entranc…
TRE/17/00089
2016 Approved
Unit 4 Chalkpit Farm Chalkpit Hill Bekesbourne CT4 5EU
Change of use from retail to veterinary surgery.
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Canterbury
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#158 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Canterbury is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #259 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
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Canterbury decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #18 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #27 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #259 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #176 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
62 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
29 decided
925
Total decisions
45 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings