Camellias Faussett Hill Street End Lower Hardres Kent CT4 7AL Data via plota.co.uk

CA/26/01368 - Conservation Area Notice Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

1. Silver birch, removal of tree located on roadside front boundary of property. 2. 3x Silver Birches, reduction of trees by 20% located on the left-hand boundary. 3. Silver birch, Reduction of silver birch by 20% located in rear garden. 4. Sycamore, reduction of tree by 30% located on the right hand boundary of the rear garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
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Approved
24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG SKETCH PLAN Drawing · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

IMG SLIVER BIRCH Photo · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SYCAMORE Photo · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG SILVER BIRCH Photo · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG 3X SILVER BIRCH Photo · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Lower Hardres and Street End, the postcode pin is inside its outline
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.
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.
Lower Hardres and Street End 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Well Cottage, Fausett Hill, Lower Hardres. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Lower Hardres and Street End built-up area; Tree preservation order about 25 m away: Heppington Farm Faussett Hill Lower Hardres CT4 7AL; 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 · 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 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
Conservation Area Notice
Postcode
CT4 7AL
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Chartham And Stone Street
Parish
Lower Hardres And Nackington
Case officer
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Target decision
5 Oct 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
24 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Landcare

How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, about the council's usual 34 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
382decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Canterbury in the last twelve months, from validation. Canterbury decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
5 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Well Cottage Faussett Hill Street End Lower Hardres Kent CT4 7AL
T1) and T2) juniper trees -fell located in rear garden.
CA/25/00432
2025 Approved
Well Cottage Faussett Hill Street End Lower Hardres Kent CT4 7AL
T1) and T2) juniper trees -fell located in rear garden.
CA/25/00432
2023 Approved
Camellias Faussett Hill Street End Lower Hardres Canterbury Kent CT4 7AL
T1) Twisted willow -fell located to front T2) Sycamore - 2 meter reduction located to rea…
CA/23/00958
2021 Approved
Well Cottage Faussett Hill Street End Lower Hardres Canterbury Kent CT4 7AL
Fell two Ash trees and reduction of remaining trees to 9 feet all located on the front si…
CA/21/01014
2019 Approved
1 Willow Cottages Faussett Hill Lower Hardres CT4 7AL
Proposed two-storey rear extension.
CA//19/01155
2019 Approved
1 Willow Cottages Faussett Hill Lower Hardres CT4 7AL
Proposed two-storey rear extension.
CA//19/01155
2017 Approved
Cornfields Faussett Hill Lower Hardres CT4 7AL
Proposed single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
CA//17/02278
2017 Approved
Cornfields Faussett Hill Lower Hardres CT4 7AL
Proposed two-storey and single-storey rear extension, with roof lights, following the dem…
CA//17/00799
2016 Approved
Roseland Faussett Hill Lower Hardres CT4 7AL
Proposed two-storey side extension.
CA//16/02914
2017 Approved
Well Cottage Faussett Hill Lower Hardres CT4 7AL
Fell 1 x Maple tree to side of dwelling.
TRE/17/00002
Canterbury
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#158 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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