Laingthorn London Road Upper Harbledown Kent CT2 9AN Data via plota.co.uk

CA/26/01246 - Conservation Area Notice Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Removal of Conifer trees A & B on the tree diagram, one is dead. Please note, the chestnut tree (marked as C on the diagram and in the driveway photo) is to remain and will not be altered, located in the front garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jul 2026
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Approved
27 Aug 2026

Approved on 27 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF TREES Consultee Comment · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photo · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Upper Harbledown, 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.
Upper Harbledown 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
Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Agricultural land, grade 1
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. A site survey can differ.
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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 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 £600,000 in February 2021. Detached house, freehold.

5 February 2021£600,000

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

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Important details

Council
Canterbury
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Postcode
CT2 9AN
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Ward
Chartham And Stone Street
Parish
Harbledown
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Sept 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
27 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 35 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
377decided 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 28 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
3 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

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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

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