The Sanctuary, Pay Street, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7EA Data via plota.co.uk

26/1579/FH - Full Planning Permission Under Consultation
Agricultural

Proposal

Erection of new tractor barn and retrospective retention of access track, gates & pillars. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
23 Sept 2026
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Validated
13 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 4 Dec 2026, from Shepway's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 6 Nov 2026

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Documents 21

Statements & assessments 4

PDF Statuatory Biodiversity Metric Document · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed BNG Plan Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing BNG Plan Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Document · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

PDF Proposed Block Plan Plan · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plan · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Block Plan Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Superseded Proposed Block Plan Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Front Elevation Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Barn Layout Plan Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Barn Roof Plan Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Front Elevation Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (R) Form · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 4

PDF Environment Agency Comment Document · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC Highways Comment Document · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF List of Consultations Document · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Letter Document · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Site Notice.pdf PDF · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Report Document · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Access & Boundary Character Appraisal Document · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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), 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Public footpath about 30 m away; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 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
Shepway
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT18 7EA
Received
23 Sept 2026
Validated
13 Oct 2026
Ward
North Downs East
Parish
Acrise
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Dec 2026

Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. Shepway usually decides full applications by day 52.

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target
86%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
263decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Shepway in the last twelve months, from validation. Shepway decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 22 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
6 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
REDWOODS, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Rear extension to provide integral garage, replacement of cladding, construction of raise…
25/1859/FH
2025 Approved
REDWOODS, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Rear extension to provide integral garage, replacement of cladding, construction of raise…
25/1859/FH
2025 Approved
BUSH FARM, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 3 (materials) and Condition 4 (planting) of pla…
25/1559/FH/CON
2025 Approved
BUSH FARM, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 3 (materials) and Condition 4 (planting) of pla…
25/1559/FH/CON
2025 Refused
ROODS MEADOW, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Replacement dwelling.
25/0537/FH
2025 Refused
ROODS MEADOW, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Replacement dwelling.
25/0537/FH
2025 Approved
BUSH FARM, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Proposed single storey extension on the west side of the property and a new front door an…
25/0323/FH
2025 Approved
BUSH FARM, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Proposed single storey extension on the west side of the property and a new front door an…
25/0323/FH
2024
BUSH FARM, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Single storey side extension
24/1272/FH
2024
BUSH FARM, PAY STREET, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EA
Single storey side extension
24/1272/FH
2021 Refused
Bush Farm Cottages, Pay Street, Hawkinge, CT18 7EA
Erection of a chalet style cottage.
21/0507/FH
2021 Refused
Bush Farm, Pay Street, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7EA
Erection of 2 Holiday Let Log Cabins on land forming part of Bush Farm
21/0292/FH
2020 Approved
Bush Farm, Pay Street, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7EA
Application for a new car port and erection of stables/tack room
20/1798/FH
2017 Withdrawn
Kentallen Cottage Pay Street Hawkinge Folkestone Kent CT18 7EA
Erection of side extension to existing detached garage and conversion to living accommoda…
Y17/0490/SH
Shepway
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#49 of 296 councils
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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings