Cobham Court School Lane Bekesbourne Kent CT4 5ET Data via plota.co.uk

CA/26/01048 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of lean-to greenhouse following demolition of the existing greenhouse. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:03

Application progress

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Received

18 Jun 2026

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Approved

11 Aug 2026

Approved on 11 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Aug 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 7

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 ↗

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

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) agrees.

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; Scheduled monument about 197 m away: Archbishop's Palace, Bekesbourne; 3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,885,000 in August 2021. Detached house, freehold.

2 August 2021£1,885,000

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: Full Application
Postcode: CT4 5ET
Received: 18 Jun 2026
Validated: 18 Jun 2026
Ward: Little Stour And Adisham
Parish: Bekesbourne With Patrixbourne
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Aug 2026
Decision: GRANTED
Decision date: 11 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: James Clague Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 97% of demolitions here are.

This one54d

Council55d

UK56d

72%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

68decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice: 3 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 13 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

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2018 Approved

1 Cobham Court Cottages School Lane Bekesbourne CT4 5ET

T1 Ash - Dead wood T2 Ash - Fell to ground level. T3 Oak - 2m crown reduction.

TRE/18/00464 2 Nov 2018

2018 Approved

1 Cobham Court Cottages School Lane Bekesbourne CT4 5ET

T1 Ash - Dead wood T2 Ash - Fell to ground level. T3 Oak - 2m crown reduction.

TRE/18/00464 2 Nov 2018

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

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

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 1