Planning application
Northdown Residential Care Home, Canterbury Road, Molash, Canterbury, CT4 8EX
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate- Existing - Use of former residential care home as residential home for foster children (Class C2 Residential Institution)
As published by the council, reference PA/2025/1670
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2025/1670
- Type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Existing Use/Development Is Lawful
- Received
- 2 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 21 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Downs North
- Parish
- Molash
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CT4 8EX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Sep 2025
Received by Ashford
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4 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Existing Use/Development Is Lawful
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter the decision
Ashford has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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