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Northdown Residential Care Home, Canterbury Road, Molash, Canterbury, CT4 8EX

Granted Ashford PA/2025/1670 Lawful development: Existing use

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

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
Granted As published: 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

  1. 2 Sep 2025

    Received by Ashford

  2. 4 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Existing Use/Development Is Lawful

  4. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ashford granted permission on 21 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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