Planning application
Shelford Farm Estate Broad Oak Road Canterbury Kent
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed data centre building and compound, engineering operations, fencing, parking and associated works.
As published by the council, reference CA/25/02094
Application record
- Reference
- CA/25/02094
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 17 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 17 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Blean Forest
- Parish
- Hackington
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Nov 2025
Received by Canterbury
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Canterbury took a median of 50 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
51 documents on file for this application
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Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Canterbury for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Canterbury decided full applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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