Planning application
Vehicle Testing Station Island Road Hersden Kent CT3 4HB
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective change of use of part of site to padel courts together with erection of canopy structure, clubhouse building and siting of shipping-style containers following demolition of existing building.
As published by the council, reference CA/26/00138
Application record
- Reference
- CA/26/00138
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 27 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Sturry
- Parish
- Hersden
- Postcode
- CT3 4HB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jan 2026
Received by Canterbury
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 March 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 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Hume Planning Consultancy Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Sandwich
Active · incorporated 2004 · Sandwich
64 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 98% granted
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See their track recordRewd Padel Limited Applicant, registered in Ashford
Active · incorporated 2020 · Ashford
1 application on PlanIndex
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
35 documents on file for this application
- KCC- HIGHWAYS
- KCC ARCHAEOLOGY
- TECHNICAL NOTE - RESPONSE TO HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- KCC - ECOLOGY
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- TREES
- HERSDEN PARISH COUNCIL
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- TREE SURVEY AND REPORT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- FRA & DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- SWA
- SWA
- ENV HEALTH
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- SITE BLOCK PLAN 1:500
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- BNG REPORT
- BNG METRIC
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- FORM 1
- BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED SECTION
- PROPOSED SECTION
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED 3D VIEWS
- PROPOSED BIN STORAGE FLOOR PLAN & ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED STORAGE CONTAINER FLOOR PLAN & ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED 3D VIEWS
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
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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 59 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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