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400 Faversham Road Seasalter Whitstable Kent CT5 4BW

CA/23/00804Cert of proposed lawful use or devtRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 November 2023

Council decision: Would not be lawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed siting of 20no static caravans for year round occupation.

Received
11 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seasalter
Agent
Laister Planning Limited
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 400 Faversham Road Seasalter Whitstable Kent CT5 4BW. Canterbury has handled 290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Seasalter. We hold 846 applications in total for the CT5 postcode area.

93% of outline applications at Canterbury City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT5 4BW
Application type
Cert of proposed lawful use or devt
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2023
Last date for comments
15 September 2023
Target decision date
6 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Laister Planning Limited
Agent address
Ground Floor Oddfellows Hall London Road Chipping Norton OX7 5QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal In Progress

Appeal history

3345208
Allowed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 August 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Land at Graveney Marshes & Seasalter Level, Whitstable
  • SSSI: The Swale SSSI
  • Special Protection Area: The Swale
  • Ramsar wetland: The Swale
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, Special Areas of Conservation, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Canterbury

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