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5A Tower Parade Whitstable Kent CT5 2BJ

CA/23/01266Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 October 2023

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for part change of use from commercial to residential.

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gorrell
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5A Tower Parade Whitstable Kent CT5 2BJ. Canterbury has handled 2,757 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Tankerton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 177 applications across Gorrell. We hold 846 applications in total for the CT5 postcode area.

96% of full 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 2BJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2023
Consultation expiry
28 July 2023
Last date for comments
18 August 2023
Target decision date
15 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 July 2023

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Tankerton
  • Listed building: TankertonOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: The Arcade Site, Beach Walk, WhitstableRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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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