Land At Giles Lane Giles Lane Canterbury Kent CT2 7LR

CA/24/01090Minor amendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 July 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/20/02505/FUL for the proposed development to provide 935 purpose-built student accommodation comprising 117 cluster flats, 1 double-bed unit and 330 studios, arranged in 5 blocks ranging from three to six storeys; replacement two-storey squash building, single-storey sports pavilion, new footpaths, highways improvements to include widening of Giles Lane, new access points off Giles Lane, provision of parking, cycle spaces and green infrastructure, following demolition of existing residential properties and office building.); to allow reduction of Block B building footprint, change to window design, introduction of extract vents and change from cladding to render.

Received: 28 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Canterbury City Council
Ward: Blean Forest
Agent: Church Lukas Ltd

ReceivedReceived28 Jun
ValidatedValidated28 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Jul
DecidedDecided10 Jul

Decided in 12 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land At Giles Lane Giles Lane Canterbury Kent CT2 7LR. Canterbury has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 6 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. There have been 19 other applications at this address. We hold 2,487 applications in total for the CT2 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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: CT2 7LR
Application type: Minor amendment
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 June 2024
Target decision date: 26 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Church Lukas Ltd
Agent address: 15 Middle Pavement Nottingham NG1 7DX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 25

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Article 4 direction: Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

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.

Associated applications

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28 Jun
Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/20/02505/FUL
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2024
28 Jun
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This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentCA/24/01090
2024
28 Jun
Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/20/02505/FUL
ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongsideCA/24/01091

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