Old Tar Cottage Sea Wall Whitstable Kent CT5 1BX
Approved on 18 November 2025
Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Removal and re-building of existing stone steps and balustrade together with replacement section of metal railings and gate to match existing alongside installation of air source heat pump to rear elevation.
- Received
- 28 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Gorrell
- Agent
- Ratliff/Landells LLP
- ReceivedReceived28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated28 Apr
- Consult.Consultation22 Aug
- TargetTarget Date23 Jun
- DecidedDecided18 Nov
Decided in 204 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Old Tar Cottage Sea Wall Whitstable Kent CT5 1BX. Canterbury has handled 2,757 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 21 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitstable Town conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. 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 1BX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 22 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ratliff/Landells LLP
- Agent address
- 59 Sweyn Road Cliftonville Margate Kent CT9 2DD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 May 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Whitstable Town
- Article 4 direction: Dwelling houses in Whitstable Town Conservation Area
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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, 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.
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Source: Canterbury
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