52 - 54 High Street Whitstable Kent CT5 1BG
Approved on 20 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
An application under Conservation Habitat and Species Regulation 2017 to determine likely significant effects on European Site for change of use of part of ground floor and the first floor from commercial, business and service use to residential use to create 4 dwelling houses. Granted under CA/25/01222
- Received
- 29 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Gorrell
- ReceivedReceived29 Sep
- ValidatedValidated29 Sep
- Consult.Consultation31 Oct
- TargetTarget Date24 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Apr
Decided in 203 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 52 - 54 High Street Whitstable Kent CT5 1BG. Canterbury has handled 6,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 21 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitstable Town conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- CT5 1BG
- Application type
- Cons of Hab and Species Regs
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 31 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- CORA_studio
- Agent address
- 1 London Road, Ipswich Suffolk IP1 2HA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Whitstable Town
- Listed building: Whitstable TownOn this site
- Article 4 direction: Dwelling houses in Whitstable Town Conservation AreaPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Canterbury
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