97 Whitstable Road Canterbury Kent CT2 8EE
Approved on 28 January 2026
Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Single-storey detached outbuilding for use as garage following the demolition of existing garage.
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Blean Forest
- Agent
- Smith Group Kent Ltd
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation23 Jan
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 97 Whitstable Road Canterbury Kent CT2 8EE. Canterbury has handled 2,757 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Canterbury Whitstable Road conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Blean Forest. We hold 2,487 applications in total for the CT2 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
- CT2 8EE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 23 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Smith Group Kent Ltd
- Architect profile
- SMITH GROUP (KENT) LIMITED
- Agent address
- Unit 16 Tridax Business Park Honeywood Parkway Whitfield, Dover CT16 3QX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: CANTERBURY ( WHITSTABLE ROAD ) Registered 04.12.1996
- Listed building: CANTERBURY ( WHITSTABLE ROAD ) Registered 04.12.1996On this site
- 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 (21)
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, 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.
- 202625 Aug
T1 Goat Willow located in the rear garden - fell. T2 Silver Birch located in the rear garden - fell.
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/26/01384 - 202016 Sep
T1) To attend to the Camellia adjacent to the tall Bay tree, to trim the top and to reduce the Bay tree to…
ApprovedConservation Area NoticeCA/20/02045
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