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39 Essex Street Whitstable Kent CT5 4HP

CA/26/00029SOD Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details submitted pursuant to condition 2 (cycle parking facilities) and conditon 3 (windows and doors) of planning permission CA/25/00613/RES

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gorrell
Agent
Kirby Cove Architects
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 39 Essex Street Whitstable Kent CT5 4HP. Canterbury has handled 2,757 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in 3 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 4HP
Application type
SOD Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Last date for comments
6 February 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kirby Cove Architects
Agent address
Studio 10 Dimsdale House Hertford SG14 1BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: South WhitstableNext to the site
  • Listed building: South WhitstableOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

© 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.

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