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The Boat House 12 Marine Terrace Whitstable Kent CT5 1EJ

CA/26/00256Conservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1-Laurus nobilis, reduce crown dimensions by 50%, removing approx. 1 metres from the branch tips located in rear garden. T2-wild cherry, reduce crown dimensions by 50%, removing approx. 1.5 metres from the branch tips located in rear garden. T3-Evergreen Oak, reduce crown dimensions by 50%, removing approx. 2 metres from the branch tips located in rear garden. T4-Prunus, reduce crown dimensions by 50%, removing approx. 1.5 metres from the branch tips located in rear garden. T5- cherry laurel, reduce crown dimensions by 50%, cutting back by up to 1.5m from the tips located in rear garden. T6- fig, Reduce crown dimensions by 50% removing 1-1.5m of growth located in rear garden.

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gorrell
Agent
About Trees Ltd
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Boat House 12 Marine Terrace Whitstable Kent CT5 1EJ. Canterbury has handled 1,360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitstable Town conservation area, with 4 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 848 applications in total for the CT5 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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 1EJ
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Last date for comments
6 March 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
About Trees Ltd
Agent address
Ebb House 11 St Swithins Road Whitstable CT5 2HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Whitstable Town
  • Listed building: Whitstable TownOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Dwelling houses in Whitstable Town Conservation Area
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.

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.

Source: Canterbury

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