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2 Cowper Close Whitstable Kent CT5 2NS

CA/26/00366Cert of proposed lawful use or devtApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: Would be lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed car port to side elevation.

Received
9 March 2026
Ward
Swalecliffe
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 2 Cowper Close Whitstable Kent CT5 2NS. Canterbury has handled 290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Swalecliffe. We hold 846 applications in total for the CT5 postcode area.

93% of outline 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 2NS
Application type
Cert of proposed lawful use or devt
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
10 April 2026
Target decision date
4 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Isobel Goodchild
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Canterbury

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