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27 - 31 High Street Whitstable Kent CT5 1AP

CA/26/00473Minor amendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

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

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/24/01566/FUL for the replacement shopfront together with vent and air conditioning units to rear elevation; to allow dummy pilaster with two panels of glass either side.

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gorrell
Agent
JMS Planning & Development Ltd
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 10 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 27 - 31 High Street Whitstable Kent CT5 1AP. Canterbury has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 7 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitstable Town conservation area, with 6 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 848 applications in total for the CT5 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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 1AP
Application type
Minor amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
JMS Planning & Development Ltd
Agent address
Build Studios 203 Westminster Bridge Road Lambeth London SE1 7FR

Planning decision

Case officer
Elizabeth Donnachie
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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 2: Medium 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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