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70 New Dover Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3EQ

CA/26/00839Cert of proposed lawful use or devtApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 August 2026

Council decision: Would be lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use of building from Class D1 (consulting rooms) to residential dwelling.

Received
19 May 2026
Ward
Barton
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 70 New Dover Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3EQ. Canterbury has handled 290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Barton. We hold 556 applications in total for the CT1 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
CT1 3EQ
Application type
Cert of proposed lawful use or devt
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2026
Last date for comments
26 June 2026
Target decision date
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Evegate Park Barn Evegate Smeeth Ashford TN25 6SX

Planning decision

Case officer
Isobel Goodchild
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: NEW DOVER ROAD AND ST. AUGUSTINE'S ROAD Conservation Area registered 12.11.1998Next to the site
  • Listed building: NEW DOVER ROAD AND ST. AUGUSTINE'S ROAD Conservation Area registered 12.11.1998On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1966/CANNext to the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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