Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses Albert Street Whitstable Kent CT5 1HT
Approved on 16 September 2026
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Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/25/00298/FUL for the Change of Use of existing Hall to 2 dwellings together with 2 semi-detached two-storey dwellings following demolition of existing outbuilding; to allow the retaining existing outbuilding, repositioning of proposed rooflight and omission of 1 no rooflight, materail change from render to reclaimed bricks and from steel balustrade to stained timber slatted fence, Increase in proposed rear outrigger ridge height together with change of timber framed sliding glazed doors to slimline aluminium framed sliding glazed doors.
- Received
- 3 June 2026
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Gorrell
- Agent
- Damian Howkins Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived3 Jun
- ValidatedValidated3 Jun
- Consult.Consultation26 Jun
- TargetTarget Date1 Jul
- DecidedDecided16 Sep
Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses Albert Street Whitstable Kent CT5 1HT. Canterbury has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitstable Town conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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.
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 1HT
- Application type
- Minor amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Damian Howkins Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- DAMIAN HOWKINS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 59 Sweyn Road Cliftonville Margate CT9 2DD
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Emily Rule
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Whitstable Town
- Listed building: Whitstable TownOn 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202617 Jul
Details submitted pursuant to condition 10 (Refuse Storage), condition 12 (Cycle Storage), condition 13 (Hard…
ApprovedSOD Planning PermissionCA/26/01213 - 202621 May
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 6 (materials), 7 (external facade), 9 (brickwork) and 21…
ApprovedApplicationCA/26/00870 - 20267 May
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (historic building recording) and 5 (surface water drainage) of…
ApprovedSOD Planning PermissionCA/26/00772 - 202612 Mar
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (CEMP), 4 (programme of historic building recording - partial…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCA/26/00397 - 20258 Oct
Partial change of use of existing Hall to 1 dwelling together with 3 terrace two-storey dwellings following…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCA/25/01826
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