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38 Virginia Road Whitstable Kent CT5 3HY

CA/26/00978Cert of proposed lawful use or devtApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: Would be lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use of integral garage as living accommodation.

Received
10 June 2026
Ward
Chestfield
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 38 Virginia Road Whitstable Kent CT5 3HY. Canterbury has handled 290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Chestfield. We hold 848 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 3HY
Application type
Cert of proposed lawful use or devt
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2026
Last date for comments
10 July 2026
Target decision date
5 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Isobel Goodchild
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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