1 William Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5EW
Approved on 14 September 2026
Council decision: Prior approval approved
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Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for the partial change of use from shop to residential dwelling.
- Received
- 26 June 2026
- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Ward
- Heron
- Agent
- South East Architectural Services Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived26 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation31 Jul
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided14 Sep
Decided in 80 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 1 William Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5EW. Canterbury has handled 6,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in the Herne Bay conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Heron. We hold 575 applications in total for the CT6 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- CT6 5EW
- Application type
- Prior - light ind to dwlg
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 31 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- South East Architectural Services Ltd.
- Architect profile
- SOUTH EAST ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- SEAS Ltd. 105 Mortimer Street Herne Bay CT6 5ER GB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Ashley Kynes
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Herne Bay
- Listed building: Herne BayOn this site
- Article 4 direction: Dwelling houses in Herne Bay Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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
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© 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.
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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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