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Senate Building University Of Kent Giles Lane Canterbury Kent CT2 7NU

CA/26/01588Approved

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: GRANTED9 conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for erection and display of 1 externally illuminated aluminium free standing totem sign.

Submitted
23 September 2026
Ward
Blean Forest
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 30 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Senate Building University Of Kent Giles Lane Canterbury Kent CT2 7NU. Canterbury has handled 6,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Blean Forest. We hold 2,485 applications in total for the CT2 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CT2 7NU
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2026
Target decision date
18 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Elizabeth Donnachie

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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