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Centurion House & Land Rear Of Bench Street Dover CT16 1RG

14/00554Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 September 2014

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of building (Centurion House) and redevelopment to provide a public pay and display car park (56 car parking bays) and cafe kiosk (A5) and associated seating area, including boundary fencing/walling, tree planting/landscaping, lighting and tromp l'oiel art display banner/screen

Received
2 June 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CASTLE
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Centurion House & Land Rear Of Bench Street Dover CT16 1RG. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 weeks longer than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 293 applications in total for the CT16 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Dover District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT16 1RG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DOVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2014
Consultation expiry
8 August 2014
Last date for comments
29 August 2014
Target decision date
23 September 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 August 2014
Site notice start
29 August 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03375961
Comments
0
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    18 Mar

    Amendments to approved scheme

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside14/00554/A
  2. 2014
    2 Jun

    Demolition of building (Centurion House) and redevelopment to provide a public pay and display car park (56…

    This applicationApprovedFull14/00554

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    10 Nov

    Condition 13 - Boundary details and material samples

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/14/00554/G
  2. 2014
    10 Nov

    Condition 6 - Surface water level details

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/14/00554/F
  3. 2014
    10 Nov

    Condition 5 - Surface water system details

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/14/00554/E
  4. 2014
    10 Nov

    Condition 16 - External lighting plan details

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/14/00554/H
  5. 2014
    10 Nov

    Condition 4 - Programme of archeological works

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/14/00554/D
  6. 2014
    10 Nov

    Condition 3 - Details of foundations

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/14/00554/C

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