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Former Westmount Education Centre Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9SF

15/01158Application for DemolitionApproved

Approved on 9 February 2016

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required (28 days)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of Westmount College

Received
24 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MAXTON, ELMS VALE AND PRIORY
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Former Westmount Education Centre Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9SF. Dover has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 592 applications in total for the CT17 postcode area.

92% of all 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
CT17 9SF
Application type
Application for Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DOVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2015
Target decision date
24 December 2015
Decision issued
10 February 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04653757
Comments
0
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.

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© 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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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2012
    3 Jul

    Amendments to approved planning permission DOV/07/00394

    ApprovedNon-material amendment07/00394/A
  2. 2012
    14 Jun

    Details of the foul and surface water drainage pursuant to Condition 14 of planning permission DOV/07/00394

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/07/00394/E
  3. 2012
    14 Jun

    Details of parking for the construction plant and vehicles pursuant to Condition 10 of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/07/00394/C
  4. 2012
    14 Jun

    Unilateral Undertaking pursuant to Condition 13 of planning permission DOV/07/00394

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/07/00394/F
  5. 2012
    14 Jun

    Details of the sight lines pursuant to Condition 6 of planning permission DOV/07/00394

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/07/00394/A

Source: Dover

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