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Potting Shed Layham Garden Centre & Nursery Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

16/01133Prior App Agricultural to DwellingsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 17 November 2016

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused - Change of UseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of an agricultural building to dwellinghouse

Received
29 September 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Little Stour And Ashstone
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Potting Shed Layham Garden Centre & Nursery Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH. Dover has handled 371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Little Stour And Ashstone. We hold 2,037 applications in total for the CT3 postcode area.

77% of outline 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
CT3 1LH
Application type
Prior App Agricultural to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
STAPLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2016
Consultation expiry
14 October 2016
Last date for comments
4 November 2016
Target decision date
24 November 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
BTF Partnership Clockhouse Barn Challock Ashford TN25 4BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 October 2016
Site notice start
4 November 2016

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

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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