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The Former Shepherdswell Post Office 1 Church Hill Shepherdswell CT15 7NR

17/00948Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2017

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

Received
28 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
EYTHORNE AND SHEPHERDSWELL
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Former Shepherdswell Post Office 1 Church Hill Shepherdswell CT15 7NR. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 765 applications in total for the CT15 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
CT15 7NR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
SHEPHERDSWELL WITH COLDRED

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2017
Consultation expiry
1 September 2017
Last date for comments
22 September 2017
Target decision date
23 September 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 September 2017
Site notice start
22 September 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

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.

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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