15 Bench Street Dover CT16 1JW
Approved on 6 February 2018
Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Part change of use to ground floor to residential
- Received
- 6 December 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Dover District Council
- Ward
- CASTLE
- Agent
- Hartwell Architects
- ReceivedReceived6 Dec
- ValidatedValidated13 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date7 Feb
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15 Bench Street Dover CT16 1JW. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1JW
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- DOVER
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 December 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 22 December 2017
- Last date for comments
- 12 January 2018
- Target decision date
- 7 February 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hartwell Architects
- Agent address
- 9 Chapel Lane Dover CT16 1NP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 December 2017
- Site notice start
- 12 January 2018
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06534939
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Planning history at this site
13 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Mar
Discharge of condition 27 (Air Quality Report), condition 32 ( lighting design strategy for ecology) pursuant…
PendingDischarge of conditionsCON/24/00181/M - 202620 Mar
Discharge of condition 12 (parking restrictions) pursuant to application 24/00181
PendingDischarge of conditionsCON/24/00181/L - 20263 Mar
Discharge of condition 9 (Hard and Soft landscape scheme), condition 10 (Landscape management plan details)…
PendingDischarge of conditionsCON/24/00181/K - 202621 Jan
Discharge of condition 8 (BREEAM) pursuant to application 24/00181
Condition Part ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/24/00181/J - 202513 Nov
Discharge of condition 15 (heritage public engagement strategy) pursuant to application 24/00181
PendingDischarge of conditionsCON/24/00181/I - 20259 Jun
Discharge of condition 5 (Construction details including external doors and windows, recessed brickwork…
Condition ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/24/00181/H - 202527 May
Non material minor amendment to approved application 24/00181
ApprovedNon-material amendment24/00181/B - 202531 Mar
Non material minor amendment to approved application 24/00181/A
ApprovedNon-material amendment24/00181/A - 202528 Mar
Variation of condition 8 (BREEAM), 15 (heritage public engagement strategy) and 22 (heritage interpretation)…
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)25/00371 - 20242 Dec
Discharge of condition 3 (Material Schedule), condition 4 (Roof Plant Layout and Elevation Plans), condition…
Condition ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/24/00181/F - 20241 Nov
Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan pursuant to application 24/00181
PendingDischarge of conditionsBNG/24/00181/A - 20247 Oct
Discharge of condition 16 (site's hydrogeological), condition 17 (Bronze age boat preservation details)…
Condition Part ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/24/00181/D - 20211 Mar
Change of use and conversion of shop and HMO into 8no. self contained flats, cycle store, insertion of 2no…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission21/00303
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