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Car Park D Discovery Park Spitfire Way Sandwich CT13 9FF

19/00741Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 August 2019

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a 75 bedroom Travelodge hotel with ground floor retail unit and associated car parking

Received
20 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
20
Ward
Sandwich
Agent
HFP Architects
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Car Park D Discovery Park Spitfire Way Sandwich CT13 9FF. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Sandwich. We hold 631 applications in total for the CT13 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
CT13 9FF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
SANDWICH

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2019
Last date for comments
14 August 2019
Target decision date
2 October 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
HFP Architects
Agent address
Chandos House Back Street Wendover HP22 6EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 July 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07880261
Documents
65

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)
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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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    1 Sep

    Amendments to parking layout, including kerb location, reduction in total spaces by 1, provision of 8…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside19/00741/A
  2. 2019
    20 Jun

    Erection of a 75 bedroom Travelodge hotel with ground floor retail unit and associated car parking

    This applicationApprovedFull19/00741

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Jul

    Change of use of ground floor unit to hot food takeaway (sui generis) with erection of external bin store…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission26/00667
  2. 2021
    10 Mar

    Removal of Condition 8 and 11 of planning permission DOV/20/00664

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)21/00375
  3. 2021
    25 Jan

    Installation of 8no electric charging spaces to car park layout

    ApprovedNon-material amendment19/00741/B
  4. 2020
    3 Nov

    Erection of a substation to power 8no. EV charging bays with 2.5m high enclosure

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission20/01280
  5. 2020
    10 Sep

    Condition 6 - Landscaping scheme

    Condition ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/19/00741/U
  6. 2020
    6 Jul

    25 - Archaeology

    Condition ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/19/00741/T

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