Layham Garden Centre Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH
Approved on 26 February 2020
Council decision: Grant Planning Permission
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Proposal
Erection of a detached dwelling with associated parking
- Received
- 29 October 2019
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Dover District Council
- Ward
- Little Stour And Ashstone
- Agent
- Graham Simpkin Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived29 Oct
- ValidatedValidated30 Oct
- Consult.Consultation27 Feb
- TargetTarget Date25 Dec
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Layham Garden Centre Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer 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 111 applications across Little Stour And Ashstone. We hold 2,037 applications in total for the CT3 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
- CT3 1LH
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- STAPLE
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 October 2019
- Last date for comments
- 27 February 2020
- Target decision date
- 25 December 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Graham Simpkin Planning Ltd
- Architect profile
- GRAHAM SIMPKIN PLANNING LIMITED
- Agent address
- 2 The Parade Ash Road Hartley Longfield DA3 8BG United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 November 2019
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08243966
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202323 May
Erection of a dwelling with parking
WithdrawnFull Planning Permission23/00694 - 201922 Feb
Condition 3 - Samples of Materials
Condition ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/18/00985/A - 201812 Sep
Erection of a building for the use as an extension to the Garden Centre including retail displays, new…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission18/00985 - 201811 May
Erection of an agriculture building, polytunnels and creation of an internal road
ApprovedFull Planning Permission18/00509 - 201830 Apr
Condition 4 - mitigation of surface water
Condition ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/17/00311/A
Source: Dover
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- Layham Garden Centre , Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH23/00694 · FullWithdrawn0.0 mi
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