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Car Park D Discovery Park Spitfire Way Sandwich CT13 9FF

20/01280Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 February 2021

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

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

Received
3 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Sandwich
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 78 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 108 days, 7 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 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
Small
Parish
SANDWICH

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2020
Last date for comments
6 January 2021
Target decision date
28 January 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 December 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09199059
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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.

Source: Dover

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