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120 Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9SP

22/00467Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 June 2022

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to 12 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis)

Received
5 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Town And Castle
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 120 Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9SP. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Town And Castle. We hold 592 applications in total for the CT17 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
CT17 9SP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DOVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2022
Last date for comments
2 June 2022
Target decision date
3 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Cornwallis Avenue Gillingham ME7 2DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 April 2022

Additional information

Documents
19

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 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.

Source: Dover

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