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Sandwich House The Citadel Western Heights Dover CT17 9DT

22/01553Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 January 2023

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to a secure training accommodation (Class C2A) with associated minor internal refurbishment works

Received
23 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Town And Castle
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Sandwich House The Citadel Western Heights Dover CT17 9DT. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Dover's typical decision time. 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 9DT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DOVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2022
Last date for comments
4 January 2023
Target decision date
19 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
DPP
Agent address
11-13 Penhill Road Pontcana Cardiff CF11 9UP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 December 2022

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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© 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.

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