Phase 2, Whitfield Urban Expansion Archers Court Road Whitfield

23/00170Scoping OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 January 2024

Council decision: Scoping Opinion NotificationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Scoping Opinion - Environmental Impact Assessment

Received: 1 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 11
Council: Dover District Council
Ward: Whitfield

ReceivedReceived1 Apr
ValidatedValidated1 Apr
Consult.Consultation9 May
TargetTarget Date6 May
DecidedDecided19 Jan

Decided in 293 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Phase 2, Whitfield Urban Expansion Archers Court Road Whitfield. Dover has handled 371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 293 days, 34 weeks 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 33 applications across Whitfield.

77% of outline 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

Application type: Scoping Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: WHITFIELD

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 April 2023
Last date for comments: 9 May 2023
Target decision date: 6 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: AECOM
Agent address: Sunley House 4 Bedford Park Croydon Surrey CR0 2AP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Documents: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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