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11, 14 And 15 Bench Street Dover CT16 1JW

23/00209Application for DemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 March 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (28 days)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the demolition of 11, 14 and 15 Bench Street

Received
20 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Town And Castle
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Mar
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 11, 14 And 15 Bench Street Dover CT16 1JW. Dover has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Town And Castle. We hold 293 applications in total for the CT16 postcode area.

92% of all 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
CT16 1JW
Application type
Application for Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DOVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2023
Last date for comments
15 March 2023
Target decision date
19 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dover District Council
Agent address
Dover District Council White Cliff Business Park Honeywood Close Whitfield CT16 3PJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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© 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.

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