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Former Playground North Military Road Dover CT17 9BQ

23/00586Removal or Variation of Condition(s)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 22 September 2023

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow amendments of planning permission 19/00287 (S73) Erection of a building containing 20 apartments with 14 car-parking spaces at ground floor, erection of a retaining wall following demolition of existing retaining wall

Received
28 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Town And Castle
Agent
YOOP Architects
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Former Playground North Military Road Dover CT17 9BQ. Dover has handled 1,265 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

97% of conditions 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 9BQ
Application type
Removal or Variation of Condition(s)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
20
Parish
DOVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2023
Last date for comments
6 June 2023
Target decision date
29 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
YOOP Architects
Architect profile
YOOP LIMITED
Agent address
Office 128 28A Church Road Stanmore HA7 4AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 May 2023

Additional information

Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dover - Western HeightsNext to the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Western Heights, DoverNext to the site
  • Local nature reserve: Western HeightsNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: Former Playground, North Military Road, DoverRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Apr

    Certificate of lawfulness (existing) for compliance of condition 1 to confirm the implementation of planning…

    PendingCertificate of Lawful Existing UseRelated26/00344
  2. 2024
    3 Mar

    Discharge of condition 3 (materials), condition 5 (window and door reveals), condition 6 (copings), condition…

    Condition ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/23/00586/B
  3. 2023
    5 Oct

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 23/00586

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment23/00586/A
  4. 2023
    8 Aug

    Discharge of condition, condition 13 (surface water), condition 14 (contamination), condition 16…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCON/23/00586/A
  5. 2023
    28 Apr

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow amendments of planning permission 19/00287

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)23/00586

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