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Saracens Head, 1 Alfred Square Deal CT14 6LS

23/01128Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2024

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and conversion to residential dwelling, with associated internal and external alterations (existing rear extension to be demolished)

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
53
Ward
North Deal
Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Saracens Head ,1 Alfred Square Deal CT14 6LS. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 188 days, 19 weeks longer than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across North Deal. We hold 694 applications in total for the CT14 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
CT14 6LS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DEAL

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2023
Last date for comments
21 March 2024
Target decision date
21 November 2023
Committee meeting
14 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
Agent address
Robinson Escott Planning Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
68

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Deal - Middle Street
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4(2) Direction No. 1 2000, Town and Country (General Permitted Development) Order…
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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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