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26-27 Tower Hamlets Street Dover CT17 0DY

23/01282Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 April 2024

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to a larger Home in Multiple Occupation, insertion of 2no. rooflights, bin/cycle stores and associated alterations to elevations

Received
3 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
32
Ward
Tower Hamlets
Agent
Blackrock Architecture Ltd
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 26-27 Tower Hamlets Street Dover CT17 0DY. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 165 days, 16 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 8 applications across Tower Hamlets. 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 0DY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DOVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2023
Last date for comments
17 April 2024
Target decision date
10 January 2024
Committee meeting
11 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blackrock Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
BLACKROCK ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Unit 42 Canterbury Innovation Centre Canterbury CT2 7FG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
66

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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© 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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