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Upper Westhill Farm Belsey Lane Ewell Minnis CT15 7DY

24/00024Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 April 2024

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from garage to holiday let (retrospective)

Received
8 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Mar
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Upper Westhill Farm Belsey Lane Ewell Minnis CT15 7DY. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 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 45 applications across Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne. We hold 764 applications in total for the CT15 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
CT15 7DY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
ALKHAM

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2024
Last date for comments
8 March 2024
Target decision date
28 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 February 2024

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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