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Layham Garden Centre Lower Road Staple Canterbury CT3 1LH

24/01074Prior App Agricultural to Flex CommWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior approval from agricultural barn to office/production unit A mezzanine floor will be installed to create office space and a meeting room on the 1st floor. Below the mezzanine will be a production room where we can bottle our rapeseed oil. The rest of the unit will be divided to allow a pressing room where we press and filter our rapeseed into oil. We will also, create a store room and warehousing space for our raw materials.

Received
11 October 2024
Decided
4 December 2024 · Withdrawn
Public comments
3
Ward
Little Stour And Ashstone
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.15 Nov
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Dover78% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application at Layham Garden Centre Lower Road Staple Canterbury CT3 1LH. Dover has handled 371 applications of this type and approves 76% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Little Stour And Ashstone. We hold 2,008 applications in total for the CT3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
24/01074
Address
Layham Garden Centre Lower Road Staple Canterbury CT3 1LH
Postcode
CT3 1LH
Local Authority
Dover
Application Type
Prior App Agricultural to Flex Comm
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Withdrawn
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Little Stour And Ashstone
Parish
STAPLE

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
11 October 2024
Target Decision Date
6 December 2024
Date Decided
4 December 2024
Date Validated
12 October 2024
Date Submitted
11 October 2024
Last Date for Comments
15 November 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Withdrawn
Statutory Period
55 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
25 October 2024

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
3
Documents
5
Coordinates
51.262650, 1.263647
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Dover

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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