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Capel Court Park New Dover Road Capel Le Ferne CT18 7AZ

24/01141Certificate of Lawful Existing UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 6 May 2025

Council decision: Certificate Existing RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for the use of land as a caravan site

Received
30 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 188 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Capel Court Park New Dover Road Capel Le Ferne CT18 7AZ. Dover has handled 262 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. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne. We hold 1,626 applications in total for the CT18 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
CT18 7AZ
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
CAPEL-LE-FERNE

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2024
Last date for comments
21 November 2024
Target decision date
25 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
E.P.D.C.S.
Agent address
Po Box 1021 Worcester WR4 4NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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