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Sandwich Infant School School Road Sandwich CT13 9HT

25/00155Prior approval for solar panelsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 April 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required - COUDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the installation of roof mounted solar array

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Sandwich
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Sandwich Infant School School Road Sandwich CT13 9HT. Dover has handled 371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. 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 100 applications across Sandwich. We hold 631 applications in total for the CT13 postcode area.

77% of outline 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
CT13 9HT
Application type
Prior approval for solar panels
Scale / size
Small
Parish
SANDWICH

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2025
Last date for comments
4 April 2025
Target decision date
23 April 2025
Decision issued
11 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 March 2025

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Sandwich - Walled Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: Wall on North and East Side of School RoadOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4(2) Direction, Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1…
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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