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26 Cauldham Lane Capel Le Ferne CT18 7HG

25/01378Certificate of Lawful Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Certificate Proposed GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the erection of a single storey side extension (garage demolished)

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne
Agent
Kent Building Control Ltd
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey side extension at 26 Cauldham Lane Capel Le Ferne CT18 7HG. Dover has handled 371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days 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 1,626 applications in total for the CT18 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
CT18 7HG
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
CAPEL-LE-FERNE

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kent Building Control Ltd
Architect profile
KENT BUILDING CONTROL LIMITED
Agent address
5 The Farmhouse Yew Tree Studios Stone Street Stanford TN25 6DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Longships, Cauldham Lane, Capel le FerneRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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