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Longships Cauldham Lane Capel Le Ferne CT18 7HG

26/00016Overhead Line ExemptionApproved

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required (28 days)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Regulation 5 (The Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009) notification for the installation of replacement and relocation of electricity pole and stay wire, and reconnection of existing services on existing pole and associated overhead lines

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Longships Cauldham Lane Capel Le Ferne CT18 7HG. Dover has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker 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.

92% of all 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
Overhead Line Exemption
Scale / size
Small
Parish
CAPEL-LE-FERNE

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

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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