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Lucida Studios East Street Ash CT3 2DA

26/00563Prior App COU from Comm/Bus to DWHApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 August 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use from commercial (Class E) to 2 dwellings (Class C3)

Received
16 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Little Stour And Ashstone
Agent
Smith Group Kent Ltd
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Lucida Studios East Street Ash CT3 2DA. Dover has handled 371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Little Stour And Ashstone. We hold 2,037 applications in total for the CT3 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
CT3 2DA
Application type
Prior App COU from Comm/Bus to DWH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
ASH

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2026
Last date for comments
24 July 2026
Target decision date
10 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Smith Group Kent Ltd
Architect profile
SMITH GROUP (KENT) LIMITED
Agent address
67 Beach Street Deal CT14 6HY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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