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Travelodge Canterbury West London Road Dunkirk Kent ME13 9LN

23/504251/DEMREQDemolition Prior Approval NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 October 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the proposed demolition of existing hotel (Ex-travellodge) building.

Received
20 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boughton And Courtenay
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Travelodge Canterbury West London Road Dunkirk Kent ME13 9LN. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Boughton And Courtenay. We hold 1,016 applications in total for the ME13 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME13 9LN
Application type
Demolition Prior Approval Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunkirk

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2023
Last date for comments
13 October 2023
Target decision date
18 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
JMS Planning Build Studios 203 Westminster Bridge Road Lambeth London SE1 7FR

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12457269
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Little ChefOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref TP-05-1Part of the site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Ancient woodland: Denstead WoodsPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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

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© 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.

Source: Mid Kent

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