55 Bewsbury Cross Lane Whitfield CT16 3EY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Formation of an additional vehicular access and changes to the driveway Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Dover Planning Committee on 16 Jul 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the access would provide safer parking without harming character, residential amenity, highway safety or drainage.
- Ten responses raised concerns including highway safety, parking, pedestrian safety, drainage, overdevelopment and land ownership.
- The committee approved the application with two conditions and delegated powers to settle necessary conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Dover's committee minutes of 16 Jul 2026.
Documents 20
Decision & officer reports 3
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 4
Site constraints 2
Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £200,000 in February 2014. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Dover
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- CT16 3EY
- Received
- 20 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 2 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Whitfield
- Parish
- WHITFIELD
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 28 May 2026
- Decision
- Grant Planning Permission
- Decision date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- LPS Architecture
How this decision compares
Decided in 84 days from validation, 29 days slower than Dover's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Dover in the last twelve months, from validation. Dover decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Site or press notice
- 17 Apr 2026
- Committee
- 18 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
24 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
Dover is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #28 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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