Little Smezzel Farm, Mansell Lane, Selsted, Dover, CT15 7HW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the erection of agricultural building for storing machinery (28 day notification). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 19 May 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 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, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 £450,000 in April 2019. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 20 days from validation, 17 days faster than Shepway's median of 37 for prior approvals. Approved, as 75% of prior approvals here are.
Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Shepway in the last twelve months, from validation. Shepway decision record →
Public comments
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Last counted 14 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Shepway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #5 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) 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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