Unit 6 Crystal Business Centre Ramsgate Road Sandwich Kent CT13 9QX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00399 - Full Planning Permission Approved
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use from use class E to mixed-use development comprising a music school and office use (use class F1) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Apr 2026
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Validated
6 May 2026
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Consultation
3 Jul 2026
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Approved
7 Aug 2026

Approved on 7 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Aug 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF DESIGN & ACCESS AND FRA STATEMENT Report · 5 May 2026 View ↗ PDF BUSINESS STATEMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF SANDWICH TOWN COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SANDWICH TOWN COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 11 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF SUPPORTING INFORMATION Report · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Folkestone to Ramsgate across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Scheduled monument 58 m away: Site of medieval port, Stonar
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Special protection area 148 m away: Thanet Coast & Sandwich Bay
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 149 m away: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
National infrastructure project 1069 m away: Richborough Connection Project
The site is 1069 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Sea Link (awaiting the Secretary of State's decision, 1497 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Sandwich built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT13 9QX
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Ward
Sandwich
Parish
SANDWICH
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Jul 2026
Decision
Grant Planning Permission
Decision date
7 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 93 days from validation, 37 days slower than Dover's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
63decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dover in the last twelve months, from validation. Dover decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
3 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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Discharge of condition 18 (programme of archaeological work) pursuant to application 21/0…
CON/21/01572/CC
2024 Approved
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Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Dover decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #151 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #151 of 296
83%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #28 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #57 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
56 decided
772
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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