The Worth Centre Jubilee Road Worth CT14 0DS Data via plota.co.uk

26/00866 - Full Planning Permission Awaiting decision

Proposal

Erection of 6 business units with associated parking, caravan storage, shipping container storage, builders yard/storage and hardstanding (part retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
15 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
9 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Nov 2026 and 4 Dec 2026, from Dover's recent commercial premises.

Site constraints 9

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Scheduled monument 109 m away: Romano-Celtic temple and Iron Age site S of Worth
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 ↗
Ramsar wetland 230 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.
Also on the record
SSSI 230 m away: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI; Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Worth built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 9 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT14 0DS
Received
15 Sept 2026
Validated
9 Oct 2026
Ward
Eastry Rural
Parish
WORTH
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jan 2027
Applicant
Show
Agent
CLArchitects

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. Dover usually decides commercial premises by day 54.

Day 1937 days to the 56-day target
64%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
98decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Dover in the last twelve months, from validation. Dover decision record →

Public comments

17comments received
1 objecting16 supporting

94% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
16 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Jan 2027
Env. assessment
No
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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