St Radigunds Abbey Farm Abbey Road Dover Kent CT15 7DL Data via plota.co.uk

CON/25/00209/BB - Conditions Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of condition 5 (archaeology) pursuant to application Erection of 2 storey extension with attached garden wall & single storey building to west elevation. Erection of single storey extension to east elevation. Internal works to include: demolition of existing & erection of new partition walls to all floors; introduction of sun tunnels to roof; installation of staircase from ground to 1st floor; installation of staircase from ground to basement; insulated lining of external walls; introduction of glazed doors to porch & replacement door & window to south elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Jun 2026
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Validated
5 Jun 2026
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Approved
8 Jul 2026

Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE 25/00209 Decision · 17 May 2024 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ST RADEGUND'S ABBEY FARM, DOVER WSI Report · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 9

Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Scheduled monument about 14 m away: St Radegund's Abbey, Poulton
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Public footpath about 24 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
SSSI about 165 m away: Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods 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.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 14 m away: St Radegunds Abbey, Abbey Road; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Conditions
Postcode
CT15 7DL
Received
4 Jun 2026
Validated
5 Jun 2026
Ward
Dover Downs And River
Parish
RIVER
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Condition Approved
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
James Clague Architects

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Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Jul 2026
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%).

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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