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CON/25/00248/F - Conditions Approved

Proposal

Discharge of condition 12 (Details of access closure) pursuant to application Erection of 9 dwellings (custom build) with access, landscaping and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:50

Application progress

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Received

19 Mar 2026

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Validated

20 Mar 2026

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Approved

9 Apr 2026

Approved on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE 25/00248 Decision · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Other · 19 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 9

Part of

Full5 Mar 2025council archive

Conditions 7, 8, 12, 22 discharged · 4, 5 decided (outcome not recorded) · 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 withdrawn · 2 varied
- ConditionsDischarge of condition 12 (Details of access closure) Erection of 9 dwellings (custom build)…This application20 Mar 2026CON/25/00248/F
- Show 7 more · 3 approved, 2 pending, 1 withdrawn, 1 decided
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 7 (archaeology), condition 22 (external lighting) Erection of 9…20 Mar 2026CON/25/00248/E
  - VariationVariation of condition 2 (approved plans) (Erection of 9 dwellings (custom build) with access…25 Feb 202626/00176
    Conditions 2, 3, 10, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24 awaiting decision
    - Show 2 more · 2 pending
      ConditionsDischarge of condition 19 (CEMP), 20 (LEMP), 24 (Water efficiency) - Variation of condition 2…19 Aug 2026CON/26/00176/B
      ConditionsDischarge of condition 3 (materials), condition 10 (bike storage), condition 16 (badger…14 Jul 2026CON/26/00176/A
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 16 (badger survey), condition 17 (Bat mitigation), condition 18…Withdrawn24 Dec 2025CON/25/00248/C
  - Show 2 earlier · 1 approved, 1 decided
    ConditionsDischarge of condition 8 (CMP) - Erection of 9 dwellings (custom build) with access…24 Dec 2025CON/25/00248/B
    ConditionsDischarge of condition 4 (Contamination), 5 (Potential remediation) - Erection of 9 dwellings…24 Dec 2025CON/25/00248/A

Site constraints 4

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.

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) agrees.

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.

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.

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Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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: CT18 7HD
Received: 19 Mar 2026
Validated: 20 Mar 2026
Ward: Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne
Parish: CAPEL-LE-FERNE
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 May 2026
Decision: Condition Approved
Decision date: 9 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 15 May 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%).

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