Dover Grammar School for Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ Data via plota.co.uk

KCC/DO/0117/2026 Approved

Proposal

Installation of two storey Portakabin classroom building for 4 years until 30th September 2030 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Local nature reserve about 96 m away: High Meadow
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 1
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 ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Dover built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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

Postcode
CT17 0DQ
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted with Conditions
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Portakabin
Freehold owner
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Decided in 43 days from validation, 13 days faster than Kent County Council's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

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18 Sept 2026

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.