138 High Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5JY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for retention of Class E commercial use on ground floor with ancillary Class E use in the basement and conversion of first and second floor to a two bedroom flat. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 7
Show all 11 with distances
- 0 mHerne Bay
- 20 mBaptist Church Including the Parish RoomGrade II
- 70 m1-6, Hanover SquareGrade II
- 103 m39-43, William StreetGrade II
- 112 m85, Mortimer StreetGrade II
- 115 m148 and 150, High StreetGrade II
- 116 mNorth and South School Rooms North School Room South School RoomGrade II
- 117 m87, Mortimer StreetGrade II
- 120 mChrist Church Herne Bay Parish ChurchGrade II
- 121 m17, William StreetGrade II
- 135 m49-59, William StreetGrade II
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 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £205,000 in June 2023. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Canterbury
- Application type
- Prior -COU bus to mixed use upto 2 flats
- Postcode
- CT6 5JY
- Received
- 14 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 14 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Heron
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 9 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Not Required
- Decision date
- 9 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Goddard Planning
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 6 days faster than Canterbury's median of 62 for changes of use. Approved, as 97% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Canterbury in the last twelve months, from validation. Canterbury decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
11 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 9 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Canterbury is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #259 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 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.
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