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21/01572/B - Non Material Minor Amendment Awaiting decision
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission (Variation of Condition 2 (plans) of planning permission comprising changes to the layout, appearance and landscaping for 303 dwellings and associated works) for the erection of a substation Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Oct 2026
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Validated
10 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 6 Nov 2026.

Documents 2

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVER LETTER Correspondence · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 14

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Folkestone to Ramsgate 10 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
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. A site survey can differ.
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.
National infrastructure project 614 m away: Richborough Connection Project
The site is 614 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Sea Link (awaiting the Secretary of State's decision, 1454 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Conservation area 19 m away: Sandwich - Walled Town
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Also on the record
20 listed buildings within 150 m; Scheduled monument 160 m away: The Fisher Gate; Special area of conservation 430 m away: Sandwich Bay; Coalfield, development low risk area; Registered park or garden 216 m away: The Salutation, Sandwich; SSSI 430 m away: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI; Flood defence 33 m away (wall, designed for a 1 in 200 year flood); Tree preservation order 23 m away: Western boundary of Stonar Close with Ramsgate Roa.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 10 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Non Material Minor Amendment
Received
9 Oct 2026
Validated
10 Oct 2026
Ward
Sandwich
Parish
SANDWICH
Target decision
6 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Nexus Planning

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
6 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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