The White Cliffs High Street St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00639 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of former 7 bedroom hotel to a residential dwelling with internal alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jul 2026
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Validated
15 Jul 2026
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Consultation
31 Jul 2026
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Approved
8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: Cliffe Tavern Hotel
List entry 1363365 · The pin is inside its outline · 12 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 11 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 12 with distances
Historic England ↗
St Margarets-at-Cliffe conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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.
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
National landscape 126 m away: Kent Downs; Heritage at risk 57 m away: Church of St Margaret, High Street; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the St Margaret's at Cliffe built-up area; Heritage coast 127 m away: South Foreland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT15 6AT
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
15 Jul 2026
Ward
Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe
Parish
ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Grant Planning Permission
Decision date
8 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Clague LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
63decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dover in the last twelve months, from validation. Dover decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 9 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
31 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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