Units 10 Holmestone Road Dover CT17 0UF Data via plota.co.uk

26/00597 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use to a MOT station for class 4 and 7 vehicles Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:30

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Application progress

✓

Received

26 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

18 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

31 Jul 2026

✓

Approved

7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 7

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

Local nature reserve 370 m away: Whinless Down; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Dover built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 listed building 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.

Building

Floor area182 m² (1,959 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (asset rating 88)

UseB1 Offices and Workshop businesses

HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Dover
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: CT17 0UF
Received: 26 Jun 2026
Validated: 18 Jul 2026
Ward: St Radigunds
Parish: DOVER
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Sept 2026
Decision: Grant Planning Permission
Decision date: 7 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 5 days faster than Dover's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

This one51d

Council56d

UK56d

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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice: 31 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 12 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved

Unit 16 Holmestone Road Dover Kent CT17 0UF

Insertion of windows and doors on north-east and north-west elevations facilitate a new r…

18/00512 10 Jul 2018

2018 Approved

Unit 16 Holmestone Road Dover Kent CT17 0UF

Insertion of windows and doors on north-east and north-west elevations facilitate a new r…

18/00512 10 Jul 2018

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

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.