Land South West Of Seaways Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU Data via plota.co.uk

26/00682 - Full Planning Permission Awaiting decision
Extensions & alterationsNew homes

Proposal

Erection of a dwelling, outbuilding, creation of vehicular access, parking and vehicle turn table with associated landscaping (Self-build) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Validated
30 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
14 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 71.

Documents 29

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF APPENDIX E - PREVIOUS OFFICER REPORT REF. 23-01336.PDF Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX C - PREVIOUS DECISION NOTICE REF. 23-01336. Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 10

PDF DESK STUDY & RISK ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF RISK ASSESSMENT - DESTRUCTIVE Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY REPTILE SURVEY AND MITIGATION STRATEGY REPORT BAY HILL ST MARGARETS BA Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY MITIGATION AND ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE REPORT Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX G - ECOLOGY_REPTILE_SURVEY_AND_MITIGATION_STRATEGY_REPORT_- APP REF. 23 Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX F - ECOLOGY_REPORT - APP REF. 23-01336.PDF Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF EAST KENT PROW Consultee Response · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG EAST KENT PROW MAP Consultee Response · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF KENT HIGHWAYS Consultee Response · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SOUTHERN WATER MAP Consultee Response · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SOUTHERN WATER Consultee Response · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 11

PDF PROPOSED VISUALS Report · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED MATERIAL PALETTE Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PRE-DEVELOPMENT TREE REPORT Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF REPTILE TRAPPING REPORT NEPTUNE BAY HILL. Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PHASE 2 SITE INVESTIGATION REPORT Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF EMAIL RE PHASE 2 REPORT Correspondence · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Correspondence · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX D ? ST. MARGARET?S BAY CONSERVATION AREA CHARACTER APPRAISAL AND MANAGE Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX B - PE 26 00047 LAND ADJ SEAWAYS, BAY HILL. Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX A - NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX A ? ST. MARGARET?S BAY CONSERVATION AREA CHARACTER APPRAISAL AND MANAGE Report · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

St Margaret's Bay 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.
Tree preservation order: Situated mainly in the South West garden area to S
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Special area of conservation 108 m away: Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs
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.
Public footpath 25 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
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 ↗
SSSI 108 m away: Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
National landscape 89 m away: Kent Downs
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
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.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the St Margaret's at Cliffe built-up area; Heritage coast 89 m away: South Foreland.
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.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT15 6DU
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
30 Jul 2026
Ward
Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe
Parish
ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Geraint John Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 71, past the statutory target. 96% of extensions in Dover are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 29 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

Day 7115 days past the 56-day target
84%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
313decided in the last year

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

Public comments

3comments received
1 objecting2 neutral

33% object · below the UK average of 74%

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
14 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Villa Gris Nez Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU
Raise crown to 5 metres above ground level and crown thin by 20% of a row of Beech the su…
25/01275
2025 Approved
Villa Gris Nez Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU
Raise crown to 5 metres above ground level and crown thin by 20% of a row of Beech the su…
25/01275
2025 Approved
Villa Gris Nez Bay Hill St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DU
Row of trees, predominantly Sycamore (2) reduce to approximately 4 metres in height, grou…
TC/25/00171
2025 Approved
Villa Gris Nez Bay Hill St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DU
Row of trees, predominantly Sycamore (2) reduce to approximately 4 metres in height, grou…
TC/25/00171
2025 Approved
The Coastguard Inn The Bay St Margarets Bay CT15 6DY
Installation of a radio base station to include 1 small antenna on a supporting pole, 1 e…
25/00639
2025 Approved
The Coastguard Inn The Bay St Margarets Bay CT15 6DY
Installation of a radio base station to include 1 small antenna on a supporting pole, 1 e…
25/00639
2025 Approved
Hillside 11 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DR
Re-pollard back to previous pruning points of one Sycamore (T1), and a group of Sycamores…
25/00593
2025 Approved
Hillside 11 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DR
Re-pollard back to previous pruning points of one Sycamore (T1), and a group of Sycamores…
25/00593
2024 Approved
Hillside 11 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DR
Reduce and shape one Bay tree (T1) to leave at a height of approximately 5-6 metres; repo…
TC/24/00127
2024 Approved
Hillside 11 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DR
Reduce and shape one Bay tree (T1) to leave at a height of approximately 5-6 metres; repo…
TC/24/00127
2024 Approved
South Foreland House Hotel Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DX
Copper Beech (T1, T2 and T3) - overall crown reduction back to previous pruning points an…
TC/24/00108
2024 Approved
South Foreland House Hotel Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DX
Copper Beech (T1, T2 and T3) - overall crown reduction back to previous pruning points an…
TC/24/00108
2024 Withdrawn
Southgate 17 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6DR
Fell one Fig tree situated within a conservation area.
TC/24/00122
2024 Withdrawn
Southgate 17 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6DR
Fell one Fig tree situated within a conservation area.
TC/24/00122
2024 Approved
Southgate 17 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DR
Fell one Fig tree situated within a conservation area.
TC/24/00113
2024 Approved
Southgate 17 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DR
Fell one Fig tree situated within a conservation area.
TC/24/00113
2024 Approved
Hillside 11 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6DR
T1 - Cherry tree - crown reduce by up to up to 1 metre overall; T2 - Holly and T3 - Sycam…
TC/24/00109
2024 Approved
Hillside 11 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6DR
T1 - Cherry tree - crown reduce by up to up to 1 metre overall; T2 - Holly and T3 - Sycam…
TC/24/00109
2023 Approved
Neptune Bay Hill St Margaret's Bay CT15 6BZ
Erection of a detached dwelling, garage, vehicular access, parking and turning area with…
23/01336
2024 Approved
Berkley 9 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DR
Fell one Elm the subject of Tree Preservation Order No 1 of 2023
24/00704
2017 Approved
Stillpoint 19 Granville Road St. Margaret's Bay Dover CT15 6DR
Crown reduce two beech trees by 20% and crown lift to 5metres above ground level
17/01410
2017 Approved
South Foreland House Hotel Road St. Margaret's Bay CT15 6DX
Re-pollard one Laburnum tree, pollard one poplar tree to 7ft and one bay tree to 6ft
17/00242
2017 Approved
The Edge Bay Hill St. Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6DU
T1 - Monterey Cypress - dismantle and fell to ground levelG1 - Beech - 5 Trees adjacent t…
TC/17/00034
2016 Approved
Seaways Land Adjacent Bay Hill St. Margarets Bay CT15 6DU
Felling of one Beech tree, one Ash tree and nine Sycamore trees
17/00151
2016 Approved
Southgate 17 Granville Road St. Margaret's Bay CT15 6DR
Erection of a detached dwelling (existing to be demolished)
16/01285
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
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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