Craighton House Castle Street Dover CT16 1NZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00421 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Part render of externals walls, replacement fire exit door/screen and window top staircase Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
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Validated
8 May 2026
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Consultation
22 May 2026
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Approved
23 Jun 2026

Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Site constraints 12

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 ↗
Scheduled monument 93 m away: St Martin's Church
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
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 ↗
13 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 48-58, Castle Street, Grade II, 42 m away · 1 Grade II*, 11 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 346 m away: Western Heights; Conservation area 40 m away: Dover - Dover Castle; North Downs Way 30 m away; Coalfield, development low risk area; National landscape 410 m away: Kent Downs; Flood defence 28 m away (engineered high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Dover built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

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
CT16 1NZ
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
8 May 2026
Ward
Town And Castle
Parish
DOVER
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Jul 2026
Decision
Grant Planning Permission
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 9 days faster than Dover's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

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

1comment received
1 supporting

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 6 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
22 May 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
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
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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