Bay Tree Cottage High Street St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00803 - Full Planning Permission Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

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Application progress

✓
Received
28 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
29 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
11 Sept 2026
✗
Refused
22 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 22 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF PLANNING PERMISSION REFUSED Decision · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT Report · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF HERITAGE Consultee Response · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SLIDING SASH HERITAGE ROSE Report · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Report · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF ST MARGARETS PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF SITE PHOTOS Photo · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
National landscape 111 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
15 listed buildings within 150 m; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the St Margaret's at Cliffe built-up area; Heritage at risk 94 m away: Church of St Margaret, High Street; Heritage coast 153 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £390,000 in October 2007. Detached house, freehold.

23 October 2007£390,000
22 November 2002£435,000
21 May 1998£180,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT15 6AX
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
29 Aug 2026
Ward
Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe
Parish
ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Oct 2026
Decision
Refuse Planning Permission
Decision date
22 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
SEHBAC Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 7% of extensions here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
314decided 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 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
11 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Oct 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

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2025 Approved
The Red Lion 1 Kingsdown Road St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6AZ
Crown reduction by a maximum of 1 metre in height and by a maximum of 1.5 metres of later…
TC/25/00160
2025
1 Dudrich Cottages Well Lane St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AA
Ash tree at front of property Reduction
TC/25/00086
2025
1 Dudrich Cottages Well Lane St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AA
Ash tree at front of property Reduction
TC/25/00086
2024 Approved
Street Farm House High Street St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AX
Erection of a single storey side extension
24/01282
2024 Approved
Street Farm House High Street St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AX
Erection of a single storey side extension
24/01282
2025 Approved
The Village Shop High Street St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6AU
Felling of one Ash tree situated within a conservation area.
TC/25/00046
2025 Approved
The Village Shop High Street St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6AU
Felling of one Ash tree situated within a conservation area.
TC/25/00046
2023 Approved
Moonrakers Chapel Lane St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6BG
Installation of 2 rooflights
23/00659
2023 Approved
Street Farm House High Street St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AX
Replacement windows and doors, boundary wall with railings and gates, rooflights and sun…
23/00374
2023 Approved
The Old Post Office House High Street St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AU
Overall crown reduction by approximately 0.75 metre of a Yew tree situated within a conse…
TC/23/00033
2022 Withdrawn
9 Millfield St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6JL
Removal of one branch of a Sycamore subject of Tree Preservation Order No. 1976/1
22/00423
2022 Approved
Kent Cottage Well Lane St Margarets At Cliffe Dover CT15 6AA
Removal of one lower limb and storm damaged branches of one Monterey Cypress situated wit…
TC/22/00052
2022 Approved
Olive Cottage Station Road St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AY
Crown reduce one Ash tree situated within a conservation area by 2-3 meters.
TC/22/00028
2022 Approved
Townsend Paddock Yard Station Road St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6AY
Reduce in height to 4 metres and reshape two Sycamore trees situated within a conservatio…
TC/22/00027
2020 Approved
Cherry Bank Chapel Lane St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6BG
Erection of a single storey rear extension and change garage door for patio doors to fron…
20/00706
2020 Approved
Townsend Paddock Station Road St Margarets At Cliffe Kent CT14 6AY
Change of use from builder's store and yard to a dwelling with erection of a double garag…
20/00569
2019 Withdrawn
Townsend Paddock Station Road St Margarets At Cliffe CT14 6AY
Change of use of builders store and paddock to dwelling (Use Class C3) with associated ga…
19/00643
2019 Withdrawn
Townsend Paddock Station Road St Margarets At Cliffe CT14 6AY
Change of use of builders store and paddock to dwelling (Use Class C3) with associated ga…
19/00643
2019 Approved
Townsend Bungalow Station Road St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AY
Erection of detached dwelling, garage with associated parking and new vehicular access
19/00139
2016 Approved
Townsend Paddock, Townsend Farm Road, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, CT15 6JJ
Erection of six detached dwellings, creation of vehicular access and associated car-parki…
16/00866
2017 Approved
1 Dudrich Cottages Well Lane St. Margaret's-At-Cliffe Dover CT15 6AA
T1 - Ash - Carry out 30% crown reduction
TC/17/00009
2016 Approved
The Village Shop High Street St. Margaret's-At-Cliffe Dover CT15 6AH
Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign and two non-illuminated fascia signs
16/00558
2016 Approved
Stanelaw Station Road St. Margaret's-At-Cliffe CT15 6EP
Erection of new partition walls to form ground floor wc and installation of external vent…
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2016 Approved
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use