Land South East Of 2 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER Data via plota.co.uk

25/01095 - Permission in Principle Refused
New homes

Proposal

Application for permission in principle for the erection of up to 9 dwellings, access and associated parking Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
6 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
11 Nov 2025
✓
Consultation
21 Nov 2025
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Refused
17 Dec 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 17 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 24

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF LPA STATEMENT OF CASE Appeal Correspondence · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF LPA STATEMENT OF CASE CONDITIONS Appeal Correspondence · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PINS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) Appeal Correspondence · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPELLANT'S STATEMENT OF CASE Appeal Correspondence · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 13

PDF APPEAL INTERESTED PARTY COMMENTS 6011345 Appeal Correspondence · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF HOUSING ENABLING OFFICER Consultee Response · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF KENT HIGHWAYS Consultee Response · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF NETWORK RAIL - INFORMATIVES Consultee Response · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF NETWORK RAIL Consultee Response · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 16 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF SOUTHERN WATER Consultee Response · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SOUTHERN WATER MAP Consultee Response · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Consultee Response · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF APPEAL RECEIVED PINS EMAIL Appeal Correspondence · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE Appeal Correspondence · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF START LETTER Appeal Correspondence · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF APPEAL RECEIVED EMAIL Appeal Correspondence · 15 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICE'S REPORT Report · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Special area of conservation 127 m away: Lydden & Temple Ewell Downs
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 ↗
National landscape 35 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.
SSSI 127 m away: Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs 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.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Lydden built-up area; Tree preservation order 23 m away: All trees situated close to the front boundary of; 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 8 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
Permission in Principle
Postcode
CT15 7ER
Received
6 Oct 2025
Validated
11 Nov 2025
Ward
Dover Downs And River
Parish
LYDDEN
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Dec 2025
Decision
Refuse Permission in Principle
Decision date
17 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Designs Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 20 days faster than Dover's median of 56 for new homes. Refused, as 29% of new homes here are.

55%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
6%go to committee

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

Public comments

5comments received
3 objecting1 neutral1 supporting

60% object · below the UK average of 74%

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
21 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
16 Dec 2025
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
Annexe 40 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a single storey rear extension
25/00998
2025 Approved
Annexe 40 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a single storey rear extension
25/00998
2025 Approved
34A Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a single storey rear extension and extension of existing raised patio
25/00294
2025 Approved
34A Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a single storey rear extension and extension of existing raised patio
25/00294
2022 Approved
40 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of ground floor rear extension and single storey rear extension to lower ground…
22/01538
2022 Approved
1 The Engine House Broadfields Farm Lydden CT15 7JZ
Change of use of land to garden and erection of a detached garage and detached home offic…
22/01154
2022 Approved
Broadfields Cottages Track Leading From London Road Temple Ewell To Broadfield Farm Lydden CT15 7JZ
Erection of 2no. detached dwellings (existing dwellings to be demolished)
22/01149
2022 Approved
Broadfields Farm Track Leading From London Road Temple Ewell To Broadfield Farm Lydden CT15 7JZ
Change of use of land to mixed use agricultural and equestrian, erection of 3no. stables…
22/00459
2022 Approved
Land Adjoining 5 The Engine House Broadfields Farm Lydden CT15 7JZ
Change of use of land to garden and erection of link extension and garage
22/00480
2021 Approved
18 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of detached garage with pitched roof (part retrospective)
21/00327
2020 Approved
34A Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Conversion of garage into a home office (retrospective)
20/01268
2020 Approved
18 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of single storey side and two storey rear extensions (existing conservatory and…
20/00790
2018 Approved
34 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of th…
18/00133
2018 Approved
34 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of th…
18/00133
2017 Approved
Land Between 34-36 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a detached dwelling and formation of a vehicular crossover, associated parkin…
17/01216
2017 Approved
Land Between 34 & 36 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a detached dwelling, construction of a vehicular access and parking (existing…
17/00457
2016 Approved
Site Fronting Chunnel House Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Installation of a 21m high lattice tower supporting 2 no. antennas, 2 no. equipment cabin…
16/00667
2016 Approved
32 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Erection of a roof extension incorporating front and rear dormer roof extensions
16/01054
2021 Approved
Engine Shed Broadfields Farm Lydden CT15 7JZ
Prior approval for the change of use from agricultural building to 5no. dwellings
21/00623
2018 Approved
Land Between 34-36 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Condition 15 - Visibility splay
CON/17/01216/F
2018 Approved
Land Between 34-36 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Condition 13 - Refuse storage
CON/17/01216/E
2018 Approved
Land Between 34-36 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Condition 12 - Surface water details
CON/17/01216/D
2018 Approved
Land Between 34-36 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Condition 5 - Landscaping
CON/17/01216/C
2018 Approved
Land Between 34-36 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Condition 4 - Samples of materials
CON/17/01216/B
2018 Approved
Land Between 34-36 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Condition 3 - Decking details
CON/17/01216/A
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%).

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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