Planning application
12 Grimshill Road Whitstable Kent CT5 4LH
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior notification received on 13.11.25 and expiring on 25.12.25 for a single-storey rear extension with a depth of 5.70 metres, eaves height of 2.60 metres and overall height of 2.90 metres.
As published by the council, reference CA/25/02075
Application record
- Reference
- CA/25/02075
- Type
- Prior - larger home extension
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior approval approved
- Received
- 13 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 13 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- Gorrell
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CT5 4LH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Nov 2025
Received by Canterbury
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27 May 2026
Decision issued: Prior approval approved
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13 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
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Reading the register
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