Planning application
The Old Bakery Canterbury Road Whitstable Kent CT5 4HB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for a change of use from light industrial use to residential dwelling.
As published by the council, reference CA/25/02315
Application record
- Reference
- CA/25/02315
- Type
- Prior - light ind to dwlg
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior approval approved
- Received
- 15 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 26 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Gorrell
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CT5 4HB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Canterbury register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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CA/26/00445 Granted
The Old Bakery Canterbury Road Whitstable Kent CT5 4HB
Details submitted pursuant to condition 2 (remediation strategy) and condition 3 (verification report) of prior approval CA/25/02315/PA7.
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CA/26/00317 Granted
The Old Bakery Canterbury Road Whitstable Kent CT5 4HB
An application under Conservation Habitat and Species Regulation 2017 to determine likely significant effects on European Site for the change of use from light industrial use to dwelling in relation to Prior Approval CA/25/02315.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Dec 2025
Received by Canterbury
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26 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Prior approval approved
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13 Aug 2026
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Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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CA/26/00317 Granted
The Old Bakery Canterbury Road Whitstable Kent CT5 4HB
An application under Conservation Habitat and Species Regulation 2017 to determine likely significant effects on European Site for the change of use from light industrial use to dwelling in relation to Prior Approval CA/25/02315.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DOOR MATERIALITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- BLOCK PLAN OF THE SITE
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATION
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED REAR ELEVATION
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SIDE ELEVATION
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SIDE ELEVATION
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLANS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Canterbury granted permission on 26 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About this record
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