Planning application
Former Chaucer School Spring Lane Canterbury CT1 1SU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of 34 residential dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaping, earthworks and associated infrastructure.
As published by the council, reference CA/25/02318
Application record
- Reference
- CA/25/02318
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 16 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 16 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Barton
- Postcode
- CT1 1SU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Dec 2025
Received by Canterbury
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Canterbury took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
DHA Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Maidstone
Active · incorporated 1992 · Maidstone
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
81 documents on file for this application
- BNG METRIC
- REPTILE SURVEY REPORT AND MITIGATION STRATEGY
- STATUTORY BIODIVERISTY METRIC REPORT
- THE RIVER STOUR BOARD
- KCC ECOLOGY
- KCC FLOOD AND WATER
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- TREE
- SGN
- SGN
- SGN
- GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN
- GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN
- PILGRIMS ROAD
- PILGRIMS ROAD
- ISSUE-SHEET-09
- ISSUE-SHEET-08
- REPTILE SURVEY REPORT AND MITIGATION STRATEGY
- UPDATED SCHEDULE OF ACCOMODATION
- PROPOSED EXTERNAL FINISHES
- PROPOSED CARPORT, BIN & BIKE STORE
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPE 04
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPE 03
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPE 02A
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPE 02
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPE 01
- PROPOSED ROOF MASTERPLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND MASTERPLAN
- HIGHWAY RESPONSE TECHNICAL NOTE
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- TRANSPORTATION
- KCC ECOLOGY
- KCC ARCHAEOLOGY
- NETWORK RAIL
- NETWORK RAIL ASPRO INFORMATIVES
- PARAMETER PLAN - LAND USE PLAN
- MR STEPHEN PECKHAM
- KCC 106 REQUEST LETTER
- KCC- HIGHWAYS
- MS AMANDA SPARKES
- MR RICHARD ADAMS
- VIABILITY ASSESSMENT
- CRIME PREVENTION
- MS KIRSTIN CARDUS
- KCC FLOOD
- MRS EDIE MARCHELAK
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND ANNEXE A
- KENT FIRE AND RESCUE
- GREGORY WILLIAMS
- SWA
- SWA
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- COVERING LETTER
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SITE SECTION
- EXISTING SITE SECTION
- THE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- NUTRIENT NEUTRALITY ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- COMPLIANCE REPORT
- STREET LIGHTING
- COMPLIANCE REPORT
- INFORMATION AND ENERGY ASSESSMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- BIODIVERSITY STATEMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- BAT SURVEY REPORT
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Canterbury for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Canterbury decided full applications in a median of 59 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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