Planning application
39 Barton Mill Road Canterbury Kent CT1 1BP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for lawful development certificate for existing use as a house in multiple occupation.
As published by the council, reference CA/26/00084
Application record
- Reference
- CA/26/00084
- Type
- Cert of existing lawful use or devt
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- WAS LAWFUL
- Received
- 19 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 19 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Northgate
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CT1 1BP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Jan 2026
Received by Canterbury
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16 Mar 2026
Decision issued: WAS LAWFUL
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- HATCHED PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- THE LOCATION PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Canterbury granted permission on 16 March 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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