Planning application
55-56 London Road Canterbury Kent CT2 8HQ
Works: Extension Demolition Windows or glazing Small domestic
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Proposal
Part single-storey, part two-storey detached main hospice building, substation and fencing, single-storey rear extension and replacement windows to ARC building and single-storey outbuildings for workshop, refuse and cycle storage following demolition of existing main hospice building, coach house, stable, care home building and outbuildings.
As published by the council, reference CA/26/00178
Application record
- Reference
- CA/26/00178
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 9 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Westgate
- Postcode
- CT2 8HQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Feb 2026
Received by Canterbury
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 April 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 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Union4 Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy
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See their track recordPilgrims Hospices in East Kent Applicant, registered in Kent
Active · incorporated 1986 · Kent
1 application on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
145 documents on file for this application
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- KCC ECOLOGY
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- KCC ARCHAEOLOGY
- CCC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- MRS LINDA GENOWER
- MISS MARIKA ZACHARIA
- MRS CHARLOTTE BRIGDEN
- MRS OAKFIELD KELK
- MS AMANDA SPARKES
- MRS LYNNE FORRESTER
- HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
- MR MICHAEL STEVENSON
- MRS HELEN BENNETT
- MR PHILIP HIGGS
- MRS MANOOSH CROOK
- MRS HILARY COLE
- MRS SHEILA FINN
- MRS KELLY BURNELL
- TREE REPORT
- MRS RACHEL LOCKER
- MRS MARGARET BURNS
- MRS HEATHER MUNNINGS
- MR WILLIAM BURNETT
- MRS LORRAINE GRAY
- MR MARTIN KEMP
- STACEY THOMAS
- MRS DILYS WEBB
- MRS ALIYA KNIGHT
- MRS CARRIE MANDEVILLE
- ANGELA MAYNARD
- MRS JULIE NEWMAN
- CHRIS NEWMAN
- MR MATTHEW GOSDEN
- MISS LEILA ILKHAN
- MISS SHIRALEE RIDDELL
- MR JON SILLETT
- MR SAM CHURCHYARD
- JOANNE SPENCER
- MS STELLA PARKINSON
- MISS KATIE-SUE MAYO
- MRS SARAH SNAYDON
- MR ADAM CHAPMAN
- MR ROBERT GRIGG
- MR PHIL GREENE
- MRS MARY WARD
- MRS VAL JORDAN
- SIMON CHAPMAN
- DR DEBORAH CONNOLLY
- MR ADRIAN WILLIAMS
- MRS CAROLINE PURKESS
- MR PAUL HAMILTON
- MR DAVID JONES
- MISS NIKKI BURNS
- MRS CAROLYN JONGBLOET
- MRS FRANCES ALLOTT
- MRS PAULA O'FLYNN
- MRS LORA CHRISTY
- MR ROD DOWNES
- MRS LISA DOWNES
- MRS JANE TOLHURST
- MRS JACQUI BROADHURST
- MR KENNETH DAVIS
- MRS BARBARA BLUNKELL
- MRS NAOMI DICKSON
- BETH HUGGINS
- MR TIM STEWART
- SOUTHERN WATER - MAP
- SOUTHERN WATER
- MR JOHN MABBERLEY
- MRS LOUISE JORDAN
- MRS AMANDA BOLT
- MRS CAROL EVENDEN
- MISS NICOLA FLOWER
- MS JAYNE DUNSBEE
- MR PHILIP THOMPSON
- KENT FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE
- MR MALCOLM ALLSOPP
- MRS KATE MARSHALL
- MRS LIZ ATHENE
- MISS ANNA PHILIPPE
- MRS MICHELLE BOWERS
- MR JEREMY MATHER
- MRS MELINDA DOWNES
- MRS LISA HAGGER
- MR MALCOLM ALLSOPP
- PROPOSED SUBSTATION
- BNG METRIC
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- PRELIMINARY GROUND CONTAMINATION RISK ASSESSMENT
- ABSTRACTIONS & SOURCE PROTECTIONS ZONES
- LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT
- LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- BASELINE ONSITE HABITAT SURVEY REPORT (PRE-DEVELOPMENT)
- DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
- DRAINAGE SURVEY
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPING MASTER PLAN
- LANDSCAPING DETAILS
- & EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- NORTH-SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING NORTH-SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- NORTH-SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- ROOF PLAN
- SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING STREET ELEVATION LONDON ROAD
- PROPOSED STREET ELEVATION LONDON ROAD
- PROPOSED WORKSHOP FLOOR PLAN & ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED BIN AND CYCLE STORE FLOOR PLAN & ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED BIN STORE FLOOR PLAN & ELEVATIONS
- DEMOLITION SITE PLAN
- EAST-WEST ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING EAST - WEST ELEVATIONS
- EAST-WEST ELEVATIONS ARC
- EXISTING EAST - WEST ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING NORTH-SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- FIRST FLOOR PLAN-ARC
- FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN-ARC
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING LAYOUT
- BIODIVERSITY STATEMENT
- FORM 1
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