Planning application
The Oast House Gas Street Canterbury Kent
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of a former storage facility to community centre together with internal and external alterations, two storey link extension , external staircase , cycle and refuse store.
As published by the council, reference CA/26/00679
Application record
- Reference
- CA/26/00679
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 28 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 28 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Westgate
Site history
Applications at this address on the Canterbury register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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CA/26/00670 Awaiting decision
The Oast House Gas Street Canterbury Kent
Application for Listed Building Consent for external and internal alterations including adaptation of existing entrance door, removal and introduction of partitions, replacement flooring, adjustment of internal floor level, new window openings, rooflight, upgrading of internal fabric, repair and retention of internal features including staircase, new drainage, dismantling of hanging hops metal frame, removal of modern single storey flat link, construction of a new two storey link and courtyard wall, introduction of structural glass element to south elevation, ancillary structures to west facing courtyard, alterations to the modern structure of the former Museum Store.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Apr 2026
Received by Canterbury
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 June 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: CA/26/00670 (Awaiting decision)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Anthony Swaine Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Hythe
Active · incorporated 2011 · Hythe
49 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
27 documents on file for this application
- KCC ARCHAEOLOGY
- CHRISTOPHER DAVIS-JONES AND ANTHONY SHIELS
- CANTERBURY HERITAGE DESIGN FORUM
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- EXISTING NORTH STREETELEVATION
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING NORTH ELEVATION
- EXISTING SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS
- SECTION - EXISTING
- SECTION - EXISTING
- THE LOCATION PLAN
- NORTH STREET ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATION
- SECTION - PROPOSED
- SECTION - PROPOSED
- SECTION - PROPOSED
- BASELINE ONSITE HABITAT SURVEY REPORT (PRE-DEVELOPMENT)
- COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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