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Sunrise Meggett Lane Alkham CT15 7EN

Split decision Dover 23/00160 Certificate of Lawful Existing Use

Part of this application was approved and part refused. The decision notice on the council portal sets out which is which.

Proposal

Continued use of Sunrise, Meggett Lane, Alkham, CT15 7EN as a single dwellinghouse in contravention of Condition 2 of Planning Permission CH/6/63/0117 (Agricultural Occupancy Condition) and Continued use of Land and Building for the garaging of vehicles and domestic storage ancillary to the residential use of Sunrise in contravention of Condition 5 of Planning Permission DOV/04/00385 (Agricultural use only) and the use of agricultural land as residential garden land.

As published by the council, reference 23/00160

Application record

Reference
23/00160
Type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Status
Awaiting decision
Decision
Part approved, part refused As published: Split Decision
Received
8 Feb 2023
Validated
18 Feb 2023
Decided
13 Apr 2023
Ward
Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne
Parish
ALKHAM
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
CT15 7EN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Feb 2023

    Received by Dover

  2. 18 Feb 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 13 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Split Decision

  4. 1 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

38 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

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