Planning application
Stepping Down 248 Folkestone Road Dover Kent CT17 9JP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of from dwellinghouse to a HMO for up to 10 persons
As published by the council, reference 25/01214
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01214
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant Planning Permission
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 12 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 7 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Maxton And Elms Vale
- Parish
- DOVER
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- CT17 9JP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dover register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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CON/25/01214/A Granted
Stepping Down 248 Folkestone Road Dover Kent CT17 9JP
Discharge of condition 4 (bike storage) pursuant to application 25/01214 Change of use of from dwellinghouse to a HMO for up to 10 persons
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by Dover
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12 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Grant Planning Permission
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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CON/25/01214/A Granted
Stepping Down 248 Folkestone Road Dover Kent CT17 9JP
Discharge of condition 4 (bike storage) pursuant to application 25/01214 Change of use of from dwellinghouse to a HMO for up to 10 persons
Who's behind it
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PHW Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
1 application on PlanIndex
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24 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- OFFICER REPORT
- DOVER TOWN COUNCIL
- PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING
- PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING
- THE DOVER SOCIETY
- MR LUKE WHITEHOUSE
- MR RYDELL GRAY
- MRS BERNIE MAYALL
- MR JONATHAN COADY-MAYALL
- MRS R SMITH
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN - DE MINIMUS EXEMPTION STATEMENT
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLANS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dover granted permission on 7 January 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.
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