25/01299

1. 5 Dec 2025

   Received by Dover

2. 6 Dec 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 30 Jan 2026

   Decision issued: Certificate Proposed Granted

4. 26 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• CON/23/01262/B Granted

  Meadow View The Forstal Preston Kent CT3 1DR

  Discharge of condition 5 (bike storage) pursuant to application 23/01262 Erection of a dwelling

  16 Dec 2025 243m away Conditions
• 21/00675 Refused

  Japonica Cottage The Street Preston Kent CT3 1DR

  Single storey rear structural glass extension. Internal works include: Ground floor: Remove & insert new partitions. Alterations to part ceiling heights and part floor level forming step access to rear lobby. First Floor: Remove & insert new partitions to alter ensuite layout. External works: remove 1no rear rooflight. Insert 1no rear dormer window. Remove ground floor rear window, insert 2no windows in enlarged openings. Construct attached garden boundary wall.

  28 Apr 2021 356m away Heritage and listed buildings
• 26/00513 Awaiting decision

  Sweech Cottage Preston Lane Preston CT3 1EY

  Conversion of garage to gym/home office and habitable accommodation including external alterations, 7 rooflights with solar panels to southern roofslope

  2 Jun 2026 483m away Full applications
• 22/01677/A Granted

  Martindale The Street Preston CT3 1DY

  Non material minor amendment to approved application 22/01677 (Erection of a detached dwelling with associated parking) main entrance door moved from front elevation to side, alterations to windows, additional rooflight, and relocation of solar panels.

  13 Feb 2026 492m away Amendments
• CON/18/00409/B Granted

  Site At 1 Lucketts The Street Preston Kent

  4 - Specific details

  27 May 2021 495m away Conditions
• CON/18/00409/A Granted

  Site At 1 Lucketts The Street Preston Kent

  3 - Materials

  26 May 2021 495m away Conditions

• 26/00417 Granted

  Enmedio 113A Middle Street Deal Kent CT14 6JW

  Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the installation of solar panels and battery inverter

  5 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00640 Awaiting decision

  Brooke House Brooke Park Brooke Street Ash CT3 2NP

  Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) for the use of Brook House as a single dwellinghouse, including vehicle access, parking area and associated residential curtilage.

  14 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00634 Awaiting decision

  140 Crabble Hill Dover CT17 0SA

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for the change of use of dwelling house (Class C3) to 6 person HMO (Class C4) to include alterations to window/door (existing rear conservatory and steps to be demolished)

  10 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00464 Granted

  73 Balmoral Road Kingsdown Deal CT14 8BY

  Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the erection of a single storey rear extension (conservatory demolished)

  19 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00426 Granted

  4 Mongeham Way Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7TZ

  Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for erection of a storage outbuilding

  7 May 2026 Lawful development