Planning application
233 Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9SL
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use to increase an existing HMO from 6 to10
As published by the council, reference 26/00201
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00201
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse Planning Permission
- Received
- 4 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 24 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 4 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Town And Castle
- Parish
- DOVER
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- CT17 9SL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Mar 2026
Received by Dover
-
24 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION REFUSED
- OFFICER REPORT
- MRS JUSTINE LAWS
- MR VINCENT WHITTLE
- KENT HIGHWAYS
- MR MARTIN SANDHAM
- DOVER TOWN COUNCIL
- PROPOSED PARKING
- THE DOVER SOCIETY
- PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING OFFICER
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR -
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR
- BLOCK PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM
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Dover refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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