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Land Rear Of The Hollies Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

Granted Dover 26/00424 Certificate of Lawful Existing Use

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for the change of use of land to residential with vehicular access, driveway, parking area and siting of a caravan for use as a self-contained unit (static 1) of independent residential accommodation

As published by the council, reference 26/00424

Application record

Reference
26/00424
Type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Status
Decided
Decision
Certificate Existing Granted
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
7 May 2026
Decided
2 Jul 2026
Ward
Little Stour And Ashstone
Parish
STAPLE
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
CT3 1LH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Dover register

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00782 Awaiting decision

    Land Rear Of The Hollies Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

    Erection of a dwelling and garage with associated landscaping and parking (two independent residential static caravans and outbuildings to be removed)

    Submitted 21 Aug 2026
  • 26/00425 Granted

    Land Rear Of The Hollies Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

    Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for the change of use of land to residential with vehicular access, driveway, parking area and siting of a caravan for use as a self-contained unit (static 2) of independent residential accommodation

    Decided 2 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 25/01240 Refused

    Land Rear Of The Hollies Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

    Erection of dwellinghouse, detached garage and associated works (2 mobile homes and outbuildings to be removed)(self-build)

    Decided 23 Jan 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 May 2026

    Received by Dover

  2. 7 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Certificate Existing Granted

  4. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: 25/01240 (Decided)

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Credo Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy

4 applications on PlanIndex

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Documents

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

23 documents on file for this application

  • DECISION NOTICE PLAN Decision · 02 Jul 2026
  • STAPLE PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Response · 09 Jun 2026
  • APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 06 May 2026
  • SITE LOCATION PLAN STATIC ONE Drawing · 06 May 2026
  • PLANNING STATEMENT STATIC CARAVAN ONE Report · 06 May 2026
  • EXPLANATORY NOTE RE TWO APPLICATIONS Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX A - ANNETTE TOMLION STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX B - CHARLOTTE GADD STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX C - DARREN SUTTON STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX E - JENNIFER HALL STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX F - KEITH IDDENDEN STAT SDEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX G - LILY HEYWOOD STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX H - MR AND MRS GADD STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX I - OLIVER GADD STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX J - RYAN NORRIS STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX K - SARAH GADD STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX L - SOPHIE GADD STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX M - TREVOR BARTLETT STAT DEC Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX N - TIMELINE OF OCCUPANCY Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX P - HISTORIC GOOGLE IMAGES Photo · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX Q - PHOTOS Photo · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX R - SWALE V FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE Report · 06 May 2026
  • APPENDIX S - GRAVESHAM-BOROUGH-COUNCIL-V-SECRETARY-OF-STATE-FOR-THE-ENVIRONMENT Report · 06 May 2026

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What this grant of permission means

Dover granted permission on 2 July 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.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Land Rear Of The Hollies Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

    26/00425 Submitted 6 May 2026 0m away

    Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for the change of use of land to residential with vehicular access, driveway, parking area and siting of a caravan for use as a self-contained unit (static 2) of independent residential accommodation

    Granted Lawful development 27 docs

  • Land Rear Of The Hollies Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

    25/01240 Submitted 17 Nov 2025 0m away

    Erection of dwellinghouse, detached garage and associated works (2 mobile homes and outbuildings to be removed)(self-build)

    Refused Full applications New dwelling 51 docs
    Domestic

  • Land Rear Of The Hollies Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

    26/00782 Submitted 21 Aug 2026 60m away

    92% historically approved · decision due ~22 Oct

    Erection of a dwelling and garage with associated landscaping and parking (two independent residential static caravans and outbuildings to be removed)

    Awaiting decision New dwelling 17 docs
    Domestic

  • Land West Of Layham Garden Centre Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

    26/00298 Submitted 31 Mar 2026 179m away

    Creation of new vehicular access, access gate/fence, farm road and hardstanding area

    Refused Full applications 19 docs
    Small domestic

  • Land East Of The Courtyard Durlock Road Staple Kent

    26/00495 Submitted 27 May 2026 243m away

    90% historically approved · decision due ~23 Jul

    Erection of 5 dwellings, vehicular access, associated parking and landscaping

    Awaiting decision Full applications 54 docs
    Several homes

  • 1 Bartlett Close Staple CT3 1SR

    22/00370/A Submitted 20 Jan 2023 270m away

    Non material minor amendment to approved application 22/00370 (Erection of an ancillary outbuilding) to allow changes to external cladding to horizontal fire rated fibre cement board cladding from vertical cladding and minor changes to openings

    Granted Amendments 3 docs

In Dover

  • 26/00506 Withdrawn

    Winchelsea Works Winchelsea Road Dover CT17 9SS

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    1 Jun 2026 Lawful development
  • 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
  • 26/00464 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
  • 26/00425 Granted

    Land Rear Of The Hollies Lower Road Staple CT3 1LH

    Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for the change of use of land to residential with vehicular access, driveway, parking area and siting of a caravan for use as a self-contained unit (static 2) of independent residential accommodation

    6 May 2026 Lawful development