24 The Ridgeway River CT17 0NW

1. 20 Aug 2026

   Received by Dover

2. 21 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 16 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Dover took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Dover for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dover decided lawful development applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 5 Hawthorne Close River CT17 0NG

  21/00790 Submitted 17 May 2021 100 yards away

  Erection of a first floor side extension, insertion of side window to first floor and 2no. rooflights to front and rear to facilitate loft conversion

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 8 docs

• 21 Hawthorne Close River Kent CT17 0NG

  23/00228 Submitted 25 Feb 2023 100 yards away

  Erection of two storey side extension (garage demolished)

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 15 docs

• Orchard Drive River Kent

  24/01023 Submitted 14 Nov 2024 150 yards away

  Regulation 5 (The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations 2003) for the installation of 2no. 9m wooden poles

  Granted 3 docs

• 28 Lyndhurst Road River Dover CT17 0NB

  25/00956 Submitted 22 Aug 2025 150 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~18 Oct

  Erection of a single storey side extension, insertion of window and door

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 2 docs
  Small domestic

• 3 River Drive River CT17 0LT

  25/01326 Submitted 10 Dec 2025 200 yards away

  Application for Prior Approval: the erection of a first floor extension

  Refused Extension 8 docs

• 27 Deanwood Road River CT17 0NT

  22/01078 Submitted 14 Aug 2022 300 yards away

  Reconfigure rear roofslope with a pitched roof and insertion of rooflights to rear

  Granted Full applications Loft or dormer 12 docs

• 26/00885 Awaiting decision

  105 College Road Deal Kent CT14 6BU

  Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for the erection of a studio outbuilding

  Received 23 Sep, published by the council 6 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00845 Awaiting decision

  Sunny Bank 48 Cowper Road River CT17 0PJ

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for the siting of a mobile home for ancillary use

  Received 8 Sep, published by the council 9 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00837 Awaiting decision

  145 St Davids Avenue Dover CT17 9HH

  Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for the insertion of a rear dormer window and rooflights to front roofslope

  7 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00825 Awaiting decision

  76 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham Deal CT14 9PD

  Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) for the erection of single storey rear extension and internal alterations

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 3 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00823 Awaiting decision

  86 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham CT14 9PD

  Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for the erection of a rear dormer window

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 3 Sep 2026 Lawful development