Planning application
The Bench 15 Bench Street Dover Kent CT16 1JW
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of condition 27 (Air Quality Report), condition 32 ( lighting design strategy for ecology) pursuant to application 24/00181 Full application for the erection of an up to four storeys in height building for uses including education, offices, studio, gallery and cafe (Use Classes E(g)(i), E(b) and F1)
As published by the council, reference CON/24/00181/M
Application record
- Reference
- CON/24/00181/M
- Type
- Conditions
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Condition Approved
- Received
- 30 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 11 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Town And Castle
- Parish
- DOVER
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- CT16 1JW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dover register
This site has had 5 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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CON/24/00181/P Awaiting decision
The Bench 15 Bench Street Dover Kent CT16 1JW
Discharge of condition 21 (archaeology) pursuant to application 24/00181 Full application for the erection of an up to four storeys in height building for uses including education, offices, studio, gallery and cafe (Use Classes E(g)(i), E(b) and F1)
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CON/24/00181/L Decided
The Bench 15 Bench Street Dover Kent CT16 1JW
Discharge of condition 12 (parking restrictions) pursuant to application 24/00181 Full application for the erection of an up to four storeys in height building for uses including education, offices, studio, gallery and cafe (Use Classes E(g)(i), E(b) and F1)
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CON/24/00181/I Granted
The Bench 15 Bench Street Dover Kent CT16 1JW
Discharge of condition 15 (heritage public engagement strategy) pursuant to application 24/00181 Full application for the erection of an up to four storeys in height building for uses including education, offices, studio, gallery and cafe (Use Classes E(g)(i), E(b) and F1)
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CON/24/00181/D Granted
The Bench 15 Bench Street Dover Kent CT16 1JW
Discharge of condition 16 (site's hydrogeological), condition 17 (Bronze age boat preservation details), condition 18 (programme of on-site hydrogeological) condition 19 (archaeological field evaluation) pursuant to application 24/00181 Full application for the erection of an up to four storeys in height building for uses including education, offices, studio, gallery and cafe (Use Classes E(g)(i), E(b) and F1)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Mar 2026
Received by Dover
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11 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Condition Approved
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 24/00181 (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Lee Evans Partnership LLP Agent, registered in Kent
Active · incorporated 2003 · Kent
60 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 93% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- SENIOR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICER
- SENIOR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICER
- ECOLOGY COMMENTS.
- BENCH-LIGHTING CALCULATIONS EXTERNAL.
- EXTERNAL PHOTOS
- SENIOR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICER
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- APPLICATION FORM
- UK24.6840B AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT - DOVER BEACON PROJECT DOVER (ISSUE 4)
- 6562-LLB-CO-EC-0005-S4-P01_LETTER
- 475-ADR-B1-00-D-E-10400-C02-EXTERNAL LIGHTING LAYOUT
- 475-ADR-BENCH-LIGHTING CALCULATIONS EXTERNAL
- CONDITIONS 27 AND 32 - COVERING LETTER - DOVER BEACON - V1 MAR 26
- DECISION NOTICE 24/00181
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL (COMBINED)
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dover granted permission on 11 June 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 condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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