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Xchanging Ins-Sure Services, Trinity Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2RJ

Refused Folkestone and Hythe 21/1330/FH/PA PA - Offices to dwellings

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Determination as the whether prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the change of office use Class B1(a) to residential C3 to create twenty seven residential units to include 4 electrical charge points, parking and sheltered cycle storage.

As published by the council, reference 21/1330/FH/PA

Application record

Reference
21/1330/FH/PA
Type
PA - Offices to dwellings
Status
Closed
Decision
Refused
Received
22 Jun 2021
Validated
25 Jun 2021
Decided
30 Jul 2021
Ward
Folkestone Central
Parish
Folkestone
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CT20 2RJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Folkestone and Hythe register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 21/1644/FH/PA Refused

    Xchanging Ins-Sure Services, Trinity Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2RJ

    Determination as the whether prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the change of office use Class B1(a) to residential C3 to create twenty seven residential units to include 4 electrical charge points, parking and sheltered cycle storage. Re-submission of 21/1330/FH/PA

    Decided 13 Sep 2021 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Jun 2021

    Received by Folkestone and Hythe

  2. 25 Jun 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 21/1644/FH/PA Refused

    Xchanging Ins-Sure Services, Trinity Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2RJ

    Determination as the whether prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the change of office use Class B1(a) to residential C3 to create twenty seven residential units to include 4 electrical charge points, parking and sheltered cycle storage. Re-submission of 21/1330/FH/PA

    Decided 13 Sep 2021 Prior approval

Documents

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

21 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Folkestone and Hythe 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.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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