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Saga Building Enbrook Park, Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3SE

Granted Folkestone and Hythe 21/1597/FH/PA PA - Offices to dwellings

Works: New dwelling

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

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 for the conversion to 31 x 2 bed & 31 x 1 bed flats.

As published by the council, reference 21/1597/FH/PA

Application record

Reference
21/1597/FH/PA
Type
PA - Offices to dwellings
Status
Closed
Decision
Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
Received
26 Jul 2021
Validated
26 Jul 2021
Decided
15 Sep 2021
Ward
Sandgate & West Folkestone
Parish
Sandgate Parish (Historic)
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CT20 3SE

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Jul 2021

    Received by Folkestone and Hythe

  2. 15 Sep 2021

    Decision issued: Approve with Conditions

  3. 14 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

34 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Folkestone and Hythe granted permission on 15 September 2021, 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 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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