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Canterbury City Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Canterbury City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
3,630Searchable applications
538Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 1,916 approved or refused records
71Refused applications

1,845 approved · 71 refused · 108 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas98 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas463 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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More application records

  1. DecidedCA/25/00863

    Change of use from Scout Hut to warehousing/ light industrial use.

    The Mill Centre Mill Lane Bridge Kent CT4 5LH

    Received Not published
  2. DecidedCA/25/00864

    Application for Listed Building Consent for external alterations for raising the height of rear brick garden wall.

    63 - 64 St Dunstans Street Canterbury Kent CT2 8BS

    Received Not published
  3. DecidedCA/25/00865

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 5 (materials) of planning permission CA//19/00917/LB.

    Toad Hall 203A Canterbury Road Herne Bay Kent CT6 5UG

    Received Not published
  4. DecidedCA/25/00866

    Application for Listed Building Consent for external and internal alterations including Accessible toilet to the ground floor and the creation of servery with new metal stud partition following the demolition of partition wall.

    The Deanery 20 The Precincts Canterbury Kent CT1 2EP

    Received Not published
  5. DecidedCA/25/00867

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 2 (roads and footpath), 3 (parking restrictions), 5 (cycle path), 6 (cycle store storage) of planning permission CA/24/00225/RES

    Land To The South Of Church Lane Seasalter Whitstable Kent CT5 4BS

    Received Not published
  6. DecidedCA/25/00869

    Retrospective use of land for the winter storage of empty seasonal workers caravans.

    Howfield Farm Howfield Lane Chartham Kent CT4 7HQ

    Received Not published
  7. DecidedCA/25/00870

    Single-storey front and rear extensions.

    49 Favourite Road Whitstable Kent CT5 4UB

    Received Not published
  8. DecidedCA/25/00871

    Reserved Matters application relating to appearance, layout and scale of spine road approved under CA/22/02062/OUT.

    Land South East Of Dargate Road Yorkletts Kent CT5 3AH

    Received Not published
  9. DecidedCA/25/00872

    Variation of condition 2 (Drawings) of planning permission CA/25/00109 for the Variation of condition 2 (Approved Drawings) of planning permission CA/20/02494/FUL for the detached two-storey dwelling (self-build) with associated access and parking; to allow the relocation of porch canopy with double entrance doors, alterations to glazing designs, addition of first floor window, along with removal of chimney for a log burner and flue); to allow the repositioning of dwelling and front parking courtyard.

    56 New House Lane Thanington Without Kent CT4 7BJ

    Received Not published
  10. DecidedCA/25/00873

    Fell 3 poplars to ground level located in the rear garden.

    51 Hackington Road Tyler Hill Kent CT2 9NE

    Received Not published
  11. DecidedCA/25/00874

    Variation of condition 1 (Drawings) and condition 3 (materials) of planning permission CA/25/00232 for the proposed erection of 2 no. two-storey detached dwellings with associated parking following demolition of former riding school and ancillary buildings, change of use of land from keeping of horses to domestic garden to Holly Cottage and change of use of land adjacent Upper Grounds/Chapel Lane from keeping of horses to open space; to allow alterations to glazing arrangements to Plot 2 and external changes of brickwork, board slates, windows frames, facias and soffits and rainwater goods to plot 1 and plot 2 along with a roof extension for plot 1.

    Highstead Riding School Highstead Chislet Kent CT3 4LX

    Received Not published
  12. DecidedCA/25/00875

    Detached garage to the rear following demolition of existing outbuilding.

    The Old Mill House Brook Lane Herne Bay Kent CT6 6TT

    Received Not published
  13. DecidedCA/25/00876

    # 5 day exemption request - T1) coppice - Willow, T2 - T4) fell -3 Willow Trees, T5) prune branch by up to 3 metres.

    Poors Farm Chapel Lane Snake Drove To Highstead Marshside Kent CT3 4EP

    Received Not published
  14. DecidedCA/25/00877

    Application for Listed Building Consent for external and internal alterations including 1 non-illuminated timber projecting sign and 1 non-illuminated timber fascia panel together with 2 digital vinyl prints.

    Ground Floor 44 St Peters Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2BG

    Received Not published
  15. DecidedCA/25/00878

    First floor extension with hip to gable roof.

    25 Hazlemere Road Seasalter Kent CT5 4AN

    Received Not published
  16. DecidedCA/25/00879

    Single-storey rear extension following demolition to existing extension.

    67 Tankerton Road West Of Tankerton Circus Whitstable Kent CT5 2AH

    Received Not published
  17. DecidedCA/25/00880

    Prior notification received on 23.05.2025 and expiring on 04.07.2025 for a single-storey rear extension with a depth of 3.8 metres, eaves height of 2.4 metres and overall height of 3 metres.

    46 Princess Road Whitstable Kent CT5 2QF

    Received Not published
  18. DecidedCA/25/00881

    Two-storey rear extension following demolition existing single-storey rear extensions to 14 together with single-storey rear extension to 16.

    14 And 16 Downs Park Herne Bay Kent CT6 6BY

    Received Not published
  19. DecidedCA/25/00882

    T1) - trim sides and top of Japanese Maple tree (15%) following the form of the crown and thin inner crown by 1 in 3 to bring it back into shape.

    18 Heaton Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3PY

    Received Not published
  20. DecidedCA/25/00883

    Extension of front porch.

    5 South Lodge Close Whitstable Kent CT5 2AD

    Received Not published
  21. DecidedCA/25/00884

    Erection of single storey side and rear extension, first floor rear extension, installation of new bay window and fenestration on front elevation, rooflight on the front roof slope and 2No. roof lights on the rear roof slope and 2No. rooflights on the roof of the rear outlier.

    73 Nelson Road Whitstable Kent CT5 1DX

    Received Not published
  22. DecidedCA/25/00887

    Poplar Tree marked blue located to the rear of the property - 2-3 metres height reduction to previous pruning points. Eucalyptus Tree marked red located to the rear of the property - 1.5 metre crown reduction.

    Beacon Heights 7 Marine Parade Whitstable Kent CT5 2BL

    Received Not published
  23. DecidedCA/25/00888

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/22/02012/FUL for the Erection of 160 homes with access off Bullockstone Road; to allow additional door for alternative escape route for the upper floors on east elevation together with changes to the window configuration to apartment blocks 1, 2, 3A & 3B.

    Land At Northwood Bullockstone Road Herne Bay Kent

    Received Not published
  24. DecidedCA/25/00889

    Details submitted pursuant to Conditions 11 (refuse storage area), 12 (cycle parking facilities), 22 (bat sensitive lighting scheme), 27 (Electric Vehicle charging points) and 31ii (Local Areas of Play) of planning permission CA/22/02012/FUL

    Land At Northwood Bullockstone Road Herne Bay Kent

    Received Not published

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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Canterbury City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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