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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
4,014Searchable applications
557Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 2,163 approved or refused records
83Refused applications

2,080 approved · 83 refused · 120 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

  1. DecidedCA/26/01380

    Proposed single-storey rear extension.

    25A Cavendish Road Herne Bay Kent CT6 5BE

    Received Not published
  2. DecidedCA/26/01381

    Removal of condition 8 (garage) of planning permission CA//04/01634/FUL for erection of dwelling with associated parking.

    Courtland House The Drove Chestfield Kent CT5 3NY

    Received Not published
  3. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01383

    Application for Listed Building Consent for external and internal alterations including single-storey rear extension together with replacement of windows to rear from timber to uPVC.

    23 St Peter's Place Canterbury Kent CT1 2DB

    Received Not published
  4. DecidedCA/26/01384

    T1 Goat Willow located in the rear garden - fell. T2 Silver Birch located in the rear garden - fell.

    97 Whitstable Road Canterbury Kent CT2 8EE

    Received Not published
  5. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01385

    Application for Listed Building Consent for external alterations to shopfront to replace existing entrance door and windows with a wider door and double-glazed window.

    Basement And Ground Floor Part Dunsthorpe House 33 St Dunstans Street Canterbury Kent CT2 8BZ

    Received Not published
  6. DecidedCA/26/01386

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/22/01584 for the Erection of 59 dwellings with associated access, parking, amenity space and landscaping; to allow amendments to condition 2 tenure plan wording to be changed to 13 affordable rent and 5 shared ownership and amendment to wording of condition 25.

    Hoplands Farm Island Road Hersden Canterbury Kent CT3 4HQ

    Received Not published
  7. DecidedCA/26/01387

    Single-storey rear extension.

    2 Muscovy Way Herne Bay Kent CT6 5RR

    Received Not published
  8. DecidedCA/26/01388

    Oak tree located in the rear garden - lower limb removal.

    70 Hackington Road Tyler Hill Kent CT2 9NQ

    Received Not published
  9. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01389

    Change of use from offices to 9no assisted living apartments.

    87 St Dunstans Street Canterbury Kent CT2 8AE

    Received Not published
  10. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01390

    Proposed two-storey and single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.

    Railway Cottage 1 Station Approach Bekesbourne Kent CT4 5DT

    Received Not published
  11. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01391

    Single-storey orangery extension together with patio, wheelchair accessible ramp, external lighting and air-conditioning units.

    Abbots Barton Hotel 36 New Dover Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3DU

    Received Not published
  12. DecidedCA/26/01392

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of planning permission CA/26/00516/FUL.

    Land West Of Lipscomb Volvo, Ashford Road Chartham Kent CT4 7HH

    Received Not published
  13. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01393

    Application for existing lawful development certificate for use as house in multiple occupation.

    6 Kilndown Gardens Canterbury Kent CT2 7TY

    Received Not published
  14. DecidedCA/26/01394

    T.P.0 no 05/2021- T1, Ash tree situated in rear garden of pub. Crown reduce by 30%

    The Red Lion Stodmarsh Road Wickhambreaux Kent CT3 4BA

    Received Not published
  15. DecidedCA/26/01396

    T1- Ash, fell tree located to side of the building

    The Red Lion Stodmarsh Road Wickhambreaux Kent CT3 4BA

    Received Not published
  16. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01397

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 14 (landscaping), 15 (external lighting) and 22 (biodiversity) of planning permission CA//18/00576/FUL

    Scruffy Ducks 10 William Street Herne Bay Kent

    Received Not published
  17. DecidedCA/26/01398

    Application for lawful development certificate for installation of a Dormer window frame onto the rear roof slope.

    100 The Broadway Herne Bay Kent CT6 8EY

    Received Not published
  18. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01399

    Application for Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including change of use from commercial offices to assisted living accommodation, partition walls, staircase between first and second floor following demolition of existing staircase between first and second floor and partition walls.

    87 St Dunstans Street Canterbury Kent CT2 8AE

    Received Not published
  19. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01400

    Installation of external staircase to the first floor at the rear elevation following the removal of external window.

    58 - 60 Wincheap Canterbury Kent CT1 3RS

    Received Not published
  20. DecidedCA/26/01401

    T1 fruit tree located in the rear garden - 1 metre reduction.

    6 Park Farm Close Tyler Hill Kent CT2 9NR

    Received Not published
  21. DecidedCA/26/01402

    Silver Birch located to the rear of the propoerty - 4 metre reduction.

    4 Church Lane Adisham Kent CT3 3JH

    Received Not published
  22. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01403

    Mulberry tree located in neighbouring garden. Prune back overhanging branches to the boundary line, approx 10% reduction of total tree volume.

    Elm House Pond Hill Adisham Kent CT3 3LH

    Received Not published
  23. DecidedCA/26/01404

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/26/01138/FUL for the first floor extension; to amend to include a single storey rear projection.

    51 - 53 Chrysler Avenue Herne Bay Kent CT6 8EE

    Received Not published
  24. Awaiting decisionCA/26/01405

    Replacement of 2no ATM machines together with surrounds and associated glazing, installation of replacement air handling unit on roof.

    49 High Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2SE

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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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