Canterbury planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Canterbury City Council, updated daily. Canterbury City Council received 397 planning applications in the last 90 days, 8 of them major schemes. 98% of the applications it decided were approved.
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Recent applications in Canterbury
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
26 Field Avenue Canterbury Kent CT1 1TR
Two-home subdivision with rear extension, Canterbury. Splits one house into two dwellings and adds a single-storey rear extension, at full application stage. Separate services, kitchens and bathrooms for each unit mean M&E, drainage and joinery packages open for local trades.
BrickworkGroundworksRoofing
14 Westerham Close Canterbury Kent CT2 7TZ
Single-storey rear extension in Canterbury, a householder scheme at full application stage. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing house at 14 Westerham Close. Brickwork, roofing, glazing and groundworks for foundations are the packages local subcontractors can price.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
9 Calais Hill Tyler Hill Kent CT2 9LT
Outdoor swimming pool with plant room, Tyler Hill, Canterbury. New garden pool and plant room, plus southern boundary fencing, at a single house at full application stage. Excavation, pool shell, pump and filtration plant, and plant room walls will go to groundworkers, M&E installers and…
GroundworksBrickworkM&E
141 Ashford Road Thanington Without Kent CT1 3XR
Two-storey side and single-storey rear extension, Thanington, Canterbury. Replaces an existing rear extension and garage with a two-storey side wing, rear addition and two front rooflights, at full stage. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and roofing packages suit local subcontractors, with…
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
9 Strangford Road Whitstable Kent CT5 2EP
Two-storey rear and first-floor extension, Whitstable, full application. Adds a two-storey rear extension and first-floor build-out with a raised patio to an existing house. Masonry, roofing, joinery and glazing packages suit local trades, with groundworks for the patio and extension footings.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Stratford Cottage 8 Chestfield Road Chestfield Kent CT5 3LJ
Single-storey rear extension at Stratford Cottage, Chestfield, Canterbury. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, glazing and groundworks packages suit local householder subcontractors, with steel likely over any widened opening.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
47 South Street Whitstable Kent CT5 3DX
Two-storey side and single-storey rear extension scheme, Whitstable. Demolishes a garage and extension to make way for new side and rear additions at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and steel for openings suit local trades, with joinery and glazing following.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
14 Stanley Road Whitstable Kent CT5 4NJ
Single-storey rear extension at a Whitstable house, Canterbury. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing home at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and glazing packages are the live opportunities, with steel over any widened opening.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
102 Chestfield Road Chestfield Kent CT5 3LR
Householder extension variation, Chestfield: enlarged dormer and cladding, amended consent. Revises the approved rear dormer and first-floor extension, adding a roof lantern and cladding and converting a hip roof to gable. Roofing, cladding and glazing quantities change, reopening packages for…
RoofingBrickworkJoinery
Hoplands Farm Island Road Hersden Westbere CT3 4HQ
Non-material amendment to a Hersden reserved matters approval, recasting two units as 877 sqm Class E. Consolidates the approved foodstore, convenience retail and dentist into one use description without changing the buildings. The parent scheme is progressing toward construction, so shopfront…
Knaves Ash Cottage Hoath Road Hoath Kent CT3 4JR
Retrospective riding area relocation, Hoath, Canterbury. Relocates an equestrian arena at Knaves Ash Cottage, applied for in full after the works were carried out. Groundworks, surfacing and fencing are already in, so opportunity sits in drainage or surfacing remediation if conditions follow.
GroundworksHard landscaping
St Peters Convent 15 St George's Terrace Herne Bay Kent CT6 8RQ
Listed building consent for render and railing works, St Peter's Convent, Herne Bay. Replaces the external render finish and redecorates railings on a listed convent building, at consent stage. Heritage render contractors using lime-based finishes, plus metalwork painters for the railings, are the…
Façade repair
31 Princess Road Whitstable Kent CT5 2QP
Loft conversion lawfulness certificate, Whitstable. Confirms a rear dormer and front rooflights creating habitable loft space need no full permission. Roofing, joinery and glazing trades stand to win the work if the owner proceeds.
Tarbarn 31 Tyler Hill Road Blean Kent CT2 9HT
Certificate of lawfulness for a garage door swap, Blean near Canterbury. Confirms that replacing a garage door with a window is lawful without full planning permission. Glazing and joinery work follows only if the owner proceeds, so the opportunity for local installers is small and unconfirmed.
16 Cossington Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3HU
Timber-to-UPVC window replacement to front and side elevations, Canterbury. Swaps existing timber frames for UPVC units at full application stage on a single house. Glazing supply and fitting are the only packages, so local window installers are the realistic bidders.
Glazing
Planning appeals in Canterbury City Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Canterbury City Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Canterbury City Council, raw rate
21.2%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.8%
national rates applied to this caseload
7.6 percentage points below expected. Canterbury City Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
548 appeals counted, 532 judged either way (113 allowed, 419 dismissed), 16 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 18.9% | 28.8% | 361 | 355 | 67 |
| Householder (HAS) | 34.1% | 35.6% | 85 | 85 | 29 |
| Enforcement Notice | 8.7% | 13.5% | 54 | 46 | 4 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 25% | 25% | 16 | 16 | 4 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 46.7% | 36.9% | 15 | 15 | 7 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 12.5% | 33.3% | 8 | 8 | 1 |
5 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertisement Appeal | Too few judged | 36% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | Too few judged | 25.2% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Canterbury City Council
Canterbury City Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Canterbury City Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Shared ownership1 home
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Canterbury City Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder98% (380 decided)
- other97% (92 decided)
- residential98% (60 decided)
- commercial100% (38 decided)
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