FI15389
Request
1 - For the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 (to date) how many planning applications did the council receive requesting a change of use from a Class E - Commercial, Business and Service’ to a Class C3(a) - Dwellinghouse?
2 - And for each of those years listed above, of those total number of applications each year, how many requesting that change of use from E to C3 were ultimately approved?
(In the event that a request for four years worth of data is likely to exceed the time frame, we could drop the year 2022 from the request if that helps)
Response
The information you have sought is available on the Council’s website via an advanced search of the planning portal at https://publicaccess.dover.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=advanced. Some may have applied via the prior approval route, so the application type is Prior app Business to Dwelling. The others will be change of use, so app type Full, development type change of use and do a wild card of %c3%.