FI15428

Request

  1. The total number of planning permission applications received for garden rooms during the specified period.
  2. Of these applications:
    1. The number that was approved.
    2. The number that was declined.
  3. A breakdown of these applications by category (why they’re submitting the planning permission application), including but not limited to:
    1. Height or width
    2. Use for regular sleeping accommodation
    3. Use for commercial purposes
    4. Listed building
    5. More than a storey high
    6. Covers more than 50% of the land surrounding the house
    7. It’s at the front or side of the house
  4. or the applications that were refused, please provide a breakdown of the reasons for the refusals, including:
    1. Non-compliance with local planning policies.
    2. Issues related to size, scale, or height.
    3. Concerns about the visual impact on the neighbourhood.
    4. Objections raised by neighbours or other parties.
    5. Sleeping accommodation
    6. Commercial purposes
    7. Other

Response

  1. This information is available on the Council’s using the advanced search facility on the planning portal at https://publicaccess.dover.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=advanced.  The Council would normally describe such development as outbuildings.
  2. This information is available on the Council’s using the advanced search facility on the planning portal at https://publicaccess.dover.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=advanced.
  3. The Council does not hold this information.  When an application is submitted, applicants do not have to give reasons. If the outbuilding is within the curtilage of a listed building a heritage statement will be available on the website.
  4. This information is available on the Council’s using the advanced search facility on the planning portal at https://publicaccess.dover.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=advanced.  This information will be available on the Decision Notice for each application.