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Planning roundup: Huge student accommodation tweaks and demolition at religious building

A wide range of planning applications have been submitted across a Kent district this month.

New bids range from revisions to a major student housing scheme in Canterbury to home extensions in Whitstable – alongside the proposed demolition of part of a city-centre religious building.

One of the planning applications lodged with Canterbury City Council involves a demolition at Diocesan House. Picture: Google Maps
One of the planning applications lodged with Canterbury City Council involves a demolition at Diocesan House. Picture: Google Maps

On Giles Lane in the city, developers behind a 935-bed student accommodation project are seeking amendments to their approved scheme.

The five-block development – which includes cluster flats, studios and a double-bed unit – would be rehashed to allow for the replacement of four trees on the site.

In Whitstable, plans have been lodged at Palace Close for a single-storey rear extension, while residents in Park Avenue are applying for a porch and side dormer extensions.

Meanwhile in the city centre, several properties are the subject of proposed changes.

An HMO in Wincheap could be converted into three separate flats, while Broad Street’s Diocesan House has applied to demolish its garage.

An impression of what the 935-bed student halls complex in Giles Lane, Canterbury could look like. Picture: UKC/St Edmund’s School
An impression of what the 935-bed student halls complex in Giles Lane, Canterbury could look like. Picture: UKC/St Edmund’s School

Elsewhere in the district, a self-build dwelling with new access is proposed on the former Pear Orchard and Hawthorn Bungalow site in Wickhambreaux.

Other smaller projects include a detached outbuilding at Downs Road in Canterbury and the replacement of a conservatory with a single-storey rear extension at Russell Drive, Whitstable.

Additional applications cover renewable and sustainable improvements: solar panels are proposed for Scoops Nest in Waltham, while cycle parking and electric-vehicle charging points are planned for Alberta Caravan Park in Seasalter.

A number of non-material amendments have also been submitted to fine-tune earlier approvals, alongside routine applications for tree works across the district.

Find out more about the latest planning applications where you live on the Public Notice Portal.

An application has been submitted to add EV charging points at Alberta Caravan Park in Seasalter. Picture: Google
An application has been submitted to add EV charging points at Alberta Caravan Park in Seasalter. Picture: Google

All of the applications are currently awaiting a decision and are open for public comment via the council’s planning portal.

Find out more about the latest planning applications where you live on the Public Notice Portal.

All of the applications are currently awaiting a decision and are open for public comment via the council’s planning portal.

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