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22 November 2019

Dear Councillor

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a meeting of the CABINET will be held at these offices (Council Chamber) on Monday 2 December 2019 at 11.00 am when the following business will be transacted.

Members of the public who require further information are asked to contact Kate Batty-Smith on (01304) 872303 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Yours sincerely

Chief Executive

Cabinet Membership:

T J Bartlett Leader of the Council M J Holloway Deputy Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Community and Tourism N J Collor Portfolio Holder for Transport and Licensing N S Kenton Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services S C Manion Portfolio Holder for Finance and Governance D P Murphy Portfolio Holder for Housing and Health O C de R Richardson Portfolio Holder for Environment and Commercial Services

AGENDA

1 APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for absence.

2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (Page 4)

To receive any declarations of interest from Members in respect of business to be transacted on the agenda.

1 3 RECORD OF DECISIONS (Pages 5-16)

The Decisions of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 4 November 2019 numbered CAB 73 to CAB 89 (inclusive) are attached.

4 ISSUES ARISING FROM OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY OR OTHER COMMITTEES

To consider any issues arising from Overview and Scrutiny or other Committees not specifically detailed elsewhere on the agenda.

a Tourism and Visitor Economy Strategy (Page 17)

To consider the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

b 'No Use Empty' Property Initiative Top-Up Loan Agreement (Page 18)

To consider the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

c Climate Change Emergency (Page 19)

To consider the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

d Bus Rapid Transit Project Update (Page 20)

To consider the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

EXECUTIVE - KEY DECISIONS

5 ADOPTION OF VICTORIA ROAD AND WELLINGTON ROAD CONSERVATION AREA CHARACTER APPRAISAL (Pages 21-45)

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development.

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

6 ADOPTION OF UPPER DEAL CONSERVATION AREA CHARACTER APPRAISAL (Pages 46-65)

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development.

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

7 AUTHORITY MONITORING REPORT (Pages 66-231)

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development.

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

8 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (Pages 232-248)

2 To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development.

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

9 PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT - MARKET SQUARE, DOVER (Pages 249-252)

To consider the attached report of the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial).

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Transport and Licensing

EXECUTIVE - NON-KEY DECISIONS

10 COUNCIL TAX SUPPORT SCHEME 2020/21 (Pages 253-316)

To consider the attached report of the Strategic Director (Corporate Resources).

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Finance and Governance

11 APPOINTMENTS TO OUTSIDE BODIES (Page 317)

To consider the attached.

Cabinet is requested to approve the appointment of Councillor Trevor Bartlett, Leader of the Council, to several outside bodies following the recent resignation of Keith Morris.

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3 4 Agenda Item No 2 Declarations of Interest

Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (DPI) Where a Member has a new or registered DPI in a matter under consideration they must disclose that they have an interest and, unless the Monitoring Officer has agreed in advance that the DPI is a 'Sensitive Interest', explain the nature of that interest at the meeting. The Member must withdraw from the meeting at the commencement of the consideration of any matter in which they have declared a DPI and must not participate in any discussion of, or vote taken on, the matter unless they have been granted a dispensation permitting them to do so. If during the consideration of any item a Member becomes aware that they have a DPI in the matter they should declare the interest immediately and, subject to any dispensations, withdraw from the meeting.

Other Significant Interest (OSI) Where a Member is declaring an OSI they must also disclose the interest and explain the nature of the interest at the meeting. The Member must withdraw from the meeting at the commencement of the consideration of any matter in which they have declared a OSI and must not participate in any discussion of, or vote taken on, the matter unless they have been granted a dispensation to do so or the meeting is one at which members of the public are permitted to speak for the purpose of making representations, answering questions or giving evidence relating to the matter. In the latter case, the Member may only participate on the same basis as a member of the public and cannot participate in any discussion of, or vote taken on, the matter and must withdraw from the meeting in accordance with the Council's procedure rules.

Voluntary Announcement of Other Interests (VAOI) Where a Member does not have either a DPI or OSI but is of the opinion that for transparency reasons alone s/he should make an announcement in respect of a matter under consideration, they can make a VAOI. A Member declaring a VAOI may still remain at the meeting and vote on the matter under consideration.

Note to the Code: Situations in which a Member may wish to make a VAOI include membership of outside bodies that have made representations on agenda items; where a Member knows a person involved, but does not have a close association with that person; or where an item would affect the well-being of a Member, relative, close associate, employer, etc. but not his/her financial position. It should be emphasised that an effect on the financial position of a Member, relative, close associate, employer, etc OR an application made by a Member, relative, close associate, employer, etc would both probably constitute either an OSI or in some cases a DPI.

5 Public Document Pack Agenda Item No 3

Record of the decisions of the meeting of the CABINET held at the Council Offices, Whitfield on Monday, 4 November 2019 at 11.00 am.

Present:

Chairman: Councillor T J Bartlett

Councillors: N J Collor M J Holloway N S Kenton S C Manion D P Murphy O C de R Richardson

Also Present: Councillor E A Biggs Councillor M D Conolly Councillor S J Jones Councillor P D Jull Councillor K Mills Councillor R S Walkden

Officers: Chief Executive Strategic Director (Corporate Resources) Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial) Head of Finance and Housing Head of Governance Head of Inward Investment Head of Leadership Support Head of Regulatory Services Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development Housing Development Manager Private Sector Housing Manager Strategic Delivery Manager (Infrastructure) Strategic Tourism Manager Senior Policy Planner Climate Change and Energy Conservation Officer PR and Marketing Officer Democratic Services Officer

The formal decisions of the executive are detailed in the following schedule.

6 Record of Decisions: Executive Functions

Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 73 APOLOGIES None. To note any 4.11.19 apologies for Open There were no apologies for absence. absence.

Key Decisions No

Call-in to apply Yes

Implementation Date 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 74 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None. To note any 4.11.19 declarations of Open There were no declarations of interest. interest.

Key Decisions No

Call-in to apply Yes

Implementation Date 7 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 75 RECORD OF DECISIONS None. Cabinet is required 4.11.19 to approve the Open It was agreed that the decisions of the meeting held on 7 October 2019, Record of as detailed in decision numbers CAB 62 to CAB 72, be approved as a Decisions of the Key Decisions correct record and signed by the Chairman. Cabinet meeting No held on 7 October 2019. Call-in to apply Yes

Implementation Date 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 76 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1976: None. The Overview and 4.11.19 REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN HACKNEY CARRIAGE FARES Scrutiny Open Committee, at its It was agreed: meeting held on 14 Key Decisions October 2019, Yes (a) That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s endorsement of endorsed Cabinet Cabinet decision CAB 67, made at its meeting held on 14 October decision CAB 67 of Call-in to apply 2019 (Minute No 38), be acknowledged. 7 October 2019. Yes (b) That Cabinet decision CAB 67 be reaffirmed. Implementation Date 8 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 77 SHARED OWNERSHIP SALES POLICY To reject the The Overview and 4.11.19 Committee’s Scrutiny Open It was agreed: recommendation. Committee, at its meeting held on 14 Key Decisions (a) That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s recommendation (c), October 2019, No made at its meeting held on 14 October 2019 (Minute No 39), be endorsed Cabinet deferred in order for the Strategic Director (Corporate Resources) decision CAB 68 of Call-in to apply and the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Health to identify whether 7 October 2019 Yes there is scope to provide more detail as requested by the Committee. and made an additional Implementation (b) That Cabinet decision CAB 68 be reaffirmed. recommendation. Date 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 78 ST JAMES'S CHURCH, WOOLCOMBER STREET, DOVER None. The Overview and 4.11.19 Scrutiny Open It was agreed: Committee, at its meeting held on 14 Key Decisions (a) That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s endorsement of October 2019, No Cabinet decision CAB 69 and its additional recommendation, endorsed Cabinet made at its meeting held on 14 October 2019 (Minute No 40), be decision CAB 69 of Call-in to apply acknowledged. 7 October 2019 Yes and thanked (b) That Cabinet decision CAB 69 be reaffirmed. Cabinet for taking Implementation action to safeguard Date the church. 9 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 79 REVIEW OF APPOINTMENTS TO OUTSIDE BODIES None. The Overview and 4.11.19 Scrutiny Open It was agreed: Committee, at its meeting held on 14 Key Decisions (a) That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s endorsement of October 2019, No Cabinet decision CAB 79, made at its meeting held on 14 October endorsed Cabinet 2019 (Minute No 41), be acknowledged. decision CAB 79 of Call-in to apply 7 October 2019. Yes (b) That Cabinet decision CAB 79 be reaffirmed.

Implementation Date 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 80 KEARSNEY PARKS - CAFE PROVISION None. The Overview and 4.11.19 Scrutiny Open It was agreed: Committee, at its meeting held on 14 Key Decisions (a) That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s endorsement of October 2019, Yes Cabinet decision CAB 72, made at its meeting held on 14 October endorsed Cabinet 2019 (Minute No 43), be acknowledged. decision CAB 72 of Call-in to apply 7 October 2019. Yes (b) That Cabinet decision CAB 72 be reaffirmed.

Implementation Date 10 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 81 'NO USE EMPTY' PROPERTY INITIATIVE TOP-UP LOAN None. Working in 4.11.19 AGREEMENT partnership with Open Kent County It was agreed: Council, the Key Decisions Council has Yes (a) That the existing commitment of £300,000 for top-up loans under provided interest- Kent County Council’s ‘No Use Empty’ scheme be supplemented free loans under Call-in to apply by a further £300,000 to bring the total availability up to £600,000. the ‘No Use Empty’ Yes initiative for a (b) That the Head of Regulatory Services be authorised, in number of years. Implementation consultation with the Solicitor to the Council, to sign an agreement Due to the Date with Kent County Council allowing it to continue to administer the popularity of the 12 November funding on behalf of Dover District Council. scheme, an 2019 additional £300,000 (c) That all monies received from the repayment of loans be used for is being sought to further top-up loans under Kent County Council’s ‘No Use Empty’ supplement the property initiative. scheme which is designed to bring empty homes back into use.

Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 82 TOURISM AND VISITOR ECONOMY STRATEGY None. Recognising the 4.11.19 strategic Open It was agreed: importance of tourism and the Key Decisions (a) That a period of public consultation on the Tourism and Visitor visitor economy to 11 Yes Economy Strategy be approved. Dover district, it is proposed that the Call-in to apply (b) That the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial) be Council should Yes authorised, in consultation with the Head of Inward Investment adopt a new and and the Portfolio Holder for Community and Tourism, to further ambitious Tourism Implementation amend, edit, finalise and adopt the Tourism and Visitor Economy and Visitor Date Strategy in response to consultation. Economy Strategy. 12 November The Strategy will 2019 be subject to a period of 8 weeks’ public consultation.

Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 83 CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY None. In response to a 4.11.19 motion passed at Open (a)It was agreed to recommend to Council that a climate change the Council emergency be declared. meeting held on 24 Key Decisions July 2019, the Yes (b)It was agreed: report provides an overview of the Call-in to apply (i) That the serious impact of climate change globally and the climate change (a) No need for urgent action be acknowledged. emergency and (b) Yes sets out the (ii) That a cross-party Climate Change Member Working measures required Implementation Group be established. to make the Date Council’s activities (a) 30 January (iii) That the Terms of Reference for that Group, as set out at and the district as a 2020 Appendix 1 to the report, be approved in principle and, in whole carbon (b) 12 November addition, arrangements made to ensure that there is neutral. It also 2019 effective engagement with younger generations. proposes the establishment of a (iv) That a Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, led by working group to the Member Working Group, be prepared, setting out inform a new 12 plans for Dover District Council to become a net zero strategy and action carbon emitter by 2030 at the latest. plan.

(v) That a pledge to do what is within the powers and resources of Dover District Council to support the wider community so that the district becomes carbon neutral by 2050 be approved.

(vi) That a baseline audit of the carbon emissions of all the Council’s services be completed, to inform the discussions of the Member Working Group.

Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 84 PERFORMANCE REPORT - SECOND QUARTER 2019/20 None. Monitoring the 4.11.19 Council’s Open It was agreed that the Council’s Performance Report and Actions for the performance Second Quarter 2019/20 be noted. against key Key Decisions objectives is No essential to the achievement of Call-in to apply those aims and Yes objectives. The Performance Implementation Report provides a Date summary of the 12 November Council’s 2019 performance for the three months to 30 September 2019.

Decision Status Record of Decision Alternative options Reasons for Decision Conflicts of interest 13 considered and (if any) declared by rejected (if any) decision maker(s) or consultees (if any) CAB 85 EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC None. 4.11.19 Open That, in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations Key Decisions 2000, the press and the public be excluded during consideration of the No following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3 and 5 of Call-in to apply Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. Yes

Implementation Date 12 November 2019 Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 86 PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES FOR INTERIM HOUSING - NOAH'S None. An opportunity has 4.11.19 ARK ROAD, DOVER arisen to buy eight Exempt properties to be It was agreed: used as interim Key Decisions housing. The Yes (a) That the project to acquire eight affordable homes to be homes will provide developed on land at Noah’s Ark Road, Dover be approved. a better standard of Call-in to apply temporary Yes (b) That the Head of Finance and Housing be authorised, in accommodation consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Health, to than other forms Implementation take the necessary decisions and actions to progress the project currently being Date and purchase the properties including (but not limited to): used and responds 12 November agreeing the purchase price; approving the sale purchase to the increasing 2019 agreements; making a funding application to Homes England and number of entering into subsequent funding agreements; appointing any homeless 14 necessary professional advisers; and entering into contracts for applications the provision of support to occupants of the homes. received by the Council.

Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 87 DEMOLITION OF FORMER DOVER LEISURE CENTRE None. At its meeting held 4.11.19 on 20 September Exempt It was agreed: 2016 Cabinet approved the Key Decisions (a) That the contract for the demolition of the former Dover Leisure construction of a Yes Centre at Townwall Street, Dover be awarded to DDS Demolition. new leisure centre and the demolition Call-in to apply (b) That the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial) be of the old one at Yes authorised to use the additional £200,000 in the event of any Townwall Street unforeseen works such as ground contamination or (CAB 50). Implementation archaeological investigations. Date Following a 12 November competitive tender 2019 exercise, eleven bids were received and Cabinet is requested to award the contract.

Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 88 WHITFIELD URBAN EXPANSION PHASE 1A - AFFORDABLE None. Cabinet is 4.11.19 HOUSING DELIVERY requested to Exempt approve the budget It was agreed that the Strategic Director (Corporate Resources) be for, and 15 Key Decisions authorised, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing and progression of, a Yes Health, the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial) and the project for the Portfolio Holder for Environment and Commercial Services, to take all design and Call-in to apply necessary actions to deliver the construction phase of the road and construction of an Yes enabling drainage works project, including awarding the construction access road and contract, approving variations to the project sum if required and, if associated Implementation circumstances warrant, cancelling the project. drainage works to Date facilitate the 12 November delivery of 26 2019 affordable homes forming part of a Section 106 agreement tied to Phase 1A of a larger development at Whitfield.

Conflicts of interest Alternative options (if any) declared by Decision Status Record of Decision considered and Reasons for Decision decision maker(s) or rejected (if any) consultees (if any) CAB 89 BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT UPDATE None. Cabinet approved 4.11.19 the Bus Rapid Exempt It was agreed that the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial) be Transit Project – authorised, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and linking Whitfield, Key Decisions Licensing, to explore options regarding Compulsory Purchase Orders to Dover town centre Yes secure the land necessary to deliver the project. and Dover Priory station - in principle Call-in to apply at its meeting held Yes on 1 July 2019 (CAB 31). The Implementation report updates Date Cabinet on 12 November progress, 2019 particularly in respect of securing 16 the land needed to deliver the project which has secured grant funding of £16.1 million from Homes England.

The meeting ended at 11.40 am. 17 Agenda Item No 4a

ISSUES ARISING FROM OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY OR OTHER COMMITTEES

TOURISM AND VISITOR ECONOMY STRATEGY

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Community and Tourism

Report of: Head of Inward Investment and Tourism

Decision Route

Cabinet 4 November 2019 CAB 82 Overview and Scrutiny Committee 11 November 2019 Minute No 48 Cabinet 2 December 2019

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Recommendations

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee, at its meeting held on 11 November 2019, endorsed Cabinet decision CAB 82 and made additional recommendations (highlighted in bold), as follows:

RESOLVED: That it be recommended to Cabinet that it be congratulated on the Tourism and Visitor Economy Strategy, and that the report recommendations be endorsed subject to:

(a) The addition of numerical based targets; and

(b) Plans being developed to increase the level of satisfaction for visitors to Dover in line with that of visitors to Sandwich and Deal.

18 Agenda Item No 4b

ISSUES ARISING FROM OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY OR OTHER COMMITTEES

‘NO USE EMPTY’ PROPERTY INITIATIVE TOP-UP LOAN AGREEMENT

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

Report of: Head of Regulatory Services

Decision Route

Cabinet 4 November 2019 CAB 81 Overview and Scrutiny Committee 11 November 2019 Minute No 58 Cabinet 2 December 2019

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Recommendations

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee, at its meeting held on 11 November 2019, endorsed Cabinet decision CAB 81 as follows:

(a) That the existing commitment of £300,000 for top-up loans under Kent County Council’s ‘No Use Empty’ scheme be supplemented by a further £300,000 to bring the total availability up to £600,000.

(b) That the Head of Regulatory Services be authorised, in consultation with the Solicitor to the Council, to sign an agreement with Kent County Council allowing it to continue to administer the funding on behalf of Dover District Council.

(c) That all monies received from the repayment of loans be used for further top-up loans under Kent County Council’s ‘No Use Empty’ property initiative.

19 Agenda Item No 4c

ISSUES ARISING FROM OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY OR OTHER COMMITTEES

CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Environment and Commercial Services

Report of: Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial)

Decision Route

Cabinet 4 November 2019 CAB 83 Overview and Scrutiny Committee 11 November 2019 Minute No 59 Cabinet 2 December 2019

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Recommendations

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee, at its meeting held on 11 November 2019, endorsed Cabinet decision CAB 83 and made additional recommendations (highlighted in bold) as follows:

(a) That the report be endorsed. (b) That the start times of the Working Group be set at 6.00pm in line with other committees. (c) That the number of representatives from each political group on the Working Group be increased from one to two members.

20 Agenda Item No 4d

ISSUES ARISING FROM OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY OR OTHER COMMITTEES

BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT UPDATE

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Transport and Licensing

Report of: Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial)

Decision Route

Cabinet 4 November 2019 CAB 89 Overview and Scrutiny Committee 11 November 2019 Minute No 61 Cabinet 2 December 2019

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Recommendations

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee, at its meeting held on 11 November 2019, endorsed Cabinet decision CAB 89 as follows:

That it be recommended to the Cabinet that the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial) be authorised, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Licensing, to explore options regarding Compulsory Purchase Orders to secure the land necessary to deliver the project.

21 Agenda Item No 5

Subject: ADOPTION OF THE DEAL VICTORIA ROAD AND WELLINGTON ROAD CONSERVATION AREA CHARACTER APPRAISAL

Meeting and Date: Cabinet – 2 December 2019

Report of: Lois Jarrett, Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development

Portfolio Holder: Councillor Nick Kenton, Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

Decision Type: Key Decision

Classification: Unrestricted

Purpose of the report: To inform Cabinet of the results of the public consultation exercise of the Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area Appraisal and to adopt it as a material consideration for planning purposes.

Recommendation: Cabinet agrees to:

1. The proposed responses to the representations received and the resulting modifications to the Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area Character Appraisal as set out in Appendix 1;

2. Adopt the Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area Character Appraisal as a material consideration for planning purposes as set out in Appendix 2; and

3. Authorise the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development to make any necessary editorial changes to the Appraisal to assist with clarity, consistency, explanation and presentation, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services.

1. Summary

1.1 Cabinet approved the Draft Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area Appraisal for public consultation in June 2019. Consultation has now been undertaken and following the analysis of representations minor modifications are now proposed.

1.2 Three recommendations have been made, which are as follows:

1) To reconsider the existing boundaries following a review of the Deal Middle Street Conservation Area; 2) To designate certain buildings/features as Heritage Assets of Local importance; and 3) To implement an Article 4 Direction on residential properties within the boundary.

Dover District Council 22 2. Introduction and Background

2.1 At Cabinet on the 3rd June 2019 the Draft Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area Appraisal was approved for public consultation. It had been prepared by the Deal Society, in conjunction with the District Council, following recommendations in the Dover District Heritage Strategy.

2.2 The consultation period ran for six weeks from 7th August to 18th September and the District Council received two responses from two individuals or organisations. There were no objections to the Conservation Area Appraisal and the findings were generally supported which is a credit to the hard work that the Deal Society have put into preparing the Appraisal.

2.3 Further to comments received during the consultation additional text, indicated in bold in the Appraisal, has been inserted to make the document more robust and to assist with the interpretation of the Appraisal. Deleted text has strikeout.

2.4 The representation received, together with the proposed District Council response and amendment is set out in Appendix 2.

Recommendations within the Appraisal

3. The Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area was originally designated in 1977. Local councils are required under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 to review their conservation areas from time to time to ensure that the original designation was correct, and to formulate and publish proposals for further enhancement and preservation of their conservation areas. This appraisal has, therefore, been produced in compliance with this requirement.

3.1 The draft appraisal includes a management plan which made three recommendations. These have been taken forward into the final draft. The recommendations all seek to ensure that the prevailing historic or architectural character of the conservation area as identified in the appraisal is protected or enhanced where possible.

1) To reconsider the existing conservation area boundary: The Deal Society identified areas currently within the conservation area boundary that are considered to be more consistent with the character of the adjacent Deal Middle Street Conservation Area. These are shown on the maps in the Appraisal as appendix 4.2: Maps (included within attached Appendix 1). The Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Appraisal recommends that a character assessment is carried out of the Deal Middle Street Conservation Area in order to clarify the most appropriate position of the boundary; any subsequent redrawing of the current boundaries will follow separate processes requiring further public consultation and formal approval by Cabinet. 2) To designate certain buildings/features as Heritage Assets of Local importance: the appraisal includes a list of buildings which it is considered would be worthy of inclusion on a local list and that have been identified for their positive contribution to the character of the conservation area against the criteria set out within annex 1 of the Land Allocations Local Plan 2015. 3) To implement an Article 4 Direction: this recommendation would be subject to approval by Cabinet for a further public consultation exercise, the results of which would be reported back to Cabinet to confirm the implementation of the Direction. The appraisal sets out the type of development which would normally

23 be permitted for dwellings that would be removed by the Direction in appendix 4.2.3. The intent of the Direction is not to prevent change but rather to manage it, ensuring any alterations within the conservation area would be sympathetic to its special historic or architectural character as set out in the character appraisal. In addition, where inappropriate alterations have been made, the Direction would provide an opportunity to encourage more sensitive change which would be an enhancement to the established character of the conservation area. 4. Identification of Options

4.1 Option 1: That the amendments to the Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area Appraisal are agreed and it is adopted as a material consideration for planning purposes: or

4.2 Option 2: That the amendments to the Deal Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area Appraisal are not agreed and it is not adopted as a material consideration for planning purposes.

5. Evaluation of Options

5.1 The Appraisal would be used to identify opportunities for environmental improvements, inform new development and to act as an evidence base for the evaluation of new proposals. It would also be used by Planning Inspectors in appeal situations and, as it has been through a public consultation greater weight can also be attributed to it. 5.2 The Appraisal has been produced in response to the recommendations in the Dover District Heritage Strategy and the accompanying Action Plan. It, therefore, implements part of the Heritage Strategy.

5.3 If the Appraisal was not adopted, then the benefits outlined above would not be realised and the special character of the Conservation Area could be at risk through inappropriate development. The first option is, therefore, recommended.

6. Resource Implications

6.1 The Appraisal would be made available on the District Council’s website. No further internal resources would be required.

7. Corporate Implications 7.1 Comment from the Section 151 Officer: Accountancy has been consulted and has nothing further to add. (SB)

7.2 Comment from the Solicitor to the Council: The Solicitor to the Council has been consulted in the preparation of this report and has no further comments to make.

7.3 Comment from the Equalities Officer: This report does not specifically highlight any equality implications however in discharging their duties members are required to comply with the public sector equality duty as set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15.

7.4 Other Officers (as appropriate): None.

8. Appendices

24 Appendix 1 – Victoria Road and Wellington Road Conservation Area Appraisal December 2019

Appendix 2 - Analysis of Representations and Suggested District Council Response

Background Papers

Cabinet Report of 2 June 2019.

Contact Officer: Alison Cummings, Principal Heritage Officer, extension 2464

25 Appendix 1

Deal - Victoria Road & Wellington Road

Conservation Area Character Appraisal

December 2019

26 Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Background 1.2. Planning Policy Context 1.3. Community Involvement 1.4. Summary of Significance 2. The Character Appraisal 2.1. Victoria Road 2.2. Wellington Road 2.3. Queen Street 2.4. Blenheim Road 2.5. Gilford Road 2.6. Beaconsfield Road, Hope Road and Northcote Road 3. Management Plan 3.1. Vulnerabilities and Negative Features 3.2. Recommendations 3.2.1. Boundaries 3.2.2. Heritage Assets of Local Importance 3.2.3. Article 4(1) Direction 4. Appendices 4.1. Historical development 4.2. Maps 4.2.1. Current Boundaries 4.2.2. Proposed Boundaries

4.3. Planning controls 4.3.1. Article 4(1) Direction 4.4. Acknowledgements and references 4.4.1. Bibliography 4.5. Glossary

27 1. Introduction 1.1. Background The Victoria and Wellington Road conservation area was designated on the 1st December 1977 and consists of approximately 305 buildings the overwhelming majority of which are domestic residences. Seven of the buildings are listed. This appraisal was carried out during the summer of 2018. The Dover District Council (DDC) Heritage Strategy had recommended that a full appraisal and management plan should be carried out. Victoria Road, originally known as Prospect overlooked the Naval Yard and gave a pleasing prospect of the Downs and the many sailing ships that would have anchored there, .Queen Victoria having visited in 1842 the area was later renamed Victoria Town. The conservation area lies between Deal High Street to the north and Deal Castle to the south, extending westwards towards the railway line. The majority of the buildings reflect the evolution of architecture from the mid-18th century to the middle of the 20th century. It is this variety that gives the conservation area its essential character. An appraisal is intended to provide an understanding of the special interest of a conservation area and to set out options and recommendations to help ensure that any changes are informed by an understanding of the local character and distinctiveness of the conservation area. When this appraisal is adopted by Dover District Council (DDC) it will become a Supplementary Planning Document which will be a material consideration in the determination of applications for planning permission within and adjacent to the conservation area. This appraisal looks at the following issues: 1. The origins and evolution of the area under consideration. 2. The current boundary of the area and any review that should be made of that. 3. The positive and negative factors that contribute to or detract from the current condition of the conservation area. 4. Any recommendations that will protect and enhance the conservation area. Any changes proposed must sustain and enhance the historic environment and its heritage.

28 1.2. Planning Policy Context The Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 sets out the statutory definition of a Conservation Area, which is “an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character and appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance” [s.69(1)]. Dover District currently has 57 designated Conservation Areas. There is a requirement under the legislation to review Conservation Areas “from time to time” to ensure that the boundary captures all the area that is of special interest and to assist in developing plans for the management of change within the conservation area. This is further endorsed by the National Planning Policy Framework (2012) which urges the need to ensure that an area justifies the designation because of its special architectural or historic character or appearance. The Dover District Heritage Strategy (2013) presents the district’s Heritage Assets as Themes; Theme 13 dealing with conservation areas. The district’s conservation areas are considered to be heritage assets of outstanding significance, and in addition to being attractive places to live and work, contribute to the economic wealth of the district by being a magnet for visitors. Seven Conservation Areas lie within the area that the Deal Society undertook to monitor - four of these lie in the Town of Deal and three lie within the Parish of Walmer. A methodology was developed for the Heritage Strategy enabling a rapid desk-based assessment of the general condition of the district’s conservation areas and was applied to 19 of the conservation area of which Victoria Road and Wellington Road is one. The results of this overview, using a “traffic-light “system to classify their condition, indicate that of the 57 conservation areas in the district 12 of these conservation areas were identified as ‘performing well’ and achieved a green light, six achieved an amber light, requiring some enhancement, and one area required considerable enhancement or potential “de-designation” as a conservation area, due to the substantial loss of its character of special interest. Theme 13 prescribes methods and techniques by which an area’s condition may be measured, assessed and managed; Article 4 Direction is one method. An Article 4 Direction removes permitted development rights from residential properties to ensure that certain changes, such as the replacement of windows, is managed to ensure that the change is appropriate to the special character of the conservation area. Article 4 Directions have been applied so far to two of the 19 conservation areas, one of them being the Middle Street Conservation Area in Deal. The Heritage Strategy also suggested the formulation of a system for the assessment of a conservation areas condition such as that developed and adopted by the Oxford City Council, endorsed by Historic England and used by the Oxford Preservation Trust. That system has been used in this character appraisal, further informed by best practice guidance within the Historic England Advice Note 1: Conservation Area Designation, Appraisal and Management (Feb 2016). 1.3. Community Involvement This character appraisal has been prepared by the Deal Society in close liaison with DDC. The DDC Heritage Strategy highlights the importance of local community involvement in the protection of the historic environment. There are two specific areas where that involvement is encouraged. First of all, local civic groups are encouraged to develop appraisals of conservation areas within their locality. Secondly the production of a List of Local Heritage Assets is encouraged. This appraisal is, therefore, consistent with the aspirations of the DDC Heritage Strategy. Every property in this conservation area was informed by letter that the appraisal would be carried out in the late spring and summer of 2018. The letter also included a short questionnaire to which the residents were invited to respond. A significant number of responses were received, the overwhelming majority of which were positive about the appraisal exercise. The matters raised by the residents are reflected in the report. The first draft of this appraisal was submitted to DDC in November 2018 for a process of public consultation to be agreed. 29 1.4. Summary of Significance a. The diversity of the architecture is the outstanding feature of the area. The styles span two centuries from late 18th century cottages through to buildings of 19th century date of having the elegant proportions and detailing of the Georgian and Regency style to some striking examples of High Victorian Gothic architecture. There are a few non-residential properties which also contribute to that diversity and visual interest. b. The area is close to the busy centre of Deal but manages to be an oasis of calm and tranquillity largely due to the dominantly residential function of the area. The character and charm of the buildings and their cared for look heightens the sense of tranquillity. By contrast, the principle routes of Queen Street and Victoria Road have a general sense of urban busyness. c. The long period of development over nearly two centuries gives a very strong impression of a town in the course of evolution. Whereas some oOther conservation areas in Deal have a strong sense of cohesion, and in this conservation area there is some homogeneity in the scale, materials and detail of the buildings. in this area it is tThe variety mix of architecture that detached and semi-detached villas, and rows late 19th Century terraces creates the a vibrant architectural character. d. Some of the properties are built to the pavement but in a number of others small gardens enhance the street scene. In at least one road the restoration of railings improves the overall appearance. The larger properties along Victoria Road principally have gardens bounded by walls with railings and hedges, and the distancing afforded by the gardens from the busy road helps to contribute to the grandeur of the buildings. The majority of the properties in the conservation area have small front gardens with walls. e. In at least two of the roads the street scene is punctured by gaps that give good views through to other parts of the area, especially to trees and other greenery that enhance the sense of calm and tranquillity earlier mentioned.

30 2. The Character Appraisal 2.1. Victoria Road 2.1.1. Buildings Only the western side of Victoria Road is currently included in this conservation area, the eastern side being in the Middle Street Conservation Area. The road lies on a north south axis beginning at the southern end of Deal High Street and ending close to Deal Castle. Victoria Road was originally known as Prospect Place and the properties overlooked the Naval Yard and its activity especially during the Napoleonic Wars. The earliest recorded domestic dwellings were in this part of Lower Deal. None of those survive. The cottages towards the southern end of Victoria Road date from the 18th century. Starting at the southern end of Deal High Street the first buildings are of the Georgian or Regency style set back from the pavement with either paved areas or gardens. Very few have off street parking to the front. Woodbine Cottage ,a Grade 2 listed building, the house is notable for being fronted by a very large front garden with substantial trees and shrubs. A number of the properties have iron railings separating their front gardens from the pavement which early engravings suggests was a feature of the road. The houses are mainly brick built and there is a striking set of roofs that add substantial significance to the character of the road as viewed from the end of the High Street. Towards the southern end of the road the houses are smaller but many are set back with long front gardens or paved areas. Many of these properties are rendered but with significant variances in style: this creates almost a sense of quirkiness, even fun. 2.1.2. Landscape Just beyond the end of Victoria Road and opposite Deal Castle, the Captain’s Garden offers an important open space at the southern boundary of this conservation area. The front gardens also make a very significant contribution to the character of this conservation area. 2.1.3. Spaces On the western side of the road there is an almost continuous run of houses with no significant spaces between them. 2.1.4. Streets and Paths Victoria Road is one of the principal routes in Deal and there is street parking on the western side. Due to the scale of the buildings and the garden frontages neither issue detracts from the overall sense of elegance and historic significance of the houses. 2.1.5. Ambience The proximity of the road to the town centre and the volume of traffic all contributes to a general sense of business through most of the day. 2.2. Wellington Road 2.2.1. Buildings Wellington Road runs at a north west angle to Victoria Road from the southern end of Deal High Street to the junction with Blenheim Road. Historically in the mid-20th century it was threatened with demolition from plans to build a ring road to the southern edge of Deal town centre. The plans were thwarted by the Deal Society and other local action groups because the important historical and architectural significance of the buildings.

31 On the north western side of the road the houses are predominantly of mid-nineteenth Century date Regency and Georgian; to the south east most were built during the early nineteenth Century Victorian period; those to the north west are detached or semi-detached whilst those built in Victoria’s reign are more terraced in style. The building materials in Wellington Road are a a mixture of brick and render with one or two examples of pebbledash. The windows and doors are a range of styles including some poor examples of UPVC although the proportions of the windows indicate the original were sliding sashes. The roofs are predominantly slate but some with Kent peg tiles. There is a very striking example of terracotta tiles being used for visual decoration on Wellington House close to the junction with Blenheim Road. WellingtonWestbury House is described in the Heritage Strategy as influenced by the of Arts and Craft style, with its asymmetry, corner turret and used of a mix of building materials. Victoria Lodge is a building with a dominant presence in the streetscene with its deep over- hanging corbelled eaves and projecting porch. It shows on 19th century maps as a Dispensary, later used as a Library and a Labour Exchange. A council building on the corner with Victoria Road became a doctors’ surgery and is now residential apartments 2.2.2. Landscape

Although there are a variety of architectural styles there is an overall sense of calm and tranquillity in the road. At a few points there are views through to trees and gardens. This is especially the case through the cart gate to Victoria Lodge and opposite Wellington House. On the north western side there are small front gardens sometimes enclosed by high hedging and at others by iron railings. 2.2.3. Spaces Towards the junction with Blenheim Road there is a significant gap looking through to a pleasant area with lots of trees. 2.2.4 Streets and Paths The road tends to be a cut through and at times seems busy which is in marked contrast to the perceived sense of calm. 2.2.4. Ambience The road proximate to the town centre is heavily used for street car parking and this can be experienced at times as in conflict with the sense of tranquillity. 2.3. Queen Street 2.3.1. Buildings Only a small part of Queen Street is included in this conservation area. It includes buildings to the southern side of the street, houses in Albion Terrace on the side of Deal Station car park, the Toll Cottage, the taxi office. the Eagle pub, a hairdresser’s and a garden centre to the north western corner of the junction of West Street with Queen Street and the beginning of London Road. The properties are all adjacent to one of the busiest road junctions in Deal. The large three and four storey buildings to the southern side of Queen Street are mainly commercial properties with some residential accommodation on the upper floors. On this southern side is also an Art Deco frontage to the Kwik Fit site; the building itself is of interest architecturally but the forecourt and modern building behind detract from the character of the conservation area. On the southern side of the street is a substantial group of modern retirement flats which do not sit comfortably within a conservation area. 2.3.2. Landscape There are no significant landscape features in this area.

32 2.3.3. Spaces The area is a tight urban grain with no significant spaces between buildings. 2.3.4. Streets and Paths The road is a major route out to the north and west of Deal. 2.3.5. Ambience The road is extremely busy and there is constant traffic through the whole day. 2.4. Blenheim Road 2.4.1. Buildings Blenheim Road from the junction with Queen Street to the junction with Gilford Road lies within the conservation area. The remainder of Blenheim Road from Gilford Road to the junction with Gladstone Road is not part of the conservation area. The road is residential with a wide variety of architectural styles mainly from the late Victorian and Edwardian periods but with a few 20th century in fills. Most of the properties are two storey with attic or three storey brick built with slate roofs and a dominance of double height bays. There is some very striking gold and turquoise plaster work on a property that historical records show was a public house. The condition of one or two properties in the road falls far short of the standards required in a conservation area. However, there was generally a good standard of maintenance but with an over dependence on UPVC windows and doors. At the end of the road towards Queen Street there is a group of Grade 2 listed buildings. The High Victorian Gothic architecture of the Roman Catholic church is in marked contrast to much of the domestic architecture. There is a GR postbox on the wall of one of the buildings. 2.4.2. Landscape Just off the road there is an area with 45 garages. Historically it was an anchor ground and a bowling green. Many of the houses have small front gardens. 2.4.3. Spaces Apart from a brownfield site behind 54-56 and adjacent to Norman Tailyour House there are no significant spaces. 2.4.4. Streets and Paths

The road and pavements are tarmac and in general good condition. 2.4.5. Ambience The road is comparatively busy with traffic creating a general sense of business.

2.5 Gilford Road 2.5.1.Buildings On the northern side of the road the properties extend from the railway bridge to the junction with Victoria Road. On the southern side the properties extend from the junction with Blenheim Road to the junction with Victoria Road and Deal Castle Road. Many of the properties to the north have very small gardens whilst those to the south are built to the pavement. The road is dominated by two long unbroken terraces with a few cases of small groups of buildings. The houses are either two storey or two storey with attic. The majority are brick built with render to the ground floor or rendered with projecting first floor bays to the properties on the south side and full two storey bays to those on the north side of the road. There is a strong horizontal rhythm to the street. The street is almost entirely residential. 2.5.2. Landscape There are no significant landscape features. 33 2.5.3. Spaces There is no interruption to the long terraces on either side of the road. 2.5.4. Streets and Paths The road is a busy route from Deal Town towards Upper and Middle Deal. It is a very busy cut though for vehicles and this makes a strong contrast to the tranquillity of other parts of the conservation area. 2.5.5. Ambience As already mentioned there is a high level of traffic business.

2.5. Beaconsfield Road, Hope Road and Northcote Road 2.6.1 Buildings These three roads lie between Victoria Road and Blenheim Road. They are almost entirely residential although there is an old factory, now converted to a martial arts club and the Drill Hall. Hope Road, historically called Grove Terrace, has a terrace of small cottages with small gardens to the front and there is aan architecturally significant property called The Old Cottage, which is considered to be architecturally significant as a small scale building making it quite distinct from other dwellings in the conservation area. Beaconsfield Road has a pleasant mix of late 19th and early 20th century brick-built houses together with a small number of late 20th century new builds. The road has a strong visual coherence. Norman Tailyour House a brick built sheltered housing complex is currently (2018) undergoing refurbishment. Again, the variety of architectural styles is what gives this part of the conservation area its character. The great variance in style over a long period, like the remainder of the conservation area, determines the character. 2.6.2. Landscape The entrance road to Norman Tailyour House is lined with trees and shrubs in a part of the conservation area where there is little opportunity to experience greenery. There are small gardens to the front of several properties. 2.6.3. Spaces There are no significant spaces. 2.6.4. Streets and Paths The roads and pavements are reasonably maintained, tarmac being the normal surface, although Hope Road is noted to be in a poor condition. 2.6.5. Ambience These roads are “tucked” away behind busy roads so there is a general atmosphere of tranquillity and lack of traffic movement and business.

34 3. Management Plan 3.1. Vulnerabilities and Negative Features a. Although the overall standard of maintenance was to be in good condition. there was evidence of a few properties being in poor condition. This was especially evident in Gilford Road and Blenheim Road with one property in particular considered to be in very poor condition. b. The lack of planning controls over the replacement of windows and doors was very evident. There was a significant loss of replacement with windows and doors sympathetic to the historic character of the property. c. In a number of cases unsympathetic features had been added distracting from the historic and heritage significance. These included UPVC windows and doors inconsistent with the character of the property, a spiral staircase and front railings. d. The road junction at Gilford Road/Deal Castle Road/The Strand/Victoria Road is extremely unsympathetic to pedestrians. e. There was some evidence of satellite dishes on the front of properties adding unnecessary clutter to the streetscene. f. Residents were concerned about recycling bins in front gardens and driveways and the amount of litter caused by a lack of street cleaning. g. Although the condition of pavements and roads were generally acceptable the state of Hope Road gives rise for concern. It is in urgent need of improvement. An anomaly exists in terms of conservation areas. The western side of Victoria Road is in the area under appraisal whilst the eastern side is in the Middle Street conservation area and subject to an Article 4 Direction. This makes no logical sense (see

35 h. Recommendations - 3.2.1).

36 3.2. Recommendations 3.2.1. Boundaries a. Currently the area between South Street and Deal Castle, bordered by the eastern side of Victoria Road and the seafront, lies within the Middle Street Conservation Area. This appraisal recommends that because of the historic and heritage connections with the Victoria Road/Wellington Road area, that part of the Middle Street conservation area that lies to the south of South Street should be included in this area with a new boundary line drawn along the middle of South Street from the seafront. This would help facilitate the buffer zone around Deal Castle that is proposed in the DDC Heritage Strategy (see 4.2 - Maps) b. It is recommended, therefore, that an appraisal is carried out in the Middle Street conservation area in reference to potentially changing boundaries with the Victoria Road CA in respect of roads and streets as noted in a) and c). c. The part of Queen Street that falls within this appraisal area should be removed. A review should be carried out about its relationship with the rest of Queen Street and also to the Middle Street conservation area boundaries after a character appraisal has been carried out on the Middle Street conservation area. (see 4.2 - Maps). 3.2.2. Heritage Assets of Local Importance The Government’s National Planning Policy Framework states that ‘non-designated’ (i.e. essentially locally-identified) heritage assets should be taken account of when considering planning applications. A Local List would enable the importance of undesignated local heritage assets to be taken into account in the processing of any planning applications which might have an impact on them or their setting. A Local List would include buildings, structures, landscape and archaeological features which are of local interest and have no statutory designation. For inclusion within the Local List, the Heritage Asset must comply with at least one of the following criteria set out within the DDC Land Allocations Local Plan (adopted January 2015):  Historic Interest (HI)  Architectural and Artistic Interest (AAI)  Social, Community and Economic Value (SCE)  Townscape Character (TC) In the light of the boundary recommendations it is suggested that all the following properties should be considered for inclusionincluded in a Local List as being Heritage Assets of Local Importance:  The Eagle public house, Queen Street (HI)  Toll Cottage, Queen Street (HI)  The Art Deco building at the front of Kwik Fit, Queen Street (AAI)  41 Queen Street (A Hairdresser and residential property) (AAI)  The Captain’s Garden buildings opposite Deal Castle (HI) (TC) (SCE)  The Old Cottage, Hope Road (AAI)  Walnut Cottage, Beaconsfield Road (AAI)  Wellington House, Wellington Road (HI)  The Drill Hall, Hope Road (HI) (AAI)  Victoria Lodge (AAI)  The Roman Catholic Church Blenheim Road (HI) (AAI) 37  Former Public House 31 Blenheim Road (AAI) 3.2.3. Article 4(1) Direction All local authorities were given the power to impose an Article 4(1) Direction by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015. Victoria Road is a significant example of inconsistency in practice over planning controls. The east side is governed by an Article 4(1) Direction, the west side is not. It is recommended that that Direction should be imposed on this conservation area in order to create a level playing field in planning controls. The regulations governing that Direction are set out in the appendices of this report.

38 4. Appendices 4.1. Historical development Deal developed when the marshy shore became consolidated enough for building to start. Known as ‘the Sea Valley’, it was here in 1539-40 that Walmer, Deal and Sandown Castles were built to protect the realm. Lower Deal developed as countless ships sheltered in the Downs, an area of sea between the coast and the Goodwin Sands. In 1786 there were some 750 houses in Lower Deal, the inhabited area bounded by South Street, Dolphin Street, High Street and Beach Street but the Napoleonic Wars meant that large numbers of service personnel, tradesmen and ancillary workers had to be accommodated and the Naval Yard became the driver of the local economy. The population increased from 5,420 at the start of the century to 7,351 by 1811. At the south end the west side of Victoria Road (Prospect RowPlace), Blenheim Road (South Sandy Lane), Gilford Road (The Sheepfold), and Wellington Road (Cottage Row) were laid out. Boatbuilding flourished and Haywards, one of the biggest firms in Deal occupied a house and workshop on the Wellington Road/High Street corner. Modernisation at Deal Castle (1730-1750) included a high brick wall to enclose the Captain’s Garden.

In 1862 a dispensary for the sick poor was established in Wellington Road. Later adapted as a cottage hospital, (during WW1 it was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital) it next became a Labour Exchange, was then acquired for the town Library and in 1976 converted to residential flats (Victoria Lodge). In Hope Road, the 5th Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers Drill Hall opened in 1878. In 1881 requisitioned land for track-laying to connect the railway between Deal and Dover necessitated demolition of some properties between Mill Road and Wellington Road: surplus land became a car park for St Thomas of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church (built 1895) in Blenheim Road. Further along opposite the Oak & Ivy pub (closed 2004) is a large complex of garages. Originally an anchor ground, it was used by Blenheim Bowling Club until 1946. Significant damage was inflicted on the whole Conservation Area during WWII by enemy action particularly from shells and bombs trying to disrupt/destroy the railway supply lines behind Blenheim Road. In 1964 a new plan for the redevelopment of Deal was prepared. It included a ring-road and the widening of Queen Street. Local action groups successfully fought against it. In 1980 DDC approved plans for Queen Street and Denne’s Builders’ Yard and a row of shops alongside were demolished. Queens Mews, a group of warden assisted units now occupy the site. In 1995 subsidence during pipe-laying work at the north end of Blenheim Road caused extensive damage to two properties, one of them Grade II listed that needed significant restoration.

39 4.2. Maps 4.2.1. Current Boundaries

40 4.2.2. Proposed Boundaries (After a Middle Street conservation area appraisal has been carried out)

Former Naval Yard

4.2.3. Character Appraisal Section Article 4(1) All local authorities were given the power to impose an Article 4(1) Direction by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. The Article 4(1) Direction adopted by Dover District Council reinforces the Council’s ability to protect the special character of a town. The Direction gives the District Council control over a variety of alterations to unlisted residences. Planning permission is required for changes to windows, doors, roof materials, and chimney stacks, and the construction of external porches, the provision and removal of walls and fences and the provision of hard standings. These controls do not relate to the whole building, but only to those elevations which front a highway, waterway, or public open space, and which, therefore, affect the public face or faces of the building. The best way of preserving the character of a building is to repair it using traditional materials. By using traditional materials there is no change to the external appearance and planning consent may not be required. Direction 4(1) requires the submission of a planning application for the following items of work where the works front a highway, waterway or open space:  The enlargement, improvement or other alterations of the house. This includes changing windows and doors.  Any alterations to the roof, including roof lights, dormer windows, the substitution of clay tiles or natural slates with concrete or other materials.  The erection or construction of a porch outside an external door.

41  The provision within the curtilage of a house or any new buildings or any existing ones  The provision of a hard surface e.g. for car parking in the front garden.  The erection, alteration or removal of a chimney on the house or on a building within its curtilage.  The erection, construction maintenance, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence or other means of enclosure.  The painting of the external masonry (or other walling material) of any part of the house (or building or enclosure within the curtilage of the house). For the avoidance of doubt this does not include the routine painting of masonry or other walling material in the same colour.  The installation, alteration or replacement of a satellite antenna on a house or within the curtilage of a house. If the house is listed then Listed Building Consent for both external and internal alterations and extensions is required. For further information consult the Dover District Council Planning website.

42 4.3. Acknowledgements and references 4.3.1. Bibliography  History of Deal by John Laker (2nd edition) published 1921  Reminiscences of Old Deal by E W Clark originally published 1932 in the East Kent Mercury, updated and republished c1946 by T F Pain & Sons Ltd  History of Deal 1914-1953 by E C Pain published 1953  Discovering Deal by Barbara Collins published 1969  Old Deal & Walmer by Gregory Holyoake published 1981  The Book of Deal and Walmer by Ivan Green published 1983  Deal and District at War 1939-1945 by David G Collyer published 1995  A History of Deal by Gertrude Nunns published 2006  The East Kent Mercury dated 3 June 1865 and dated 20 October 2016  Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer 2010 by Steve Glover and Michael Rogers published 2010. 4.4. Glossary  Conservation Area is an area designated so that the planning authority can control changes within it. They can be defined as “Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance”. Details can be found in the conservation pages of the DDC website.  Dover District Council (DDC) is the planning authority with responsibility for this conservation area. Their website is www.dover.gov.uk.  Heritage Strategy is a DDC strategy which aims to enable them to achieve their objectives for the protection and enhancement of the historic environment. The strategy documents can be found in the conservation pages of the DDC website.  Historic England is the public body that looks after England's historic environment. Their website is www.historicengland.org.uk.  Kent County Council (KCC) is the authority with responsibility for, amongst other things, the highways in this conservation area. That responsibility includes road and pavement surfaces, signage and street lighting. Their website is www.kent.gov.uk.  Listed Building is one designated as listed in the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). It marks and celebrates a building's special architectural and historic interest, and also brings it under the consideration of the planning system so that some thought will be taken about its future. There are three categories of listed building: Grade I, Grade II* and Grade II. Details are on the Historic England website.  National Planning Policy Framework is a key part of Government reforms to make the planning system less complex and more accessible, to protect the environment and to promote sustainable growth. Details can be found at the government’s planning portal www.planningportal.gov.uk.  Non-designated Building refers to one which is not listed.  The Deal Society is the civic society for Deal and Walmer. Their website is www.thedealsociety.org.uk.  uPVC in this report refers to windows and doors, generally of aluminium construction, coated with plastic (usually white).

43 APPENDIX 2: ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC REPRESENTATION Your Comment - Please enter your full representation in the box Number Full Name Company / Organisation Council's Response Person ID below with any changes you feel necessary. The East Kent Mercury dated 3 June 1865 (remainder of line to be 1 Mr Robin Green Text amended section 4.3.1: The East Kent Mercury dated 3 June 1865 deleted) Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer by Steve Glover and Michael Rogers Text amended section 4.3.1: Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer 2010 by Steve 2 Mr Robin Green published 2010.(This is a minor amendment) Glover and Michael Rogers published 2010. The production of this appraisal very much welcomed, and the Deal Comment noted and welcomed. Society should be commended for their efforts in assisting your council with its production. The Dover District Heritage Strategy specifically identified the limited amount of information in the form of 3 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage Conservation Area Appraisals available within the district and addressing this deficit was a key recommendation of the strategy. As such the preparation of this appraisal will contribute positively to the ongoing management of the district’s heritage.

1.4 – The summary of significance is useful. 1.4 b. highlights the area Text added section 1.4 b: By contrast, the principle routes of Queen Street as being an oasis of calm and tranquillity. Whilst this might be true for and Victoria Road have a general sense of urban busyness. 4 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage the quitter streets, others, such as Victoria Road and Queen Street are busy routes (Queen Street especially so) have a general sense of ‘urban busyness’. 1.4 c. notes the variety of architectural styles, this seems applicable to Text amended section 1.4 a: The long period of development over nearly an extent. It is true that across the conservation area there is two centuries gives a very strong impression of a town in the course of architectural variation, largely reflecting changing architectural evolution. Whereas some oOther conservation areas in Deal have a strong fashions over time (as well as a range of decorative detailing among sense of cohesion, and in this conservation area there is some properties of the same period). However, many of the streets seem homogeneity in the scale, materials and detail of the buildings. in this somewhat homogenous in their broad-character, comprising a area it is tThe variety mix of architecture that detached and semi- hierarchy of detached and semi-detached villas, terraced villas and detached villas, and rows late 19th Century terraces creates the a vibrant terraces of broadly ‘Victorian and Edwardian design’. They generally architectural character. feature double height bays (save for the smallest terraces, which have 5 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage half-height or no bays) and are largely of brick or brick and render finish. As might be expected the hierarchy of dwellings is also largely reflected in the garden space, with villas being set back from the street line with front gardens, larger terraced houses being slightly set-back behind small gardens, and the smallest terraced houses fronting directly onto the street. Indeed, with the exception of Victoria Road (and the small group of listed buildings at the far northern end of Blenheim Road) the Conservation Area seems relatively cohesive in architectural appearance.

2.1 Victoria Road – Buildings: The text as worded seems to suggest Text amended 2.1.1: Only the western side of Victoria Road is currently that none of the properties on the road (then known as Prospect Row) included in this conservation area, the eastern side being in the Middle which would have overlooked the Napoleonic period naval yard Street Conservation Area. The road lies on a north south axis beginning at 6 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage survive, but this is not the case. the southern end of Deal High Street and ending close to Deal Castle. Victoria Road was originally known as Prospect Place and the properties overlooked the Naval Yard and its activity especially during the Napoleonic Wars. 44 2.1 Victoria Road – Landscape07/11/2019 The Captain’s Garden is Comment noted. identified as an important open-space within the Conservation Area. 7 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage Might there be a case to be made for identifying this for potential designation as a “Local Green Space” in line with paragraphs 99 – 101 of the NPPF? 2.2 Wellington Road – Buildings07/11/2019 Describes houses on the Text amended section 2.2.1: On the north western side of the road the north-western side of the road as being predominantly Regency and houses are predominantly of mid-nineteenth Century date Regency and Georgian and those to the south east as having been mostly built Georgian; to the south east most were built during the early nineteenth during the Victorian period. I am not sure this is correct? Historic Century Victorian period; those to the north west are detached or semi- mapping indicates that the earliest buildings along Wellington Road lie detached whilst those built in Victoria’s reign are more terraced in style. on the southern side of the road (nos. 30-34, 37-39, 40-44) which are The building materials in Wellington Road are a a mixture of brick and probably of early nineteenth century date, built in a basic render with one or two examples of pebbledash. The windows and doors Georgian/Regency style with little ornament. The two largest houses are a range of styles including some poor examples of UPVC although the of this group (nos. 43 and 44) having slightly more elaboration, with proportions of the windows indicate the original were sliding sashes. The moulded detail around the doors and overlights. The majority of roofs are predominantly slate but some with Kent peg tiles. There is a very buildings on the northern side of the street appear to be built in the striking example of terracotta tiles being used for visual decoration on middle part of the nineteenth century, so Victorian in date, albeit Wellington House close to the junction with Blenheim Road. largely in a continuation of the Regency style, but with some Victorian WellingtonWestbury House is described in the Heritage Strategy as 8 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage detailing. Victoria Lodge is the exception, being of Italianate style, with influenced by the of Arts and Craft style, with its asymmetry, corner its deep projecting eaves, pedimented windows and quoins. The turret and used of a mix of building materials. paired semis at the north-western end of Wellington Road are slightly later, albeit still of Victorian date. Also of this date is Wellington House (whose description appears to have been somewhat confused with the neighbouring Westbury House at the corner of Wellington Road and Blenheim Road). Wellington House is certainly not ‘Arts and Crafts’ inspired – I think it would be better described as Victorian Gothic? The neighbouring Westbury House (late Victorian – dated 1901) does show Arts and Crafts influences, with its asymmetry, corner turret and use of mixed material (timber, stone, brick and tile), but with other elements, such as the Tudor revival style tall chimneys. Certainly, it does not display the craftsmanship of true Arts and Crafts design. Stretton Court is not mentioned, but I would suggest it could be noted as a building 2.4that Blenheim doesn’t make Road a – positive Buildings07/11/2019 contribution to Is theSaint Conservation Thomas Roman Area. Comment noted. 9 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage Catholic Church “Victorian High Gothic”, I would describe it as being more Romanesque Revival (Neo-Norman) in style, executed in brick?

2.6 Beaconsfield Road, Hope Road and Northcote Road – Text amended 2.6.4: Hope Road, historically called Grove Terrace, has a Buildings07/11/2019 The Old Cottage is described as being terrace of small cottages with small gardens to the front and there is aan 10 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage “architecturally significant”, but what is architecturally significant architecturally significant property called The Old Cottage, which is about it? considered to be architecturally significant as a small scale building making it quite distinct from other dwellings in the conservation area.

3.1 g. The condition of road and pavement in Hope Road is described Text added section 3.1 g: although Hope Road is noted to be in a poor here as being of urgent need of improvement, but in the character condition. 11 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage area description the roads and pavements for this area are described as “reasonably maintained, tarmac being the normal surface.” 45 3.2.1 c. Recommends taking Queen Street out of this Conservation Noted Area Based on the map at 4.2 this would mean that Queen Street 12 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage would no longer be in a Conservation Area unless the boundaries of the Middle Street Conservation Area were also amended.

3.2.2 – Heritage Assets of Local Importance: Suggest that the sentence Text amended 3.2.2: In the light of the boundary recommendations it is “In the light of the boundary recommendations it is suggested that all suggested that all the following properties should be considered for the following properties should be included in a Local List as being inclusionincluded in a Local List as being Heritage Assets of Local Heritage Assets of Local Importance” might be changed to “In the light Importance of the boundary recommendations it is suggested that all the following 13 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage properties should be considered for inclusion in a Local List as being Heritage Assets of Local Importance”. I note that some of the buildings identified would no longer fall within this Conservation Area if the suggested boundary changes are progressed.

I am very surprised that no buildings along Victoria Street have been Noted. 14 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage identified for inclusion on such a list and suggest this might need revisiting?. 4.1 – Historical Development07/11/2019 Victoria Road is recorded as Noted. 15 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage Prospect Row not Prospect Place on the Tithe Map – both may be correct. During WW1 the hospital in Wellington Road was used as a Voluntary Text added section 4.1: (during WW1 it was used as a Voluntary Aid 16 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage Aid Detachment Hospital. Detachment Hospital) I suggest that it would be helpful to include a series of maps (a map Noted. regression), comparing a series of historic maps to illustrate the 17 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage growth and development of the conservation area. In this instance the relevant Tithe map(s) and sequence of Ordnance Survey maps would seem appropriate. 46 Agenda Item No 6

Subject: ADOPTION OF THE UPPER DEAL CONSERVATION AREA CHARACTER APPRAISAL

Meeting and Date: Cabinet – 2 December 2019

Report of: Lois Jarrett, Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development

Portfolio Holder: Councillor Nick Kenton, Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

Decision Type: Key Decision

Classification: Unrestricted

Purpose of the report: To inform Cabinet of the results of the public consultation exercise of the Upper Deal Conservation Area Appraisal and to adopt it as a material consideration for planning purposes.

Recommendation: Cabinet agrees to:

1. The proposed responses to the representations received and the resulting modifications to the Upper Deal Conservation Area Character Appraisal as set out in Appendix 1;

2. Adopt the Upper Deal Conservation Area Character Appraisal as a material consideration for planning purposes as set out in Appendix 2; and

3. Authorise the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development to make any necessary editorial changes to the Appraisal to assist with clarity, consistency, explanation and presentation, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services.

1. Summary

1.1 Cabinet approved the Draft Upper Deal Conservation Area Appraisal for public consultation in June 2019. Consultation has now been undertaken and following the analysis of representations minor modifications are now proposed.

1.2 Five recommendations have been made, which are as follows:

1) To implement an Article 4 Direction on residential properties within the boundary; 2) To ensure that the requirements of the DDC Supplementary Planning Guidance on Shopfronts and Signage in Conservation Areas is applied; 3) To designate certain buildings/features as Heritage Assets of Local importance; 4) To analyse the exiting street signage to determine what is obsolete and could be removed; and

5) To reconsider the existing boundary.

2. Introduction and Background

Dover District Council 47 2.1 At Cabinet on 3 June 2019 the draft Upper Deal Conservation Area Appraisal was approved for public consultation. It had been prepared by the Deal Society, in conjunction with the District Council, following recommendations in the Dover District Heritage Strategy.

2.2 The consultation period ran for six weeks from 7th August to 18th September and the District Council received one response from an organisation which recommended a minor addition to include brief reference to the archaeological records for the area. This additional text has been indicated in bold in the appraisal in Appendix 1.

2.3 The representation received, together with the proposed District Council response and amendment is set out in Appendix 2.

3. Recommendations within the Appraisal

3.1 Upper Deal Conservation Area was originally designated in 1970. Local councils are required under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 to review their conservation areas from time to time to ensure that the original designation was correct, and to formulate and publish proposals for further enhancement and preservation of their conservation areas. This appraisal has, therefore, been produced in compliance with this requirement.

3.2 The draft appraisal includes a management plan which made five recommendations. These have been taken forward into the final draft. The recommendations all seek to ensure that the prevailing historic or architectural character of the conservation area as identified in the appraisal is protected or enhanced where possible.

1) To implement an Article 4 Direction: this recommendation would be subject to approval by Cabinet for a further public consultation exercise, the results of which would be reported back to Cabinet to confirm the implementation of the Direction. The appraisal sets out the type of development which would normally be permitted for dwellings that would be removed by the Direction in appendix 4.3.1. The intent of the Direction is not to prevent change but rather to manage it, ensuring any alterations within the conservation area would be sympathetic to its special historic or architectural character as set out in the character appraisal. In addition, where inappropriate alterations have been made, the Direction would provide an opportunity to encourage more sensitive change which would be an enhancement to the established character of the conservation area. 2) To ensure that the requirements of the DDC Supplementary Planning Guidance on Shopfronts and Signage in Conservation Areas is applied: the appraisal notes a concern with the quality of replacement shopfronts, and by including this recommendation adds weight to the desirability of good shopfront design in the conservation area. 3) To designate certain buildings/features as Heritage Assets of Local importance: the appraisal includes a list of buildings which it is considered would be worthy of inclusion on a local list and that have been identified for their positive contribution to the character of the conservation area against the criteria set out within annex 1 of the Land Allocations Local Plan 2015. 4) To analyse the exiting street furniture what is obsolete: the appraisal identifies a superfluous amount of signage particularly to the busy roundabout intersection of three roads. Should the opportunity arise, in conjunction with other parties such as Kent Highways, consolidating the signage where possible would be a benefit to the character of the conservation area.

48 5) To reconsider the existing boundary: the Deal Society identified areas currently within the conservation area boundary that make no contribution to the conservation area and others currently outside the boundary that do. These are shown on the map attached as Appendix 3. Redrawing the boundary will follow a separate process and require a further public consultation process and formal approval by Cabinet. 4. Identification of Options

4.1 Option 1: That the amendments to the Upper Deal Conservation Area Appraisal are agreed and it is adopted as a material consideration for planning purposes: or

4.2 Option 2: That the amendments to the Upper Deal Conservation Area Appraisal are not agreed and it is not adopted as a material consideration for planning purposes.

5. Evaluation of Options

5.1 The Appraisal would be used to identify opportunities for environmental improvements, inform new development and to act as an evidence base for the evaluation of new proposals. It would also be used by Planning Inspectors in appeal situations and, as it has been through a public consultation greater weight can also be attributed to it. 5.2 The Appraisal has been produced in response to the recommendations in the Dover District Heritage Strategy and the accompanying Action Plan. It, therefore, implements part of the Heritage Strategy.

5.3 If the Appraisal was not adopted, then the benefits outlined above would not be realised and the special character of the Conservation Area could be at risk through inappropriate development. The first option is, therefore, recommended.

6. Resource Implications

6.1 The Appraisal would be made available on the District Council’s website. No further internal resources would be required.

7. Corporate Implications 7.1 Comment from the Section 151 Officer: Accountancy has been consulted and has nothing further to add (SB).

7.2 Comment from the Solicitor to the Council: The Solicitor to the Council has been consulted in the preparation of this report and has no further comments to make.

7.3 Comment from the Equalities Officer: This report does not specifically highlight any equality implications however in discharging their duties members are required to comply with the public sector equality duty as set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15.

7.4 Other Officers (as appropriate): None.

8. Appendices

Appendix 1 – Upper Deal Conservation Area Appraisal December 2019

Appendix 2 - Analysis of Representations and Suggested District Council Response

49 Appendix 3 – Map with suggested boundary changes.

Background Papers

Cabinet Report of 2 June 2019.

Contact Officer: Alison Cummings, Principal Heritage Officer, extension 2464

50 Appendix 1

Upper Deal

Conservation Area Character Appraisal

December 2019

51 Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Background 1.2. Planning Policy Context 1.3. Community Involvement 1.4. Summary of Significance 2. The Character Appraisal 2.1. Buildings 2.2. Landscape 2.3. Spaces and Views 2.4. Streets and Paths 2.5. Ambience 3. Management Plan 3.1. Vulnerabilities and Negative Features 3.2. Recommendations 3.2.1. Article 4(1) Direction 3.2.2. Shop Frontage 3.2.3. Heritage Assets of Local Importance 3.2.4. Building at risk 3.2.5. Street Furniture 3.2.6. Boundary changes

4. Appendices 4.1. Historical development 4.2. Maps 4.3. Planning controls 4.3.1. Article 4(1) Direction 4.4. Acknowledgements and references 4.4.1. Bibliography 4.5. Glossary

52 1. Introduction 1.1. Background The focus of the Upper Deal Conservation Area is St. Leonard’s Church, which dates back to at least 1180 and was surrounded by cottages known as the village of Addelam. Between the 13th and 17th centuries there are various spellings of Deal including Dele, Deyll, Dale, Dole and ad Dela. There is no historic point at which Addelam became Upper Deal. As the shoreline developed into a thriving residential and commercial area and spread westwards the ancient village of Addelam was slowly absorbed into the wider urban town of Deal. There are two further factors which add historic significance to this part of Deal. For centuries St Leonards Church was a steer for navigation because of its elevation on raised ground. It was also on the main trunk road from Deal to Sandwich and beyond. This conservation area contains around 100 dwellings, 12 of which are Grade II Listed buildings, and was designated on the 6th November 1970. The Conservation Area lies in an area of broad archaeological potential, with remains of multiple periods recorded in the general vicinity in the Kent Historic Environment Record. Finds of Mesolithic, Neolithic, Iron Age, Romano-British, medieval and post- medieval date have all been found within the wider area adjacent to the Conservation Area. An appraisal is intended to provide an understanding of the special interest of a conservation area and to set out options and recommendations to help ensure that any changes are informed by an understanding of the local character and distinctiveness of the conservation area. When this appraisal is adopted by Dover District Council (DDC) it will become a Supplementary Planning Document which will be a material consideration in the determination of applications for planning permission within and adjacent to the conservation area. This appraisal looks at the following issues: 1. The origins and evolution of the area under consideration. 2. The current boundary of the area and any review that should be made of that. 3. The positive and negative factors that contribute to or detract from the current condition of the conservation area. 4. Any recommendations that will protect and enhance the conservation area. Any changes proposed must sustain and enhance the historic environment and its heritage.

53 1.2. Planning Policy Context The Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 sets out the statutory definition of a Conservation Area, which is “an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character and appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance” [s.69(1)]. Dover District currently has 57 designated Conservation Areas. There is a requirement under the legislation to review Conservation Areas “from time to time” to ensure that the boundary captures all the area that is of special interest and to assist in developing plans for the management of change within the conservation area. This is further endorsed by the National Planning Policy Framework (2012) which urges the need to ensure that an area justifies the designation because of its special architectural or historic character or appearance. The Dover District Heritage Strategy (2013) presents the district’s Heritage Assets as Themes; Theme 13 dealing with conservation areas. The district’s conservation areas are considered to be heritage assets of outstanding significance, and in addition to being attractive places to live and work, contribute to the economic wealth of the district by being a magnet for visitors. Seven Conservation Areas lie within the area that the Deal Society undertook to monitor - four of these lie in the Town of Deal and three lie within the Parish of Walmer. A methodology was developed for the Heritage Strategy enabling a rapid desk-based assessment of the general condition of the district’s conservation areas and was applied to 19 of the conservation areas. The results of this overview, using a “traffic-light “system to classify their condition, indicate that of the 57 conservation areas in the district 12 of these conservation areas were identified as ‘performing well’ and achieved a green light, six achieved an amber light, requiring some enhancement, and one area required considerable enhancement or potential “de-designation” as a conservation area, due to the substantial loss of its character of special interest. Theme 13 prescribes methods and techniques by which an area’s condition may be measured, assessed and managed; Article 4 Direction is one method. An Article 4 Direction removes permitted development rights from residential properties to ensure that certain changes, such as the replacement of windows, is managed to ensure that the change is appropriate to the special character of the conservation area. Article 4 Directions have been applied so far to two of the 19 conservation areas, one of them being the Middle Street Conservation Area in Deal. The Heritage Strategy also suggested the formulation of a system for the assessment of a conservation areas condition such as that developed and adopted by the Oxford City Council, endorsed by Historic England and used by the Oxford Preservation Trust. That system has been used in this character appraisal, further informed by best practice guidance within the Historic England Advice Note 1: Conservation Area Designation, Appraisal and Management (Feb 2016). 1.3. Community Involvement This character appraisal has been prepared by The Deal Society in close liaison with DDC. The Dover District Heritage Strategy highlights the importance of local community involvement in the protection of the historic environment. There are two specific areas where that involvement is encouraged. First of all, local civic groups are encouraged to develop appraisals of conservation areas within their locality. Secondly, the production of a List of Heritage Assets is encouraged. This appraisal is, therefore, consistent with the aspirations of the Heritage Strategy. (For a more detailed analysis of the Strategy see 1.2). Every resident in this conservation area was informed by letter that the appraisal would be carried out in the summer of 2017. The letter also contained a short questionnaire to which the residents were invited to respond. A small number of residents responded and the matters raised by them are reflected in the content of this report. The first draft of this appraisal was submitted to DDC in November 2017 for a process of public consultation to be agreed.

54 1.4. Summary of Significance 1. St Leonard’s Church continues to provide a very strong focus to this conservation area. The area clusters around this focus and as the oldest building in the area it is also significant because it provides focus for what can be perceived as a disparate and disconnected area. The church stands on raised ground and this is key to its role in navigation and the relationship of the ancient villager of Addelam to the sea. The hatchments inside the building area also a key to that maritime heritage. The church is listed and there is a remarkable feeling of standing above the busy roads that cross the area. 2. There is no obvious cohesion or coherence to the area. The building styles are very disparate and spread over more than three centuries. Equally it could be argued that this variety in architectural forms enhances its character. There are commonalities that reflect the historic development over those centuries. 3. There are substantial 20th century additions, especially on the site of the former Tormore School, which protect the conservation area both in the style of architecture and the careful planning of the immediate environment. Those developments also create a sense of space to the north and west of the conservation area. The treatment of the windows and doors and the roof spaces contribute a sense of historic continuity to an area that has evolved over several centuries. There is both continuity and evolution in the architectural form. 4. To the south and east of the conservation area small terraces and individual houses are close to the pavements and this creates a strong sense of enclosure Parts of this area create a refreshing contrast to the sense of busyness that prevails in other parts. 5. Trees play an important role in the character of the area often framing and creating views through the area. The open spaces around the church accentuate that sense of space as do some of the larger gardens in the area. The burial ground by Church Path makes a major contribution to the local environment. It is one of the very few open spaces in this part of Deal. 6. Since the designation of the conservation area there has been substantial new building in the gardens of historic buildings. This has inevitably changed the character and appearance of the conservation area. Equally it can be argued that it has contributed to its historic evolution.

55 2. The Character Appraisal 2.1. Buildings St Leonard’s Church has been called “the most cockeyed church in Christendom”. It has evolved over centuries and the additions to it are disparate but this creates an interesting layout. This affects the traditional layout of the interior of the church but also makes it unique Its imposing cupola makes it a landmark. Traditionally, shipping set their direction by it. This strong sense of dominance combined with the “cockeyed” architectural forms, epitomises the way in which this area developed and the character of the buildings within it. The church windows also create distinctiveness in their variety of styles again reflecting the historic evolution of the church building. There are a number of other significant historic buildings in the area. These create a strong presence in a number of the streets. There is some very fine detailing and brickwork. Jenkins Well close to the roundabout on London Road has some very fine Flemish bond brickwork and a unique Dutch gable. The care and attention to architectural style and detail in a number of historic buildings especially in the detailed brickwork creates the particular character of this conservation area. The Dover Heritage Strategy also points out that there have been extensive new developments in the gardens of historic properties and this has inevitably led to changes in the character and appearance of the conservation area. The dominant building materials, reflected in other parts of Deal, are brick and wood with Kent peg tiles or slate. There is some render and a small amount of weatherboard. Weatherboard also dominates properties close to a barn conversion.

2.2. Landscape The street scene and roofscape are both highly varied. That may also be the charm of the area! Many properties sit very close to narrow pavements. In other parts, especially to the north and west there are pleasing cul de sacs surrounded by large trees which enhance the natural environment. An important row of Yew trees behind Tormore Mews creates a strong sense of boundary to the area. There are also substantial trees in Tormore and the Rectory and large groups of trees in the burial ground by Church Path. Local residents emphasise the very great contribution that trees make to the landscape in this part of Deal.

2.3. Spaces and Views Glimpses of the cupola on St Leonard’s Church can be seen from various parts of the conservation area. When travelling by car the church can be viewed from all directions thus accentuating its imposing nature. The view of the church hall on London Road is pleasant but not especially distinctive. Church path can be glimpsed from points on Manor Road enticing you to walk along it. The trees along Rectory Road towards Tormore framed by trees have a special impact. The burial ground in Church Path and the graveyard surrounding St. Leonard’s are the two largest open spaces providing respite from the extremely busy roads. There is also a small green space around the bus stop on London Road. The Dover Heritage Strategy says that there there is potential for this space but more analysis needs to be carried out to ascertain whether that is actually the case. The brick boundary walls at a number of places in the area create a very strong sense of enclosure. There are one or two picket fences and there is also a very poor pre-fabricated wall on Addelam Road.

56 2.4. Streets and Paths Major roads run through the conservation area. Because they form major routes in and out of Deal they are in reasonably good repair. Tarmac is the predominant material in both the roads, pavements and footpaths. This varies in quality and some of it does little to enhance the conservation area. There are no public car parks. Some of the newer developments have adequate off street parking. There is on road parking adjacent to St. Leonard’s and its Parish Hall. There is a lot of untidy street furniture especially around the commercial properties on London Road especially in the form of freestanding signage and refuse bins. The street lighting is modern and fairly innocuous.

2.5. Ambience The overwhelming impact of the traffic, roads and junctions creates a sense of never ending activity. The heart of the area is dominated by a constant stream of traffic which has a major impact on the character of the conservation area. In contrast there are small pockets of tranquillity off Addelam Road and Church Path. There are differing kinds of ambience as you move from the churchyard through Church Walk to the areas around Tormore. Intimate spaces contrast with busy roads thus creating an ever changing character and appearance as well as places of never changing tranquillity.

57 3. Management Plan 3.1. Vulnerabilities and Negative Features 1. The standards of maintenance of the buildings are varied and there is definite evidence of some buildings not being adequately maintained for a conservation area. Lack of maintenance of boundary walls also degrades the appearance of the area. There is one building on the roundabout that is in significant disrepair. The Dover Heritage Strategy points out that the rusting corrugated roof and neglected facades make this a very poor entry point to the town. 2. Concern was expressed about the state of repair of some of the tombs in St. Leonard’s Churchyard and in the burial ground by Church Path. Whilst most tombstones in the churchyard are well maintained some of the historic large tombs are overgrown by creepers and are crumbling in places. 3. The lack of additional planning controls, such as an Article 4 Direction, in the area is very evident. Some unauthorised work has been carried out on a number of buildings. There were examples of changes to the character and appearance of the frontages that did not conform to normal conservation area practice. There were also examples of acute neglect. The high number of uPVC windows and doors is a matter of concern because they change the character and appearance of the conservation area. The prevailing tradition is of timber windows and doors. There were certainly examples where the style was completely alien to the character and history of the property. 4. There were a few examples where planning consent for new build did not appear to have had sufficient regard for the historic character of this conservation area. This included unsympathetic features being added thus distracting from the historic and heritage significance of the property as well as architectural styles that contributed nothing to the character and appearance of the conservation area. 5. Attention is drawn to the character of the shop and retail frontages, most of which show little regard for their position in a conservation area. The exception in no 301 which the Dover Heritage Strategy says retains an attractive fascia and lettering. 6. Concern was expressed by a number of residents to the bulging church boundary wall. It was considered to be potentially at risk and therefore potentially a risk to road users. 7. There was a concern from residents that trees with TPO’s were being felled without appropriate authorisation. Because of the important role that trees play in the character and appearance of the area this was a legitimate concern. 8. The Dover Heritage Strategy highlights the need for improvements to lighting and signage at the London Road roundabout because they currently detract from the special interest of the conservation area.

58 3.2. Recommendations 3.2.1. Article 4(1) Direction All local authorities were given the power to impose an Article 4(1) Direction by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015. It is recommended that an Article 4(1) direction be implemented for the whole of this conservation area. The review group believes that this is necessary because of the number of unauthorised works to the character and appearance of the exteriors of buildings facing the public highway that were evident in this appraisal. There is an observed need to protect properties in this area a few of which are showing significant neglect. The regulations governing that Direction are set out in the appendices of this report.

3.2.2. Shop Frontage The DDC Guidance on Shop Fronts and Signage within Conservation Areas should be applied to any proposed changes to commercial properties in this conservation area. More appropriate changes to the fascias and lettering of shop frontages that is consistent with conservation practice should be encouraged especially when new planning applications are made to change the character and appearance of historic buildings.

3.2.3. Heritage Assets of Local Importance The Government’s National Planning Policy Framework states that ‘non-designated’ (i.e. essentially locally-identified) heritage assets should be taken account of when considering planning applications. A Local List would enable the importance of undesignated local heritage assets to be taken into account in the processing of any planning applications which might have an impact on them or their setting. A Local List would include buildings, structures, landscape and archaeological features which are of local interest and have no statutory designation. For inclusion within the Local List, the Heritage Asset must comply with at least one of the following criteria set out within the DDC Land Allocations Local Plan (adopted January 2015):  Historic Interest  Architectural and Artistic Interest  Social, Community and Economic Value  Townscape Character There are buildings which could be identified as being Heritage Assets of Local Importance within the conservation area and close to it:  Devonport House and Melrose Cottage in Church Path  Manor Road 107-109, 111, 74, 76  London Road 301, 222  The Yews Addelam Road  The parish hall

3.2.4. Building at risk

59 The building on the roundabout, 98 Manor Road, is a Grade II Listed Building in significant disrepair. Since the Historic England Heritage at Risk register does not include Grade II listed buildings outside London, there is a need to consider further action as appropriate on this building. The Dover Heritage Strategy notes the potential for including the building on a Heritage at Risk register.

3.2.5. Street Furniture Further analysis is required to determine what signage is required and what is obsolete and therefore a distraction from the character and appearance of the conservation area.

3.2.6. Boundary changes

A study needs to be carried out to review the boundaries of this conservation area. The Dover Heritage Strategy highlights the way in which building in the gardens of historic properties plus the changes in land use e.g. the changes following the fire at Tormore School have altered the character and appearance of the original conservation area. There may also be areas e.g. in Church Path that should now be included within the conservation area.

60 4. Appendices 4.1. Historical development The area of Upper Deal, formerly the village of Addelam, developed and evolved over eight centuries. There is no verifiable historical information as to when the village of Addelam became Upper Deal. It appears to be more the case of slow historical absorption of the original village into the greater urban complex of Deal. During medieval times St Leonard’s Church stood amidst a small cluster of cottages in the village of Addelam. The village was known by numerous names some of which are detailed in the introduction to this report. The earliest evidence places the church circa 1180. The Visitation Roll of 1327 said the church was much neglected. Between 1560 and 1630 there were 13 farms in Upper Deal, the area being predominantly agricultural. The church tower was replaced in 1684. By the middle of the 1780s the village had a parsonage and 43 dwellings. The northern annex of the church was built in 1819 to provide extra seating as the population grew. St Georges in Deal had been established for well over a century and St Andrews was built in the mid 19th century. This reflects the population growth in Deal as a whole. An additional burial ground on Church Path was taken into use from 1795 to 1855. Some of the trees were added by the Deal Society in 1970. The 18th century Rectory adjacent to the church was built on the site of the former Parsonage. The modern Rectory is in Addelam Road. The Turnpike Acts of 1797 and 1818 allowed tolls to be levied for the use of the road from Deal to Sandwich. Court House, opposite the church, was the residence of the former stewards of the Manor of Deal Prebend when Addelam village was under ecclesiastical authority. In 1721 it was used as the Parish Poor House. During WW2 it was briefly occupied by troops and later taken in as part of Tormore School. In 1908 a small, private preparatory school for boys opened in a pre-1844 Georgian property named The Oaks. Standing on the corner of Addelam Road and what is now Rectory Road (previously Park Road), it was re-named Tormore. As the school expanded over time, various buildings for school use were erected in the grounds and areas set out for sporting activities. Some private properties nearby were also taken into use for school purposes. The school left Deal in the late 1970s and the site was acquired for residential development. Arson in 1981 and 1983 damaged some of the empty buildings. In 1993 consent was granted for the demolition of the derelict shell of Tormore (designated a listed building some years previously). The residential development along Addelam Road occupies the site of Addelam House (demolished circa 1960).

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62 4.3. Planning controls 4.3.1. Article 4(1) Direction All local authorities were given the power to impose an Article 4(1) Direction by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. The Article 4(1) Direction adopted by Dover District Council reinforces the Council’s ability to protect the special character of a town. The Direction gives the District Council control over a variety of alterations to unlisted residences. Planning permission is required for changes to windows, doors, roof materials, and chimney stacks, and the construction of external porches, the provision and removal of walls and fences and the provision of hard standings. These controls do not relate to the whole building, but only to those elevations which front a highway, waterway, or public open space, and which, therefore, affect the public face or faces of the building. The best way of preserving the character of a building is to repair it using traditional materials. By using traditional materials there is no change to the external appearance and planning consent may not be required. Direction 4(1) requires the submission of a planning application for the following items of work where the works front a highway, waterway or open space:  The enlargement, improvement or other alterations of the house. This includes changing windows and doors.  Any alterations to the roof, including roof lights, dormer windows, the substitution of clay tiles or natural slates with concrete or other materials.  The erection or construction of a porch outside an external door.  The provision within the curtilage of a house or any new buildings or any existing ones the provision of a hard surface e.g. for car parking in the front garden.  The erection, alteration or removal of a chimney on the house or on a building within its curtilage.  The erection, construction maintenance, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence or other means of enclosure.  The painting of the external masonry (or other walling material) of any part of the house (or building or enclosure within the curtilage of the house). For the avoidance of doubt this does not include the routine painting of masonry or other walling material in the same colour.  The installation, alteration or replacement of a satellite antenna on a house or within the curtilage of a house. If the house is listed then Listed Building Consent for both external and internal alterations and extensions is required. For further information consult the Dover District Council Planning website.

63 4.4. Acknowledgements and references 4.4.1. Bibliography  John Laker: History of Deal 2nd edition 1921  Barbara Collins: Discovering Deal 1969  N.E. Tomaszewski: 800 Years of Worship 1980  Gregory Holyoake: Old Deal and Walmer Postcards 1981  David Collyer: Memories of an Upper Deal Prep School 1932-1986 published in Bygone Kent September/October 2001  Gertrude Nunns: A History of Deal 2006 4.5. Glossary  Conservation Area is an area designated so that the planning authority can control changes within it. They can be defined as “Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance”. Details can be found in the conservation pages of the DDC website.  Dover District Council (DDC) is the planning authority with responsibility for this conservation area. Their website is www.dover.gov.uk.  Heritage Strategy is a DDC strategy which aims to enable them to achieve their objectives for the protection and enhancement of the historic environment. The strategy documents can be found in the conservation pages of the DDC website.  Historic England is the public body that looks after England's historic environment. Their website is www.historicengland.org.uk.  Kent County Council (KCC) is the authority with responsibility for, amongst other things, the highways in this conservation area. That responsibility includes road and pavement surfaces, signage and street lighting. Their website is www.kent.gov.uk.  Listed Building is one designated as listed in the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). It marks and celebrates a building's special architectural and historic interest, and also brings it under the consideration of the planning system so that some thought will be taken about its future. There are three categories of listed building: Grade I, Grade II* and Grade II. Details are on the Historic England website.  National Planning Policy Framework is a key part of Government reforms to make the planning system less complex and more accessible, to protect the environment and to promote sustainable growth. Details can be found at the government’s planning portal www.planningportal.gov.uk.  Non-designated Building refers to one which is not listed.  The Deal Society is the civic society for Deal and Walmer. Their website is www.thedealsociety.org.uk.  UPVC in this report refers to windows and doors, generally of aluminium construction, coated with plastic (usually white).

64 APPENDIX 2: ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC REPRESENTATION Your Comment - Please enter your full representation in the box Number Full Name Company / Organisation Council's Response Person ID below with any changes you feel necessary. I didn’t really have anything to add in terms of archaeology for this Text amended section 1.1: The Conservation Area lies in an area of broad one, but in broad terms: “The Conservation Area lies in an area of archaeological potential, with remains of multiple periods recorded in the broad archaeological potential, with remains of multiple periods general vicinity in the Kent HER. Finds of Mesolithic, Neolithic, Iron Age, recorded in the general vicinity in the Kent HER. Finds of Mesolithic, 1 Mr Ben Found KCC Heritage Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval date have all been found Neolithic, Iron Age, Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval date within the wider area adjacent to the Conservation Area. have all been found within the wider area adjacent to the Conservation Area.” Perhaps a brief line to this effect could be included? 65 Upper Deal Conservation Area Area to be deleted from Upper Deal Conservation Area Area to be added to Upper Deal Conservation Area Listed Buildings 1:2,500 66 © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100019780 Agenda Item No 7

Subject: DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL AUTHORITY MONITORING REPORT 2018/19

Meeting and Date: Cabinet - 2 December 2019

Report of: Lois Jarrett, Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development

Portfolio Holder: Councillor Nick Kenton, Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

Decision Type: Key

Classification: Unrestricted

Purpose of the report: To seek approval for the publication of the Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 and Housing Supply Technical Paper 2018/19. Cabinet approves the publication of the Authority Monitoring Recommendation: Report 2018/19 attached at Appendix 1 and the Housing Supply Technical Paper attached at Appendix 2 on the District Council’s website. 1. Summary

1.1 This is the fifteenth Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) produced by Dover District Council and covers the period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.

1.2 The AMR serves a number of purposes such as:  Setting out the Council’s progress against its Local Development Scheme, the Council’s formal timetable for production of new planning documents.  assessing the performance of the Council's current planning policies and to monitor the delivery of the Council's adopted Development Plan;  monitoring the level of housebuilding that has been taking place in the District and review the Council’s position in relation to future housing land supply  monitoring progress of the delivery of the Council's strategic land allocations;  monitoring the levels of development funding received for infrastructure provision; and  setting out progress on compliance with the duty to co-operate and the preparation of neighbourhood plans across the District. 1.3 The key findings from this year’s AMR are set out below.

2. Introduction and Background

2.1 The publication of the AMR is a requirement of Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and Regulation 34 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.

2.2 The regulations require Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) to publish information at least annually that shows progress with Local Plan preparation, reports any activity relating to the duty to cooperate and shows how the implementation of policies in the Local Plan is progressing.

2.3 LPAs can also use the AMR to provide up-to-date information on the implementation of any neighbourhood plans that have been made, and to determine whether there is

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3. Key Findings

Local Plan Progress

3.1 As a result of the Council’s decision to commence a Local Plan Review in 2017, the Council is currently in the process of producing a new Local Plan and in turn is reviewing the evidence base that underpins the plan making. The Council’s LDS sets out the timetable for the preparation of these documents and progress against meeting key milestones in their production.

3.2 The Councils LDS was produced in May 2018. As a several milestones need updating, a revised LDS is subject to a sperate Cabinet Report. Please see the separate Cabinet Report for further details.

3.3 The Council continues to support parishes in the district with Neighbourhood Planning and is currently working closely with Ash Parish Council and Dover Town Council who are currently progressing their Neighbourhood Plans.

Housing

3.4 During the monitoring period there were a total of 446 dwellings completed (net figure), of which 32 units were affordable homes. Most development over the monitoring period occurred in Aylesham (252 units), followed by the rural areas (113), Dover (62 units) and Deal (19 units).

3.5 An assessment of the Council’s housing land supply demonstrates that currently the Council has a five-year housing land supply of 5.30 years for the purpose of paragraph 11 of the revised NPPF (2019).

3.6 The AMR is informed by the Housing Supply Technical Paper, a copy of which is attached at Appendix 2. This contains detailed information as to the Council’s housing supply position on all current and planned developments within the district. This is predominantly produced to assist the Council and planning practitioners where housing supply is raised as an issue during the planning process.

3.7 It should be noted that the Housing Supply Technical Paper sets out Dover’s Districts anticipated Housing Delivery Test Results (scheduled for formal released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in November 2019). This anticipates a result of 92%. This will mean that an action plan setting out the measures the Council will take to improve the supply of housing will need to be produced within 6 months of the publication of this information.

Economy

3.8 During 2018/19, a total net figure of 1,864 sqm of employment floorspace was completed across the district, with the largest number of net completions in use class B8 (storage or distribution).

3.9 Additionally, there was a gross gain of 2,250 sqm of retail floorspace across all the retail uses. There was however a gross loss of 8,444 sqm across these uses. This has created a net loss of 6,194 sqm of retail floorspace overall for the monitoring year.

68 3.10 This retail floorspace net loss can largely be attributed to the demolition of the Co-op store. It should however be noted that a replacement food store of 1,739 sqm is currently under construction at this site. Overall, there is a total of 8,859 sqm of retail floorspace either under construction or with planning permission but not yet started.

Infrastructure Delivery

3.11 Over the monitoring period the Council has collected £1,959,625 in S106 contributions from developments across the district. DDC retained 50% of this figure (£971,612) to provide the necessary infrastructure to support growth; an 60% increase from the previous monitoring year (2017/18).

3.12 Notable expenditure of S106’s contributions by the Council within the monitoring year include £37,500 passed to Eastry Parish Council to provide community facilities, £95,000 to provide bus services from the Timperley Place development in Sholden, £15,672 to Aylesham Parish Council to support the Skate Park project and £5,351 to Woodnesborough Parish Council towards a new play area.

3.13 The remainder of the funds was passed to KCC to fund transport projects, libraries, social care and education as required by the individual legal agreements.

4. Identification of Options

4.1 To approve the publication of the AMR attached at Appendix 1, supported by the Housing Supply Technical Paper at Appendix 2.

4.2 Not to approve the publication of the AMR attached at Appendix 1, supported by the Housing Supply Technical Paper at Appendix 2.

5. Evaluation of Options

5.1 Under Government legislation the Council is required to produce an AMR. Given this, there is no option regarding whether or not to produce an AMR, as it is a legal requirement.

6. Resource Implications

6.1 Once agreed by Cabinet, a copy of the AMR 2018/19 will be made publicly available on the Council’s website. There are no further resource implications.

7. Corporate Implications

7.1 Comment from the Section 151 Officer: Accountancy has been consulted and has nothing further to add (SB)

7.2 Comment from the Solicitor to the Council: The Planning Solicitor has been consulted in the preparation of this report and has no further comments to make.

7.3 Comment from the Equalities Officer: This report does not specifically highlight any equality implications however in discharging their duties members are required to comply with the public sector equality duty as set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15.

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Appendix 1 – Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19

Appendix 2 – Housing Supply Technical Paper

Contact Officers: Katherine Messenger, Planning Monitoring Officer, Regeneration Delivery Section Stuart Watson, Senior Policy Planner, Regeneration Delivery Section

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Authority Monitoring Report 2019

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Contents

Executive Summary 4 1 Introduction 6 2 Local Plan Progress 9 New Dover District Local Plan 9 Evidence Base Update 11 3 Monitoring of Current Policies 14 Adopted Planning Policies 14 Effectiveness of Development Management Policies 29 4 Five Year Housing Land Supply 35 Five Year Housing Land Supply Calculation 35 5 Strategic Sites 38 Dover Waterfont 38 Dover Mid Town 38 Connaught Barracks 39 Whitfield Urban Expansion 40 White Cliffs Business Park 40 6 Infrastructure 43 Community Infrastructure Levy 43 Monitoring S106 Agreements 43 7 Duty to Co-operate 48 The Duty to Co-operate in Practice 48 Community Consultation 51 8 Neighbourhood Planning 53 9 Conclusion 55

Appendices

1 Monitoring Indicators 57 2 Housing Information Audit 2018/19 65 3 Infrastructure Delivery Table 79 72 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW

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4 Appendix 4 Parish Services and Facilities 90

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

HOMES DELIVERED SHOWING WHERE MOST HOMES WERE DELIVERED IN 2018/19 IN DESCENDING ORDER TYPES OF HOMES Aylesham PERMITTED 2018/19 IN DESCENDING ORDER Rural Dover 2-BED Deal 3-BED 1,149 PLANNING 4-BED APPLICATIONS 1-BED DETERMINED

PLANNING APPLICATIONS

HOMES DELIVERED 2018/19 446 94%OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS APPROVED S106 137 CONTRIBUTIONS AFFORDABLE HOMES COLLECTED fromUP last GRANTED PLANNING TO MITIGATE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENTS year PERMISSION 2018-19 £1,959,625£1,959,625 AFFORDABLE32 HOMES DELIVERED NEW MARINA PIER COMPLETED AS PART OF THE DOVER WESTERN DOCKS REVIVAL PROJECT 5.3 FLOOR SPACE COMPLETED 2018/19 YEARS £1,244,277 HOUSING LAND FROM 2017/18 SUPPLY FIGURES

5,700 NEIGHBOURHOOD6 SQM LEISURE FLOORSPACE AREA DESIGNATIONS

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1 Introduction

What is the Authority Monitoring Report?

1.1 This is the fifteenth AMR produced by DDC and covers a period from 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019 (the monitoring period).

1.2 The AMR serves a number of purposes such as:

Setting out the Council’s progress against its Local Development Scheme, the Councils formal timetable for production of new planning documents. assessing the performance of the Council's current planning policies and to monitor the delivery of the Council's adopted Development Plan; monitoring the level of housebuilding that has been taking place in the District and review the Council’s position in relation to future housing land supply monitoring progress of the delivery of the Council's strategic land allocations; monitoring the levels of development funding received for infrastructure provision; and setting out progress on compliance with the duty to co-operate and the preparation of neighbourhood plans across the District.

1.3 Copies of previous AMRs are available and can be downloaded via this link.

What are the key components of the Authority Monitoring Report?

1.4 The Council has a set of its own monitoring indicators in the adopted Core Strategy (see Appendix 1: Monitoring Indicators). The Government's Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) details various pieces of information which Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) should report annually.

1.5 The PPG states that local planning authorities must publish information at least annually that shows progress with Local Plan preparation; report any activity relating to the duty to cooperate; and show how the implementation of policies in the Local Plan is progressing. Furthermore, LPAs are encouraged to report as frequently as possible on planning matters to communities. This is important to enable communities and interested parties to be aware of progress.

1.6 LPAs can also use the AMR to provide up-to-date information on the implementation of any neighbourhood plans that have been made, and to determine whether there is a need to undertake a partial or full review of the Local Plan.

1.7 Regulation 34 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 sets out what information the reports must contain, although there is other useful information that can be set out. In particular, the report can highlight the contributions made by development, including section 106 planning obligations, Community Infrastructure Levy and New Homes Bonus payments, and how these have been used. 77 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19

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1.8 The AMR should be made publicly available.

Structure of the Authority Monitoring Report

1.9 In light of the above, the structure of the AMR is as follows:

Chapter 2: Local Plan Progress - summarising the work undertaken to plan for the future of the district, as well as progress against the Local Development Scheme (LDS)

Chapter 3: Monitoring of Current Policies - reviewing the effectiveness of adopted planning policies as set out in the adopted Development Plan and detailing the progress regarding housing delivery, as well as employment floorspace and retail floorspace provision

Chapter 4: Five Year Housing Land Supply - setting out the Council's current position in relation to future housing land supply

Chapter 5: Strategic Sites - detailing an update on the progress of the Council's strategic sites set out in the adopted Development Plan

Chapter 6: Infrastructure - reviewing the Council's performance regarding the delivery of infrastructure required to support development and the Council's position relating to funding mechanisms such as the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and developer contributions

Chapter 7: Duty to Co-operate - summarising progress in meeting the requirements of the Duty to Co-operate

Chapter 8: Neighbourhood Planning - summarising the work undertaken in preparing neighbourhood plans across the District

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2 Local Plan Progress

2.1 Decisions on planning applications are taken in accordance with adopted planning policies, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The Development Plan for the District comprises the following documents:

Core Strategy (2010) Land Allocations Local Plan (2015) Worth Neighbourhood Plan (2015) KCC Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2013-2030 (2016) Saved Local Plan Policies (2002) Policies Map

2.2 The Council has also produced a number of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) and guidance, which expand on policies in the Development Plan or cover specific areas of the District. Further information on these documents can be found here.

New Dover District Local Plan

2.3 In March 2017, the Council's Cabinet made the decision to proceed with a review of the current Core Strategy (2010) and Land Allocations Local Plan (2015), and produce a new NPPF compliant District Local Plan. The new District Local Plan will cover the period up to 2040 and once adopted, will replace the existing adopted Development Plan Documents set out in paragraph 2.1.

2.4 The new District Local Plan will comprise:

a vision for the future of the district; the amount of housing, employment and retail development needed in the district: strategic policies; site allocations; and policies map.

Progress against the Local Development Scheme

2.5 A revised LDS is going to Cabinet on the 2nd December 2019.

2.6 The Council is in the process of producing an updated LDS with an amended Local Plan timetable. For the purposes of this AMR progress has been measured against the timetable in the LDS agreed in May 2018.

Table 2.1 sets out the timetable for the preparation of the documents in the current LDS (May 2018) and notes the Council's progress against meeting key milestones.

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Planning Timetable Progress Against Meeting Timetable Document

District Local Plan Reg 18 Work is underway on the preparation of the (including SA and Consultation: District Local Plan. HRA) July 2019 Reg 19 The Council has commissioned a number of Consultation studies to support the preparation of the (publication): Local Plan (see below) and also undertook February 2020 a 'call for sites' consultation from June to Submission: August 2017 inviting landowners and August 2020 developers to put forward land for Examination: development for the Plan period (up to November 2040). Work is underway to assess which 2020 sites are suitable to be allocated for Adoption: development. February 2021 The proposed timetable for the District Local Plan has been adjusted to allow additional time for officers to assess the suitability of the high number of sites that have been put forward under the call for sites and to complete all of the other and related evidence base.

Statement of Consultation: The Statement of Community Involvement Community May-July 2018 (SCI) was updated to reflect the changes Involvement introduced by the Neighbourhood Planning Adoption: Act 2017. Sept 2018 This was formally adopted September 2018.

Sandwich Walled Consultation: The progress of the appraisal has faced an Town TBC/early unfortunate delay, but is currently being Conservation 2019 re-commissioned. The project will Area Character recommence in the autumn of 2018 with the Appraisal Adoption: intention to proceed to public consultation in TBC early 2019.

Upper Deal Consultation: The Deal Society has completed the second Conservation Nov/Dec 2018 draft of the appraisal ready for public Area Character consultation. It is intended that the Appraisal Adoption: consultation will commence early in 2019. Feb/Mar 2019

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Evidence Base Update

2.7 The NPPF (2019) places responsibility on each LPA when preparing their Local Plans with the following statement, "The preparation and review of all policies should be underpinned by relevant and up-to-date evidence. This should be adequate and proportionate, focused tightly on supporting and justifying the policies concerned, and take into account relevant market signals".

2.8 A summary of the Council’s progress in preparing evidence base studies required for Plan-making are set out in table 2.2:

Table 2.2

Evidence Base Document Completed Ongoing

Housing

Strategic Housing Market Assessment *

Updated Strategic Housing Market Assessment *

Housing & Economic Land Availability Assessment *

Gypsies, Travellers & Travelling Showpeople * Accommodation Needs Assessment

Economy

East Kent Growth Framework *

Economic Development Needs Assessment *

Retail & Town Centre Needs Assessment *

Transport

Dover Transportation Study *

Deal Transportation Study *

Environment

Sustainability Appraisal/ Habitats Regulation * Assessment

Dover Air Quality Study *

KCC Water for Sustainable Growth Study *

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment *

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Green Infrastructure Strategy *

Open Spaces Strategy *

Other

Indoor Sports Facility Strategy *

Review of Play Areas and Pitch Provision *

2.9 Further information on the above evidence base documents can be found via the Council's website.

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3 Monitoring of Current Policies

3.1 This chapter provides an update on the Council’s position in relation to targets set out in relevant policies from the adopted Core Strategy (2010) and Land Allocations Local Plan (2015). Additionally, this chapter reviews the use of adopted policies, including where decisions are appealed.

3.2 The following Red, Amber and Green (RAG) system has been used to monitor the performance of the adopted planning policies:

Red Amber Green

None or minimal progress Progress has been made The Core Strategy target has been made toward towards meeting the Core has either been met or meeting the Core Strategy Strategy target however significant progress has target further work is required been made

Adopted Planning Policies

Performance Policy CP1: Settlement Hierarchy Summary

Core Settlements need to maintain their range of facilities together with Strategy public transport links in order to maintain their position in the Target Hierarchy.

3.3 It is important that local and village centres maintain their range of facilities to ensure their vitality and viability and therefore keep their position in the Settlement Hierarchy. Officers will continue to monitor the range of facilities across the Settlements within the district and report it in the AMR, to help inform the preparation of the new Dover District Local Plan. Appendix 4 attached to the AMR shows the results of the latest survey from 2018-19.

3.4 During the monitoring year Aylesham which is currently a proposed Rural Service Centre in the Settlement Hierarchy saw focused growth of 252 completions. The location of housing completions is explored more fully under Policy CP3 in this report.

Performance Policy CP2: Provision of Homes and Jobs Between 2006 - 2026 Summary

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Performance Policy CP2: Provision of Homes and Jobs Between 2006 - 2026 Summary

14,000 additional homes (of which 10,100 units to be delivered by 2026).

3.5 Table 3.1 below sets out the net gains in employment floorspace, retail floorspace and housing from 2006 (Core Strategy base date) to 2019 and total completions in the monitoring year (2018/19):

Table 3.1 Total Housing Completions

Total Completions Total Completions between 2006-2019 2018/19

Housing 4,458 units 446 units

Employment Floorspace -69,187 sqm 1,864 sqm

Retail Floorspace 10,293 sqm -6,194 sqm

Housing

3.6 Progress has been made regarding the delivery of housing across the district with a total net gain of 4,458 units between 2006/07 and 2018/19, which is 44% of the Core Strategy target of 10,100 homes to be delivered by (2026) as per the Core Strategy (2010).

3.7 Figure 3.1 below sets out the total housing completions between 2006 and 2019

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Housing Completions 2006 - 2019 800

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0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Series1 434 327 342 269 262 201 227 228 228 344 726 406 446 446

3.8 Over the monitoring period 446 dwellings have been completed across the District (net). Furthermore, there are 3,876 dwellings that have planning permission, but are not yet started, and 626 dwellings are currently under construction, these should contribute towards maintaining the rate of housing completions in the District over the coming years.

3.9 Of the total completions, 334 (75%) were on Development Plan allocated housing sites, which is positive as it shows the sites in the Core Strategy and Land Allocations Local Plan are being delivered. Furthermore, 366 dwellings were completed on greenfield land and 80 dwellings were completed on brownfield land over the monitoring period, which is to be expected as paragraph 3.33 in the adopted Core Strategy (2010) sets out the expected contribution of greenfield land toward meeting overall requirements.

3.10 Of the dwellings granted permission over the monitoring year: 550 were houses, 171 were flats/ maisonettes and 7 were bungalows.

3.11 Further monitoring and analysis of housing provision across the District is explored in paragraphs 3.28 to 3.36. Additionally, the Council's latest position in relation to its five year housing land supply calculation is set out in Chapter 4: Five Year Housing Land Supply.

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3.12 The Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 requires relevant authorities, including District Councils, to keep a register of individuals and associations of individuals who are seeking to acquire serviced plots of land for self-build and custom housebuilding. The definition and operation of the register was prescribed by The Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding (Register) Regulations 2016 however superseded by the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 2016 from 1st October 2016. The Act 2015 requires that prescribed authorities must have regard to each register that relates to its area when carrying out its functions in relation to planning, housing, the disposal of any land of the authority and regeneration.

3.13 The Council's Self-Build Register went online at the start of April 2016. The Council has worked positively to raise awareness of the self-build agenda and in particular hosted a Community Housing and Self-build Conference in June 2018 to facilitate effective discussions between relevant stakeholders. In addition to this, the Council was awarded funding from the Government's Community Housing Fund to support communities to deliver new homes. As part of this, training events on matters including self-build development granted funding, as well as other relevant information is set out on the Council's website. The Council is in the process of reviewing its Self-Build Register with a view to introducing a charge, engaging on specific local Self-Build need and promoting plot availability.

3.14 As part of the Self-Build registration process relevant authorities are permitted to request information from applicants that can support a greater understanding of the nature of demand for self-build and custom housebuilding in their area. At present, the Council's register has 163 individuals and 6 associations (table 3.2). Within the Council's registration process, questions are asked whether the applicants have a local connection to Dover and if they are financial solvent to carry out self-build. Of the individuals and associations registered 115 stated they had a local connection, and 106 stated they were financially solvent. From the 169 applications the most preferred parish for self-build was Deal, and of the parishes 5 recorded no interest (table 3.3).

Table 3.2

Self-build need reported on the register

Base periods Total

April to 31.10.16 to 31.10.17 to 31.10.18 to 30.10.16 30.10.17 31.08.19 (1) 30.10.18

Individuals 50 48 44 21 163

Association 2 1 2 1 6

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Self-build need reported on the register

Total 52 49 46 22 169

1. Time of reporting

3.15 Both the Core Strategy (2010) and Land Allocations Local Plan (2015) predate the need for a Self-Build register, this means that currently the Council doesn't have a policy for the delivery of self-build plots. This however, will be a key consideration as part of the preparation of the new District Local Plan.

Affordable Housing

3.16 The provision of affordable housing in the district is a key response to pressures of housing affordability. Affordable housing can either be provided by the Council, other affordable housing providers, or registered social landlords operating locally. New affordable housing can either be the result of the direct construction of new properties (either as part of a development or a standalone development) or through the purchase of open market properties for use as affordable housing.

3.17 The Council's policy on affordable housing, DM 5 of the Core Strategy (2010), requires residential development of 15 or more dwellings to provide 30% of the total homes as affordable homes and for developments of between 5 and 14 dwellings to make a contribution towards the provision of affordable housing in the District.(1)

3.18 Table 3.3 sets out affordable housing completions in the District since 2006. During the monitoring period 32 affordable housing units were completed in the District.

Table 3.3 Affordable Housing Completions 2006-2019

Year Total Housing Total Affordable Completions Homes

2006/07 327 64

2007/08 342 15

2008/09 269 54

2009/10 262 112

2010/11 201 18

2011/12 227 67

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Year Total Housing Total Affordable Completions Homes

2012/13 228 96

2013/14 228 28

2014/15 344 110

2015/16 726 185

2016/17 406 78

2017/18 446 99

2018/19 446 32

Total 4,458 958

3.19 Over the monitoring period planning permission was granted for a further 137 affordable housing units which should help to maintain delivery of affordable housing in the future.

3.20 Further information on housing trends across the Dover District can be found in the Council's State of the District Report (2017) which can be downloaded via this link.

Employment Floorspace

3.21 Figure 3.2 provides a district wide picture of the total employment floorspace (net figures) which has been completed, is under construction, has not started and has been permitted during the monitoring year (2018/19):

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Figure 3.2

Employment Floorspace 2018/19 20,000

15,000

10,000

Completed Floorspace Floorspace Under Construction Floorspace Not Started

Floorspace in Sq m Net Permitted Floorspace 5,000

0 B1a B1b B1c B1 Mixed B2 B8 B1-B8

-5,000 Use Class

3.22 Floorspace within Dover is dominated by industrial uses, with the total B class employment floorspace amounting to approximately 603,000 sqm in 2012. Over the monitoring period a gross figure 7,288 sqm of employment floorspace (B1a, B2, B8 and B1-B8) was built and a gross figure of -5,424 sqm of employment floorspace (B1c and B2) was lost, either through demolitions or change of use; resulting in total net completions of 1,864 sqm.

3.23 Use class B8 (Storage or Distribution) saw the largest gross gain over the monitoring period due to the completion of a self-storage building at the White Cliffs Business Park. There are also large gains which are currently under construction (use class B1c) due to applications from Megger Ltd, in Dover and Discovery Park, Sandwich. The loss in use class B1a is due to the application for change of use and conversion of offices at Cambridge Terrace, Dover into residential units. The above chart demonstrates that there is a large quantity of committed development in employment floorspace that has yet to be delivered (22,037 sqm).

3.24 Further information on the economic trends across the District can be found in the Council's State of the District Report. This document can be downloaded via this link.

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Retail Floorspace

3.25 Figure 3.3 provides a district wide picture of the total retail floorspace that has been completed, is under construction, has not started and has been permitted during the monitoring year (2018/19):

Figure 3.3

Retail Floorspace 2018-19 8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

0

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 Floorspace inSq m -2,000

-4,000

-6,000

-8,000 Use Class

Completed Floorspace Floorspace Under Construction Floorspace Not Started Net Permitted Floorspace

3.26 The most significant change over the monitoring year is the loss of retail floorspace (use class A1). This can be attributed to the demolition of the Co-op store at Deal, a replacement foodstore on this site is currently under construction and the loss of the Co-op store at Dover through a change of use to a business incubator centre. A further 6,723 sqm of retail floorspace has not yet started. The other retail use classes show either moderate gains or moderate losses during the monitoring year. (2)

3.27 The health of the District's main town centres (e.g. Dover, Deal and Sandwich) can be assessed by identifying the amount of vacant units in each area. Information on this work can be found in the Council's State of the District Report which can be downloaded via this link.

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Performance Policy CP3: Distribution of Housing Allocations Summary

Land will be allocated to meet the housing provisions of Policy CP2 in accordance with the following distribution:

Dover: 70%

Core Deal: 10% Strategy Target Sandwich: 5%

Aylesham: 7%

Rural: 8%

3.28 Figure 3.4 below shows the number of completions by settlement, illustrating the pattern of development across the district over the monitoring period:

Figure 3.4

Location of Housing Completions 2018/19 14%

25% 4%

Dover Deal Sandwich Aylesham Rural

57%

3.29 There were 252 completions in Aylesham, 113 in rural areas, 62 in Dover, 19 in Deal and 0 completions in Sandwich during 2018-19.

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3.30 Figure 3.5 below shows the distribution of housing identified in the Core Strategy policy CP3 and figure 3.6 shows the actual location of housing completions by settlement from 2006 (Core Strategy base date) to 2019 for comparison.

Figure 3.5

Distribution of Housing in Core Strategy

8%

7%

5% Dover Deal 10% Sandwich Aylesham Rural

70%

Figure 3.6

Location of Housing Completions 2006 - 2019 15%

36% Dover 16% Deal Sandwich Aylesham Rural 3%

30%

3.31 During the period between 2006 - 2019 it can be seen that Dover saw 36% of all housing completions, Deal 30%, Aylesham 16%, rural areas 15% and Sandwich 3%. Therefore Deal, Aylesham and the rural areas have seen a higher number of completions than was planned for in Policy CP3 and Dover and Sandwich have seen fewer housing completions as a proportion of planned growth. Although Dover still had the most housing completions overall which is in accordance with Policy CP3.

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Performance Policy CP4: Housing Mix, Quality & Design Summary

The original proportions of Policy CP4 (as outlined in the adopted Core Strategy 2010) have been adjusted by market information including the 2017 Strategic Housing Market Assessment (2017) and are as follows:

Owner occupied dwellings

1-bed homes: 4.3%, 2-bed homes: 19.7%, 3-bed homes: 43.7%, 4-bed homes: 32.3%

Shared Ownership Core Strategy 1-bed homes: 24.4%, 2-bed homes: 34.1%, 3-bed homes: 27.8%, Target 4- bed homes: 13.7%

Affordable Rent/Social Rent

1-bed homes: 28.2%, 2-bed homes: 13.1%, 3-bed homes: 25.5%, 4-bed homes: 33.2%

These updated proportions should now be used to inform decisions on the housing mix of development proposals seeking planning permission.

3.32 Figure 3.7 shows the future housing mix by tenure as identified in the SHMA 2017.

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Figure 3.7

Future Housing Mix by tenure up to 2037 4500

4000

3500

3000

2500

2000 Number of Housing Units Housing of Number 1500

1000

500

0 New Owner Occupy New Shared Ownership New Social Rent/Affordable Rent Tenure

1 bed 2 bed 3 bed 4 bed or more

3.33 It can be seen in figure 3.7 that a different housing mix is required in each tenure to meet future requirements. In the owner/occupy category more 3 and 4 bed units will be needed, in the affordable rent category more 4 bed and 1 bed units will be required and in shared ownership more 2 and 3 bed units.

3.34 Figure 3.8 shows the housing mix that was permitted during the monitoring year 2018-19.

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Figure 3.8

Housing Mix Permitted 2018 -19

11%

25%

1 bed 2 bed 3 bed 34% 4 bed

30%

3.35 Of the housing units permitted during the monitoring year 246 (34%) housing units were 2 bedrooms, 215 (30%) were 3 bedrooms, 181 (25%) were 4 bedrooms and 83 (11%) were 1 bedroom.

3.36 Figure 3.9 illustrates the housing mix permitted between 2011 and 2016 against the required mix in Policy CP4.

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Figure 3.9

CP4 Requirement v Actual Permitted Mix 2011-16 45%

40% 40%

35% 35% 35% 33% 30%

25%

20% 21%

15% 15%

Percentage of housing requirement Percentage 10% 11% 10%

5%

0% 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed 4 bed Number of bedrooms

CP4 Mix Actual Mix 2011-16

3.37 The chart shows over this period more 4 bedroom homes have been permitted as a proportion of the housing mix and fewer 1, 2 & 3 bedroom homes as a proportion of the housing mix than policy requirements. Although more 3 & 2 bedroom homes have been permitted overall which is in compliance with the Policy CP4.

3.38 Figure 3.10 plots the actual permitted mix between 2017 - 2019 against the adjusted housing mix identified in the SHMA (2017).

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Figure 3.10

SHMA (2017) Mix v Actual Permitted Mix 2017-19 40%

38% 37% 35%

30% 30% 29%

25%

24%

20% 21%

15% Percentage of housingrequirement

10% 11% 10%

5%

0% 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed 4 bed Number of bedrooms

SHMA Mix (2017) Actual Mix 2017-19

3.39 The chart shows that over this period more 2 bedroom homes have been permitted than is required in the adjusted housing mix (SHMA 2017) and fewer 4 bedroom homes have been permitted. It is however anticipated the mix will begin to better reflect the housing mix as set out within the 2017 SHMA as more permissions are granted in accordance with the SHMA.

Performance Policy CP7: Green Infrastructure Network Summary

To protect and enhance the integrity of the existing network of Core green infrastructure through the lifetime of the Core Strategy. The Strategy Council will work with its partners to develop the Green Target Infrastructure Framework and implement proposed network improvements

3.40 Policy CP7: Green Infrastructure Network combined with Policy DM27: Provision of Open Space continues to provide useful guidance. During the monitoring year (2018/19) various play areas have been improved across the district including Phase 2 of the play area at Kingsdown Recreation Ground incorporating a 'zip wire' and the new skate park at Station Field Aylesham.

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3.41 In addition, the adopted Parks and Open Spaces Strategy placed a very high priority on raising standards and capacity at the District’s most popular park, Kearsney Abbey. The Heritage Lottery and Big Lottery funding awarded a £3 million grant to restore Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens. This was awarded in July 2016 and DDC is in the delivery stage of the phased project which runs until June 2020.

3.42 The Council is currently reviewing its existing guidance as part of the preparation of the evidence base required to support the new Dover District Local Plan in working to protect and enhance the green infrastructure network across the District. Further information on these studies can be found in Chapter 2: Local Plan Progress.

3.43 Information on environmental projects across the District can be found in the Council's State of the District Report (2017) which can be downloaded via this link.

Performance Policy LA1: Provision for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Summary

Core Allocate site(s) to meet the additional need for an additional 17 Strategy pitches Target

3.44 Since the adoption of the Land Allocations Local Plan 2015, 17 Gypsy and Traveller pitches have been permitted, either through the grant of planning permission or at appeal.

3.45 In 2017, the Council commissioned Arc4 to undertake a Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Needs Assessment (GTAA 2018) to provide an up to date picture of current provision and activity across the District as well as an assessment of future need during the plan period (up to 2037). The GTAA 2018 concludes that for the full Local Plan period (2014 to 2037) the GTAA has identified a cultural need for 30 pitches and a Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (PPTS) need for 18 pitches. However, taking into account; potential turnover on local authority sites and opportunities for additional capacity, this would result in a residential cultural need for 12 pitches and PPTS need is addressed.

3.46 In summary the GTAA 2018 states that the Gypsy and Traveller need can be met through existing site turnover and additional capacity on existing sites. Work is currently underway to identify the pitch capacity of sites that form the conclusion within the GTAA 2018 and sites that have been granted planning permission to determine whether there is a need to allocate land for Gypsy and Traveller need within the new Local Plan.

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remains useful. However, it should be noted that some policies relate to very specific uses or individual sites. These are unlikely to be used often, but that does not in itself mean that they are ineffective.

3.48 During the monitoring year, 1,149 planning applications were determined. This figure includes: Full, Listed Building Consent, Outline, Reserved Matters and Prior Approvals. Of these, 94% (1,080 planning applications) were approved and 6% of applications (69 planning applications) were refused.

Planning Application Refusals

3.49 The planning application refusal notices issued over the monitoring year have been examined to see which policies are used most frequently to refuse planning applications.

3.50 Table 3.4 shows the most frequently used policies in descending order.

Table 3.4 Use of Development Plan Policies in Planning Application Refusals

Policy Description Percentage of Reference times used in refusals

DM15 Protection of the Countryside 38%

DM1 Settlement Boundaries 38%

DM11 Location of Development and Managing 23% Travel Demand

DM16 Landscape Character 22%

CP1 Settlement Hierarchy 12%

DM4 Re-Use or Conversion of Rural Buildings 6%

Kent Design Guide 3%

AONB (1) Management Plan 3%

CO5 Undeveloped or Heritage Coasts 3%

DM3 Commercial Buildings in the Rural Area 1%

DM5 Provision of Affordable Housing 1%

DM9 Accommodation for Dependent Relatives 1%

DM13 Parking Provision 1%

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Policy Description Percentage of Reference times used in refusals

CP6 Infrastructure 1%

CP7 Green Infrastructure Network 1%

ER6 Light Pollution 1%

DD21 Horse Related Development 1%

LA8 Land in Coombe Valley 1%

Conservation of Habitats & Species 1% Regulation

1. Area of Natural Beauty

3.51 The most commonly used policies cited in refusals relate to the protection of the countryside and location of housing. The top five most frequently used policies have remained unchanged from the previous monitoring year indicating that these policies are still relevant and influential in determining planning applications. It should be noted that some of the policies cited in planning refusals will only be applicable in a limited number of applications for example DM5 Provision of Affordable Housing and LA8 Land in Coombe Valley and their use will be lower. The analysis provided here shows the overall policy use in percentage terms and is not proportionate to how many times the individual policies are applicable.

3.52 In conjunction with development plan policies the NPPF is cited by officers in reasons for refusal, with 35 refusals during the monitoring year relying solely on the framework. Table 3.5 displays the most frequently cited 5 paragraphs of the NPPF (2012) in descending order.

Table 3.5 Use of NPPF (2012) in Planning Application Refusals

NPPF Paragraph Section of NPPF % of times cited in refusals

Para 17 Core Planning Principles 20%

Chapter 7 - Requiring Para 56 13% Good Design

Chapter 7 - Requiring Para 64 13% Good Design

Chapter 7 - Requiring Para 61 10% Good Design

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NPPF Paragraph Section of NPPF % of times cited in refusals

Chapter 7 - Requiring Para 58 7% Good Design

3.53 Table 3.5 demonstrates that the NPPF is being frequently used in policy refusals. The most frequently used paragraph of the NPPF (para 17) relates to the 12 Core Planning Principles and contains overarching principles to be applied to all planning applications. Following this, the most used paragraphs (56, 64, 61 & 58) all relate to design. This reflects that the Core Strategy (2010) does not have any design-led policies.

3.54 The NPPF was revised during the monitoring year in July 2018 and some further minor changes were added in February 2019. Please see table 3.6 to see how the revised NPPF is being used in policy refusals.

Table 3.6 Use of NPPF (2019) in Planning Application Refusals

NPPF Paragraph Section of NPPF % of times cited in Number refusals

127 Achieving well-designed 64% places

170 Conserving and 32% enhancing the natural environment

130 Achieving well-designed 27% places

8 Achieving sustainable 12% development

172 Conserving and 10% enhancing the natural environment

3.55 Similarly, to the NPPF 2012, sections of the revised framework that relate to design are being used frequently when refusing planning applications. Additionally, sections of the NPPF concerning conserving and enhancing the natural environment are also cited regularly which was in part due to the conflict between the 2018 revision of the NPPF and People Over Wind case. This conflict was resolved by the 2019 revision of the NPPF.

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to drafting new policies in areas where the development plan is currently silent and where there is a strong reliance on the NPPF in planning application refusals for example some locally distinctive design policies.

3.57 42 planning appeals which were determined during the monitoring year have been examined to see which policies and paragraphs of the NPPF have been cited most frequently in Planning Inspectors decisions. Table 3.7 shows the top policies (of the adopted Development Plan) or paragraphs of the NPPF that were the most commonly cited:

Table 3.7 Use of Policies/NPPF Paragraphs in Planning Appeals 2018/19

Policy/NPPF Description % of times cited in Paragraph refusals

Protection of the Countryside DM15 48%

DM1 Settlement Boundaries 45%

Paragraphs 56 & 64 Requiring good design (NPPF 2012) Achieving well-designed 33% Paragraph 127 (NPPF places 2019)

Paragraph 11 (NPPF 2012) The presumption in favour of 24% Paragraph 14 (NPPF sustainable development 2019)

DM16 Landscape Character 24%

Paragraphs 170, 172 & Conserving and enhancing 21% 177 NPPF 2018/19 the natural environment

Location of Development and DM11 16% Managing Travel Demand

CP1 Settlement Hierarchy 14%

3.58 The above table demonstrates that the Planning Inspectorate has continued to give weight to DM15 and DM1 though relying upon the NPPF for refusals on design grounds.

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4 Five Year Housing Land Supply

4.1 The Revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states (paragraph 73) that local planning authorities (LPAs) should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against their housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies.

4.2 The five-year housing land supply calculation is a comparison between the anticipated supply of new homes against the number of new homes that are required to be built within the district in the next five years.

4.3 A formal assessment is conducted on five-year housing land supply annually, with a year start date of April 1st to March 31st. The relevant five-year period is currently April 2018 to March 2023.

4.4 Using the net housing figures, the assessment demonstrates that at 1st April 2018 the Council has a five-year land supply. At this point in time there is 5.30 years of supply which equates to a surplus of 200 dwellings once an additional 5% buffer has been taken into account to ensure choice and competition in the market for land.

4.5 It is anticipated that the Council will have a Housing Delivery Test (3) (HDT) result of 92%. This will allow a 5% buffer to continue to be applied to the five year housing supply calculation. A further consequence however is that an action plan setting out the measures the Council will take to improve the supply of housing will need to be produced within 6 months of the formal publication of the results by MHCLG.

Five Year Housing Land Supply Calculation

4.6 The five-year housing land supply figures across Dover District are summarised in table 4.1 below:

Table 4.1 5 year Housing Land Supply Calculation 2018/19

5 year Housing Land Supply Calculation 2018/19

A. Housing target for 5-year period (629 3,145 dpa x 5) Housing Requirement B. Plus the buffer of 5% requirement 157

C. Total housing requirement 3,302 units

Supply D. Non-major applications 480

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E. Major applications with full planning 1,131 permission

F. Major applications with outline 1430 planning permission

G. Allocated sites 323

H. Windfall allowance 138

I. Total housing supply 3,502 units

J. Housing supply surplus (I-C) 200

K. Total 5-year supply Total (Total Housing Supply (3,502) / 5.30 years Requirement (3,302) x 5 years)

4.7 Further information on the Council's methodology in determining its five-year housing land supply calculation can be found via the Council's website.

4.8 In addition, the monitoring of annual housing land supply forms part of the Kent County Council Housing Information (HIA). Dover District Council, along with the 11 other Kent local authority districts and Medway Unitary Authority provide information on our current housing land supply as at 31 March each year. This includes the most up-to-date current trajectory of housing sites across the full plan period. A copy of Dover's HIA submission is provided at Appendix 2.

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5.1 The Council is in the process of delivering a number of strategic sites across the district that are allocated in the Core Strategy (2010). This chapter provides an update on the progress being made to deliver these sites.

Dover Waterfont

Performance Policy CP8: Dover Waterfront Summary

Policy CP8 of the Core Strategy (2010) allocates the Dover Waterfront site for a mixed use scheme including retail (A1 uses up to 20,000 square metres floorspace), Core Strategy restaurants, cafés and drinking establishments (A3 and Target A4 uses up to 7,000 square metres), assembly and leisure (D2 uses up to 15,000 square metres), residential (C3 use of at least 300 homes), offices (B1) and hotel (C1) uses.

5.2 In view of the importance and complexity and to enable communities to help shape the proposals for the Dover Waterfront, there is a need for development to be proceeded by the preparation of a masterplan (criterion i of Policy CP8). Alongside the masterplan it has been identified that there is a need for a public realm, environmental and highway improvement strategy for Dover Waterfront to the Town Hall (via the Market Square) and Dover Priory Railway Station to the York Street junction with Townwall Street.

5.3 Officers from DDC have been working in partnership with Dover Harbour Board, a landowner, a range of stakeholders and local organisations on proposals for the Dover Waterfront area. The work, which will now be incorporated into the Local Plan, will create a mixed use development that will complement and build on the momentum generated by the opening of the St James’s development. It will improve connections with the town centre and create a continuous commercial area stretching from the St James’s development to the seafront. The site's location offers a unique opportunity to create a mixed waterfront development but it also brings with it the challenge associated with bringing forward a regeneration scheme next to a busy trunk road in a manner that complements the town centre.

Dover Mid Town

Performance Policy CP9: Dover Mid Town Summary

Policy CP9 of the Core Strategy (2010) allocates the Dover Mid Town Core area for mixed use development of C2 uses (residential institutions), Strategy C3 uses (residential of at least 100 homes), A1 shop uses, A3 Target restaurant and café uses and A4 drinking establishment uses (of up 109 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19

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Performance Policy CP9: Dover Mid Town Summary

to 15,000 square metres), D1 (non-residential institutions), the redevelopment of South Kent College (around 5,000 square metres), and parking to serve the development and the town centre.

5.4 The development of Dover Mid Town area is considerably behind the milestones set in the delivery programme in the Core Strategy (2010) which estimated that plans and construction phases of this area would now be complete. However, there are a number of challenges in the development of the Mid Town site due to complex land ownership and physical constraints on site as part of this area falls within flood zone.

5.5 Some initial master-planning work has been undertaken by a company called Periscope who won a recent RIBA competition to look at the potential development opportunities for the site. One of the ideas in this work, that needs to be tested is to widen the River Dour which could create wildlife and biodiversity benefits alongside increasing flood storage capacity. Further discussions need to be undertaken to establish if this idea has any merit.

Connaught Barracks

Performance Policy CP10: Connaught Barracks Summary

Policy CP10 of the Core Strategy (2010) allocates the Core Strategy former Connaught Barracks complex for residential Target development (C3 use), with 500 dwellings planned for the site.

5.6 Homes England has transferred the ownership of two parts of the former Connaught Barracks site (Fort Burgoyne and the former training area) to the Land Trust.

5.7 Progress is being made to bring forward the rest of the site:

A reserved matters application has been granted for the Officers' Mess site for 64 units and work has commenced on site. An outline planning application has been submitted, but not yet determined, for the remainder of the Connaught Barracks site for up to 300 units. The buildings on the site have now all been demolished to facilitate the release of the land for residential development; Homes England are undertaking further work on utilities;

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5.8 The development of Connaught Barracks is considerably behind the timescales set out in the delivery plan in the Core Strategy (2010), mainly due to its complex nature and infrastructure issues set in a sensitive setting. Whilst it is good news that work has commenced on site it is important that the remainder of the site is determined and work can commence.

Whitfield Urban Expansion

Performance Policy CP11: Whitfield Urban Expansion Summary

Policy CP11 of the Core Strategy (2010) allocates the site to the west, north and east of Whitfield for an urban expansion comprising of at least 5,750 homes supported Core Strategy by transport, primary education, primary health and social Target care, utility services and green infrastructure together with retail, financial and professional offices, eating and drinking establishments (Use Classes A1 to A5).

5.9 The Whitfield Urban Expansion (WUE) SPD was adopted by the District Council in April 2011. Outline planning permission for 1,250 homes has been granted under Phase 1 of the WUE.

5.10 A total of 90 dwellings is now complete under sub phase 1a. In addition;

A reserved matters application (part of phase 1b) for 32 dwellings was granted planning permission during the monitoring year. A further reserved matters application (phase 1a) for 26 dwellings was granted planning permission during 2018-19. Work is now underway on the site south side of Singledge Lane for 133 units with the first completions being anticipated during the monitoring 2019-20.

5.11 Whilst the construction of a new roundabout on the A256 and progress on site is now being made to deliver an initial sub phase of Phase I is extremely positive news, it must be acknowledged that the overall timetable for the delivery of the WUE is behind schedule and the phasing of the WUE will need to be reconsidered as part of the Local Plan Review.

White Cliffs Business Park

Performance Policy LA2: White Cliffs Business Park Summary

This site is allocated for employment development. Core Strategy Planning permission for Phases II and III will be permitted Target provided that relevant criteria is adhered to.

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5.12 The White Cliffs Business Park is a key employment allocation and in turn one of the key sources of employment in the District. Progress has been made regarding attracting new businesses and future development to the business park and in recent years planning permission has been granted for the following developments:

new Dover Leisure Centre comprising 5,700 sqm of leisure floorspace (DOV/17/00305) located in Phase 2 was opened in February 2019. a 5,040 sqm Lok 'n' Store unit (B8 use class) which opened in December 2018 (DOV/17/00823). an application for the erection of a church, providing 957 sqm of (use class D1) floorspace was granted permission during the monitoring year. during 2018-19 work started on a two-storey building incorporating a car showroom at Perry's Whitfield.

5.13 Further information on key regeneration projects across the District can be found in the Council's State of the District Report (2017) which can be downloaded via this link.

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6 Infrastructure

6.1 Policy CP6: Infrastructure in the adopted Core Strategy (2010) sets out what infrastructure is to be provided in the district over the Plan period. Appendix 3 indicates what infrastructure has been delivered to date, which projects are in the process of being delivered, and which have not yet been delivered.

Performance Policy CP6: Infrastructure Summary

Development that generates a demand for infrastructure will only be permitted if the necessary infrastructure to support it is either already in place, or there is a reliable mechanism to ensure that it will be provided at the time it is needed. In determining infrastructure requirements Core Strategy applicants and infrastructure providers should first Target consider if existing infrastructure can be used more efficiently, or whether demand can be reduced through promoting behavioural change, before proposing increased capacity through extending or providing new infrastructure

Community Infrastructure Levy

6.2 The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) was introduced to allow local authorities to raise funds from developers undertaking new building projects in their area. CIL is in effect a levy used by local authorities to fund the provision of local or sub-regional infrastructure.

6.3 As it stands, the Council does not operate a CIL, but funding sources for infrastructure delivery will be investigated as the preparation of the new District Local Plan advances and the Council will continue to work closely with partners to address existing deficiencies and secure appropriate levels of funding.

Monitoring S106 Agreements

6.4 The Council has established a system which monitors the progress of developments to ensure that S106 contributions are collected when they reach the relevant triggers. The Council records and manages income received from S106 agreements to ensure that these financial contributions are spent in a timely and effective manner.

6.5 Over the monitoring period the Council collected £1,959,625 in S106 contributions from developments across the district. Of this figure, Dover District Council retained £971,612 to assist in the delivery of: affordable housing, the Thanet Coast SPA Mitigation Strategy, funding for a Community Development Officer for Aylesham Garden Village, public realm management, sustainable transport, children's

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equipped play space and open space. The remainder of the contributions were passed to Kent County Council for the delivery of primary and secondary education, libraries, community learning and youth centre contribution.

6.6 The overall amount of S106 funds collected in the monitoring year was £1,244,187 higher than last year. Due in part to sizeable contributions received from the development at Singledge Lane, Whitfield and the Aylesham Village Expansion. Dover District Council also retained £366,394 more in contributions than last year.

6.7 Notable expenditure of S106 contributions by the Council within the monitoring year include £37,500 passed to Eastry Parish Council to provide community facilities, £95,000 to provide bus services from the Timperley Place development in Sholden, £15,672 to Aylesham Parish Council to support the Skate Park project and £5,351 to Woodnesborough Parish Council towards a new play area.

6.8 Table 6.1 illustrates which sites have contributed towards infrastructure delivery within the district over the monitoring year.

Table 6.1

Date Development Category Amount (£)

DOV/07/01081 Public Realm 09/10/2018 228,583 Aylesham development Management

DOV/07/01081 Public Realm 01/03/2019 117,234 Aylesham development Management

DOV/07/01081 Community 13/11/2018 Development Officer 19,117 Aylesham development

DOV/07/01081 09/10/2018 Youth Provision 9,715 Aylesham development

DOV/07/01081 Sustainable 09/10/2018 224,773 Aylesham development Transport

DOV/07/01081 18/12/2018 SPA contribution 11,902 Aylesham development 115 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19

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Date Development Category Amount (£)

DOV/10/01012 Bus Service 02/07/2018 Timperley Place, Church 67,141 contribution Lane, Sholden

DOV/13/00261 Children's Equipped 15/11/2018 Land at the former Barwick 14,332 Play Space site, Coombe Valley, Dover

DOV/13/00261

15/11/2018 Land at the former Barwick SPA contribution 1,077 site, Coombe Valley, Dover

DOV/12/00460 09/04/2018 Open Space 9,686 Hammill Brickworks

DOV/12/00460 10/09/2018 Affordable Housing 128,457 Hammill Brickworks

DOV/14/00842 Outdoor Sports 05/04/2018 16,850 Land at Salvatori, Preston contribution

DOV/14/00842 Outdoor Sports 31/12/2018 17,200 Land at Salvatori, Preston contribution

13/03/2019 Station Road, Walmer SPA contribution 11,647

DOV/15/00327 Outdoor Sports 26/07/2018 6,009 Dola Avenue, Deal contribution

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Date Development Category Amount (£)

DOV/15/01225 29/08/2018 Open Space 6,358 Land adjoining Mill Field, Ash

DOV/16/00136

10/01/2019 Land at Singledge Lane, Offsite contribution 25,806 Whitfield

DOV/16/00136

10/01/2019 Land at Singledge Lane, SAC contribution 9,060 Whitfield

DOV/16/00017

21/12/2018 Land at the former Barracks SPA contribution 1,919 Site, Trafalgar Drive, Walmer

DOV/18/00777

23/11/2018 Former William Muge House Open Space 10,022 & Snelgrove House, Dover

DOV/18/00777

23/112018 Former William Muge House SPA contribution 2,132 & Snelgrove House, Dover

DOV/16/00046 25/01/2019 SPA contribution 13,092 Land north of the river Stour

Total 971,612

6.9 New legislation that came into affect from the 01/09/2019 (The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) 2019 will require the Council to publish an 'Infrastructure Funding Statement' annually. The first statement will be required to be published with effect from the 31st December 2020. Requirements under this legislation will change the way the Council reports S106 financial matters in the AMR. 117 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19

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7 Duty to Co-operate

7.1 The duty to co-operate was introduced in the Localism Act 2011 and places a legal duty on LPAs to engage constructively, actively and on an on-going basis to maximise the effectiveness of local plan preparation relating to strategic cross-boundary matters.

7.2 Paragraph 20 of the NPPF (2019) identifies the following as strategic issues requiring cooperation:

housing (including affordable housing), employment, retail, leisure and other commercial development; infrastructure for transport, telecommunications, security, waste management, water supply, wastewater, flood risk and coastal change management, and the provision of minerals and energy (including heat); community facilities (such as health, education and cultural infrastructure); and conservation and enhancement of the natural, built and historic environment, including landscapes and green infrastructure, and planning measures to address climate change mitigation and adaption.

7.3 Memorandum of Understanding

7.4 In February 2016, the Council adopted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in respect of the duty to cooperate between the East Kent Regeneration Board members. This document can be downloaded via this link.

Statements of Common Ground

7.5 Paragraph 27 of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (2019) sets out the requirement for the preparation of Statements of Common Ground (SOCG) as part of the plan-making process. A SOCG is a written statement comprising factual information regarding cross-boundary impacts of a Development Plan's proposals and any necessary mitigation. As part of the preparation of the new District Local Plan, the Council will be required to prepare SOCGs with relevant stakeholders (e.g. neighbouring local planning authorities) to demonstrate the undertaking of effective and on-going co-operation.

7.6 As part of its Core Strategy Review, Folkestone and Hythe District Council is currently progressing a SOCG with its neighbouring East Kent Authorities (including DDC) setting out the cross-boundary strategic impacts of its proposals for growth, including a new garden settlement at Otterpool Park.

The Duty to Co-operate in Practice

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Table 7.1

Date Meeting Attendees Relevant Local Plan Key Outcomes Documents

Regular duty to co-operate meeting. Core Strategy, Land East Kent DTC ABC, CCC, DDC, FHDC Information shared about progress 02/04/2018 Allocations Local Plan Meeting & TDC of local plans and discussion on key & Local Plan Review planning matters.

Regular duty to co-operate meeting. Core Strategy, Land East Kent DTC ABC, CCC, DDC, FHDC Information shared about progress 02/05/2018 Allocations Local Plan Meeting & TDC of local plans and discussion on key & Local Plan Review planning matters.

Information shared about progress Draft South East DDC Officers, Marine Draft South East of the Draft South East Marine Plan 27/06/2018 Marine Plan Management Organisation Marine Plan and timetable of stakeholder engagement

Regular duty to co-operate meeting. Core Strategy, Land East Kent DTC ABC, CCC, DDC, FHDC Information shared about progress 04/07/2018 Allocations Local Plan Meeting & TDC of local plans and discussion on key & Local Plan Review planning matters.

This was the first of a number of workshops held with key stakeholders over the summer Local 2018. The purpose of these Stakeholders, Over 50 key stakeholders workshops was to inform the vision 17/07/2018 Town/Parish and Duty to Co-operate Draft Local Plan and objectives of the new local Council Local Plan partners plan. Full details of this meeting, Workshops including attendee list, can be found on Dover District Council's website.

DDC officers, Ash Meeting with Ash Emerging Ash 07/08/2018 Neighbourhood Plan Regular update meeting Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

Meeting Draft Local Plan, DDC Officers, Canterbury Meeting to discuss S106 matters 16/08/2018 Canterbury and Infrastructure Delivery and Coastal CCG and opportunities Coastal CCG Plan

Regular duty to co-operate meeting. Core Strategy, Land East Kent DTC ABC, CCC, DDC, FHDC Information shared about progress 05/09/2018 Allocations Local Plan Meeting & TDC of local plans and discussion on key & Local Plan Review planning matters.

DDC Officer, Dover Town Meeting to discuss the designation Meeting with Dover Emerging Dover Town 06/09/2018 Neighbourhood Plan of the Dover Town Neighbourhood Town Council Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Area.

Student representatives from Astor College; Dover, College; Dover Grammar School for Boys; The purpose of this workshop was Dover District Dover to further inform the vision and 12/10/2018 Council Local Plan Draft Local Plan objectives of the new local plan. Full Student Workshop detail of this meeting can be found Grammar School for Girls on Dover District Council's website. and Sandwich Technology College

The purpose of this workshop was DDC offices, 18 external to give representatives an Development attendees including DTC opportunity to review and discuss 12/10/2018 Management partners, local agents, Draft Local Plan the existing local plan policies and Workshop housebuilders and suggest additional policies. developers 120 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW

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Date Meeting Attendees Relevant Local Plan Key Outcomes Documents

Full details of this meeting, including attendee list, can be found on Dover District Council's website.

DDC Officer, Dover Town Meeting with Dover Emerging Dover Town 18/10/2018 Neighbourhood Plan Regular update meeting Town Council Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

DDC officer, Dover Town Dover Town Neighbourhood Plan Emerging Dover Town Initial engagement event to launch 29/11/2018 Neighbourhood Steering Group, members Neighbourhood Plan Dover Town Neighbourhood Plan Plan Launch event of local community

DDC officers, Ash Meeting with Ash Emerging Ash 20/12/2018 Neighbourhood Plan Regular update meeting Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

DDC officers, Ash Regular update meeting Meeting with Ash Emerging Ash 15/01/2019 Neighbourhood Plan Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

DDC Officer, Dover Town Regular update meeting Meeting with Dover Emerging Dover Town 06/02/2019 Neighbourhood Plan Town Council Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

Regular duty to co-operate meeting. Core Strategy, Land East Kent DTC ABC, CCC, DDC, FHDC Information shared about progress 11/03/2019 Allocations Local Plan Meeting & TDC of local plans and discussion on key & Local Plan Review planning matters.

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Community Consultation

7.8 The NPPF (2019) emphasises the need to involve all sections of the community in plan-making. The Council also has a legal duty to consult residents and businesses when appropriate and legislation prescribes who must be consulted at different stages of document preparation.

7.9 The Dover District Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) is the means by which the Council aims to facilitate this. The Council's SCI identifies who the Council will consult and how they will be consulted as part of the plan making process to ensure plans are as easy to access and understand as possible. This document was updated in September 2018 to reflect the additional requirements introduced by the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (the amended version has been adopted by the Council although this is outside of the monitoring period).

7.10 The Council has held the following consultations on key planning documents during the monitoring period:

Table 7.2

Consultation Date Responses Received

SA Scoping Report 1st Mar – 5th Apr 2018 8

7.11 Further information on partnership working can be found in the Council's State of the District Report (2017) which can be downloaded via this link.

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8 Neighbourhood Planning

8.1 The Localism Act 2011 enables local communities to produce Neighbourhood Plans to support development in their area. Upon adoption by the Council, such plans will hold the same weight as other Development Plan documents for the district. The Local Authority has a duty to support groups with the preparation of their Neighbourhood Plans and officers will continue to support parishes with the Neighbourhood Planning process.

8.2 The first stage in producing a Neighbourhood Plan is to designate a Neighbourhood Area. As it stands, there are currently 6 parish/town councils in the district with Neighbourhood Area designations who are at different stages of the planning process as set out in table 8.1:

Table 8.1

Neighbourhood Progress Area

Neighbourhood Area designated - the Parish Council is currently in the process of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan for the area. The Council has been assisting the local Ash community in creating the evidence base to help inform the Neighbourhood Plan, as they work toward consultation stage (Regulation 14).

Neighbourhood Area designated – the Town Council is Dover Town Council currently in the very early stages of neighbourhood plan preparation.

Neighbourhood Area designated - the preparation of a neighbourhood plan has not yet commenced and therefore Sandwich this settlement will be considered as part of the Local Plan Review.

The Parish Council has taken the decision not to proceed Shepherdswell with preparing a Neighbourhood Plan.

Neighbourhood Area designated - the preparation of a neighbourhood plan has not yet commenced and therefore St Margarets-at-Cliffe this settlement will be considered as part of the Local Plan Review.

Worth Neighbourhood Plan was adopted in January 2015 and forms part of the adopted Development Plan. To date, Worth there has been no indication of the intention to review the policies in this plan and therefore this settlement will be considered as part of the Local Plan Review. 124 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19

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9 Conclusion

9.1 The Dover District Core Strategy was adopted in 2010, and covers the period from 2006 to 2026, therefore the Council is now over halfway through the adopted Plan period.

9.2 With regard to the outcomes of this monitoring period (2018/19) each preceding chapter has set out the key objectives of the Core Strategy and considered whether the objective has been met. The executive summary outlines the key headlines for the monitoring period.

9.3 Overall, the AMR demonstrates that whilst progress has been made in some areas against the objectives of the Core Strategy such as those regarding the environment and skills attainment, the Council has not achieved as much in relation to demographic and housing mix objectives.

9.4 Accordingly, the Council is to produce a new NPPF compliant District Local Plan. The new District Local Plan will cover the period up to 2040 and once adopted, will replace the existing adopted Development Plan Documents. This will be in line with the Local Plan timetable as set out within the LDS which is currently being amended.

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Appendix 1 Monitoring Indicators

128 58 one DOVER Table 1.1 Core Strategy Monitoring Indicators

Objective Measurement Base Figure Latest Data 2016 2026 Target Comments DISTRICT Target Monitoring

1 - Population Total Population 104,800 (2007) 117,000 (1) 111,500 Core Strategy and labour 2026 target supply growth already exceeded in COUNCIL 2016

Working age population 73,800 (2001) 69,300(2) 72,100 LOCAL (16-64) Indicators PLAN 2 - Retention of shopping Convenience 71% Convenience 73.6% (4) 55% The Transformation spend (3) percentage of of Dover town (5) convenience Comparison 38% REVIEW Comparison 45% shopping retention rates in the district have gone down by 2.7%. The since the Retail Study Update in 2012.

Similarly the percentage of Comparison shopping 129 Objective Measurement Base Figure Latest Data 2016 2026 Target Comments Target

retention has gone by 6.5%

3 - Improved Local Authority housing 4,646 (HSSA (7) 4,310 DOVER housing range stock 2008) and choice Total housing stock 48,340 (HSSA 54,514 (8) 59,500 (6) 2008) DISTRICT

Registered Social 2,101 (HSSA 2,660 (9) 5,350 Landlord Stock 2008)

(10) one

Rank in Kent by new 12th (2006) 7th 7th No new data COUNCIL Residential build rates available

4 - Progress Completion of Work is currently Land Allocations Document An Area Monitoring with Investigation and underway to prepare a adopted and implementation Action Plan is Middle/North Preparation of Area Deal Transportation Study started. no longer LOCAL Deal Action Plan as part of the Council's required. investigation work on the Local Plan Work undertaken with Development

review. landowner. to come PLAN forward via the normal planning REVIEW

process. Indicators

5 - Economic Total employment in the 47,700 (2006) 43,000(11) 54,200 (12) performance district AMR

(13) Increase in economic 77% 81.2% 82% 2018/19 activity rate 130 59 60 one DOVER Objective Measurement Base Figure Latest Data 2016 2026 Target Comments Target DISTRICT Increase the business 35 businesses per 29.10 50 Monitoring stock 1,000 population businesses per 1,000 businesses population (14) per 1,000 pop

6 -Social Have no areas within 6 areas in 20% 12 lower layer super 6 areas in 0 areas in COUNCIL disadvantage 20% of most deprived in most deprived output areas (out of 67 20% most 20% most England (2007) - National LSOAs in the District) in deprived deprived Rank of 153 out of the most deprived 20%

(15) LOCAL 354 Councils nationally Indicators

District's national ranking 142 (out of 326 at 113 (out of 317)

2007) PLAN

District's ranking in Kent 5 (out of 12 at 4 (out of 12)

2007) REVIEW

7 - Improve Percentage of working 15.1% (2006) 7 % in 2018 33% over the 25% over the residents' skills age residents with no regional average regional levels towards qualifications average (16) the County average Percentage of working 15.4% (2006) 36.5 % in 2018 15.38% 25% less than age residents with NVQ less than the regional regional level 4 or higher average(17) average

8 - Improve HS1 train service in No HS1 service at Service in operation from ease of travel operation 2006 Dover Priory Railway and encourage Station (Dec 2009). walking, cycling and use of HS1 extended to Deal, public transport Sandwich and Martin Mill. 131 Objective Measurement Base Figure Latest Data 2016 2026 Target Comments Target

Western Docks T2 in Preparatory Stage Dover Harbour Board has Operational operation begun to implement its consent under a Harbour Revision Order for new facilities at the Western

Docks through its Western DOVER Docks Revival project.

Increase sustainable Rail - 2%, Bus - Rail - 2.3%, Bus - 2.3%, 2% increase

commuting 4%, Cycle - 3%, Cycle - 1.3%, Foot - in all modes DISTRICT 7.7%(18) Foot - 12% (2001 Census) one COUNCIL

9 - Improve Improve condition See Figure 2.4 of The Green Infrastructure Implement green the Core Strategy Strategy and Action Plan proposals as Monitoring infrastructure Expand network is currently being updated. shown on network Figure 3.7 of LOCAL the Core Strategy PLAN 10 - Make Number of visitors to 280,000 365,462(19) better use of Dover Castle historic assets REVIEW

11 - More Average domestic water 160 litres per 150 litres per day(20) 120 litres per Indicators efficient use of consumption person per day person per

natural day AMR resources Average domestic 4,164 kWh per 3,844 kWh per person (21) electricity consumption person 2018/19 132 61 62 one DOVER Objective Measurement Base Figure Latest Data 2016 2026 Target Comments Target DISTRICT Average domestic gas 16,615 kWh per 12,234 kWh per person Monitoring consumption person (22)

12 - Provision of Progress report given in Chapter 10. All identified

Infrastructure infrastructure identified infrastructure COUNCIL provision in table 3.3 of the Core delivered Strategy

Key: LOCAL Indicators Green = On track

Amber = Work ongoing PLAN

Red = Area of concern to be closely monitored REVIEW

1. ONS Mid Year Population Estimates 2018 2. ONS MId Year Population Estimates 2018 3. RNAS KCC 2007 4. Retail Study, 2017 5. Retail Study, 2017 6. These indicators will be updated once the HFRA figures are published 7. HFR, DCLG 8. HFR DCLG 2018 9. HFR DCLG 2016 10. Housing Flow Reconciliation Form 2016/17 11. NOMIS 18 12. The total job figure is taken from the BRES survey. This is a sample survey done at national level which produces job estimates. The quality of the estimates deteriorates as the geographies get smaller 13. NOMIS Labour Market statistics Apr 18-Mar 19 14. NOMIS Labour Market Statistics 2018 15. English IMD 2019. 16. Nomis Labour Market Statistics Jan 18-Dec 18 17. Nomis Labour Market Statistics Jan 18-Dec 18 18. Census, 2011 19. Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, 2018 133 20. Kent State of the Environment Report 2015 21. DECC, presented by Business Intelligence KCC 2013 22. DECC, presented by Business Intelligence KCC 2013 DOVER DISTRICT one COUNCIL Monitoring LOCAL PLAN REVIEW Indicators AMR 2018/19 134 63 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19 two Housing Information Audit 2018/19 64

135 Appendix 2 Housing Information Audit 2018/19

Net APPLICATION Appn Is this a Decision PDL Gain Lost Units not Units under Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Units phased two Site Address/Location Post Code Easting Northing remaining started construction 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 2031/32 2032/33 beyond 2032/33 number status "windfall" date (Y/N) remaining remaining (extant) Former Connaught Barracks, Dover Road, Guston, CT16 1HL (Officers 15/00260 NS N 01/07/2016 Mess) CT16 1HL 632178 142467 Y 64 0 64 64 0 10 20 34 0 17/01268 NS N 27/07/2018 The Old Sorting Office, Charlton Green, Dover, CT16 1AP CT16 1AP 631491 142173 Y 39 0 39 39 0 39 0 15/00364 NS Y 11/10/2016 65 Folkestone Road, Dover, CT17 9RZ CT17 9RZ 631448 141407 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 Land adjacent to allotments, Folkestone Road, Dover, CT17 9JU 15/01032 NS Y 04/01/2017 CT17 9JU 637764 152079 N 29 0 29 29 0 14 15 0 15/01290 NS N 27/02/2017 Land on the West side of Albert Road, Deal, CT14 9RB CT14 9RB 637080 152928 Y 142 0 142 142 0 15 42 42 43 0

16/01049 NS N 29/03/2018 Land off Chequer Lane, Ash CT3 2JF 628624 158825 N 90 0 90 90 0 20 50 20 0 Housing 17/01114 N 08/11/2018 Land at Gore Lane, Eastry 630484 154961 N 50 0 50 50 0 20 30 0 DOVER 14/00058 NS Y 01/09/2015 Discovery Park, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, CT13 9ND CT13 9ND 633055 159544 Y 500 0 500 500 0 20 100 100 100 70 55 55 0 18/00051 NS Y 03/08/2018 Bramley Hedge, Tower Street, Dover CT17 0AW 631139 141783 Y 10 0 10 10 0 5 5 0 16/01450 NS Y 21/12/2018 Land adjacent to Fernfield Lane, Hawkinge CT18 7AW 622216 140766 N 19 0 19 19 0 7 6 6 0 17/00487 NS Y 04/04/2018 Land Opposite 423-459 Dover Road, Walmer CT14 7PE 636634 149612 N 85 0 85 85 0 30 45 10 0 16/01247 NS Y 28/09/2018 Land at White Post Farm, Sandwich Road, Ash CT3 2AF 629133 158480 N 30 0 30 30 0 10 10 10 0 07/01081 UC N 05/11/2012 Aylesham Village Expansion, Aylesham 637672 151271 440 0 440 440 0 125 125 125 65 0

16/00180 UC N 01/07/2016 Aylesham Village Expansion, (Phase1B), Aylesham (Barratt Homes) 623388 152915 N 24 0 24 0 24 24 0 Phase 1B2 & IB3 Aylesham Village Expansion, Aylesham (Persimmon 16/00985 UC N 31/08/2017 Homes) 623279 152621 N 66 0 66 0 66 66 0 Phase 1, Whitfield Urban Extension,Whitfield, CT16 (Remainder of DISTRICT 10/01010 NS 30/04/2015 the O/L) 631048 145201 N 1128 0 1,128 1128 0 35 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 0 Phase 1 & Sub Phase 1A, WUE (land south east of Archers Court 15/00878 UC N 12/10/2015 Road, Whitfield) (Phillip Jeans - Richmond Park) 631123 145230 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 17/01525 N 24/04/2018 Phase 1, WUE, Whitfield CT16 3HX 631151 145301 N 32 0 32 32 0 10 22 0 Whitfield Urban Extension, (land to east of Sandwich Road and north 10/01011 NS N 02/01/2013 west of Napchester Road) Whitfield, Dover 630349 146000 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 17/00056 N 28/09/2018 Phase 1A - Whitfield Urban Extension Whitfield 630332 146044 N 26 0 26 26 0 13 13 0 16/00136 UC N 19/12/2017 Land on the south side of Singledge Lane, Whitfield 629645 144927 N 133 0 133 128 5 13 40 40 40 0 Land north of River Stour & including part of Sandwich Ind Estate, 01/01167 UC N 10/07/2003 Ramsgate Road 633537 158335 Y 229 0 229 214 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 14 0 Information

06/01455 UC N 30/09/2010 Buckland Paper Mill, Crabble Hill, Dover 630460 142860 Y 39 0 39 0 39 13 26 0 18/00079 NS N 22/11/2018 Site at Buckland Mill, Crabble Hill, Dover CT17 0FA 630500 142874 Y 44 0 44 44 0 18 12 14 0

Land at Salvatori, North and South of Grove Road, Preston, CT3 1EF COUNCIL 15/00256 UC Y 29/05/2015 (Preston Grange) 625037 161433 Y 9 0 9 0 9 9 0 18/00199 UC Y 02/07/2018 Land on the north east side of Grove Road, Preston 624905 161483 Y 6 0 6 0 6 6 0 Land at Salvatori, North and South of Grove Road, Preston, CT3 1EF 15/00702 UC Y 22/12/2015 (separate to Preston Grange) 624738 161651 N 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 Land SW at Hammill Brickworks, Hammill Road, Woodnesborough 17/01431 UC Y 13/03/2018 CT13 0FF 629403 155782 N 18 0 18 13 5 5 5 5 3 0 Land SW at Hammill Brickworks, Hammill Road, Woodnesborough 16/01026 UC Y 09/11/2017 629403 155782 N 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 14/00361 UC N 02/10/2015 Land off, Station Road, Walmer, CT14 7RH 636332 149943 N 223 0 223 181 42 23 50 50 50 50 0 16/01434 NS N 01/11/2018 Former Barwick Site, Coombe Valley Road, Dover, CT17 0EP CT17 0EP 630529 142204 Y 16 0 16 16 0 8 8 0 16/00502 UC N 09/01/2018 Land off, Ark Lane 637572 153338 Y 23 0 23 0 23 23 0 15/01184 NS N 01/12/2016 Land rear of, 114 Canterbury Road, Lydden, Dover 626637 145499 N 31 0 31 31 0 8 20 3 0

Land south of New Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne (Jarvis Homes) LOCAL 15/00525 UC N 07/12/2016 625461 138601 25 0 25 0 25 25 0 11/00928 NS Y 17/01/2017 Southern Water Pumping Station, St Richards Road, Deal 636420 150877 Y 14 0 14 14 0 14 0 17/00810 UC Y 03/11/2017 Anchor Works, West Street, Deal CT14 6AH 637513 152705 Y 12 0 12 0 12 12 0 16/00017 UC N 12/02/2018 Land at North Barrack Site, (East Section) Trafalgar Drive 637540 151660 Y 26 0 26 16 10 20 6 0 17/00776 UC Y 05/01/2018 The Qube, St Radigunds Road, Dover CT17 0JZ 630666 142519 Y 27 0 27 0 27 18 9 0 17/00962 UC Y 13/03/2018 2-9 Cambridge Terrace, Dover 632019 141230 Y 25 0 25 0 25 25 0

17/00387 NS Y 23/03/2018 Part of Wingham Court, Hawarden Place, Canterbury Road, Wingham CT3 1EW 624170 157299 Y 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 17/00892 NS Y 07/09/2018 Former Greyhound PH, Dorman Avenue South Ct3 3AA 623708 152152 Y 17 0 17 17 0 7 10 0

14/00240 NS N 20/08/2018 Eastry Hospital, Mill Lane, Eastry CT13 0Ju 630690 154549 Y 100 0 100 100 0 30 40 30 0 PLAN Land to the rear of Hyton Drive and Roman Close, Church Lane, UC N 18/07/2018 CT14 9QG 636597 152745 N 70 0 70 0 70 36 34 16/01476 Sholden 0 Audit

UC N 06/07/2018 Bisley Nursery, The Street, Worth CT14 0DD N 15 0 15 3 12 15

16/01161 633517 156216 0 REVIEW 18/00300 NS Y 10/10/2018 Aylesham Sports Club, Burgess Road, Aylesham CT3 3AU 624062 152703 Y 18 1 17 17 17 0 Former William Muge House & Snelgrove House, Leyburne Road, UC Y 27/11/2018 CT16 1RZ Y 65 0 65 0 65 20 20 25 18/00777 Harold Street and Godwyne Road, Dover 0 Land between Homeleigh & Lansdale, Northbourne Road, Great NS N 30/01/2019 CT14 0LB 634348 151597 N 12 0 12 12 0 6 6 17/01515 Mongeham 0 17/00826 NS Y 14/02/2019 Weighside House, Sandwich Road, Whitfield CT16 3JX 630171 146123 N 14 1 13 13 0 13 0 11/00747 UC Y 14/10/2011 Land rear of 100 Folkestone Road, Dover 630986 141281 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Plot adjacent to Summerholme, 104 Wellington Parade, Kingsdown, 13/00502 UC Y 25/09/2013 Deal, CT14 8AF 637973 148825 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2018/19 Land rear of 17 London Road and adjacent to 1 Matthews Place, 14/00193 UC Y 29/04/2014 Dover 631298 142085 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 14/00176 UC Y 11/06/2014 1 & 2 Hope Bay, & Hope Bay Studios, The Leas, Kingsdown 637897 146596 Y 2 0 2 0 2 0 13/01100 UC Y 09/07/2014 Norlands, Lower Road, Staple 627363 156687 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 AMR 15/00146 NS Y 14/04/2015 San Pio, Victoria Road, Kingsdown, CT14 8DY 637366 147895 Y 2 0 2 2 0 0 15/00176 UC Y 08/05/2015 Site at, 90 Golf Road, Deal, CT14 6QG 637409 153735 Y 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 Site adjoining 3 Valley View, Wigmore Lane, Eythorne, CT15 4AU 15/00326 UC Y 03/06/2015 628139 149583 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 14/01058 UC Y 05/06/2015 Land Rear of No 7, Church Lane, Deal, CT14 9QD 636806 152738 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 15/00442 UC Y 22/07/2015 60 London Road, Dover, CT17 0SP 631162 142271 Y 2 0 2 0 2 2 0

14/00818 NS Y 10/09/2015 28 The Strand & Channel View, York Road, Walmer, CT14 7ED CT14 7ED 637707 151610 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2018/19

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Site at Lindley, Station Road, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 6ER DISTRICT 15/00763 NS Y 01/10/2015 CT15 6ER 635718 145061 N 1 0 1 1 0 0 15/00694 UC Y 08/10/2015 Site adjacent to 3 Herschell Road East, Walmer, CT14 7SQ CT14 7SQ 637420 151019 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 15/00871 UC Y 19/10/2015 Old Tractor Shed, Langdon Avenue, Ash, CT3 2BP CT3 2BP 629462 158023 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 15/00113 UC Y 20/10/2015 9 Clarence Road, Capel le Ferne CT18 7LW 624954 138549 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 15/00460 NS Y 13/11/2015 Woodville, The Street, Preston, CT3 1EB CT3 1EB 625050 161102 Y 1 0 1 1 0 0 15/00899 UC N 20/11/2015 Orchard Lea, The Street, Staple CT3 1LN 626911 156602 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 15/00336 NS Y 04/12/2015 Denne Court Farm, Hammill, Woodnesborough, CT13 0EG CT13 0EG 629622 155838 Y 3 0 3 3 0 0 Abbotsland Bungalow, White Cliffs Caravan Park, New Dover Road, 15/00995 UC Y 05/01/2016 Capel-le-Ferne CT18 7HY 626269 138779 Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 15/00449 UC Y 06/01/2016 Site at Eastside Farm, The Street, East Langdon, CT15 5JF CT15 5JF 633374 146039 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 15/00910 NS Y 13/01/2016 Site Adjacent to Church Hall, Stanley Road, Deal, CT14 7BT CT14 7BT 637757 152394 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15/01060 UC N 20/01/2016 Box Tree Cottage, Hangman's Lane, Ringwould, CT14 8HW CT14 8HW 635718 148256 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 15/00638 UC N 27/01/2016 Land at Upton House, 4 Mill Lane, Shepherdswell CT15 7LJ 626271 147820 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Anchorage & Collingwood Cottage, Collingwood Road, St. Margaret's- 15/00701 UC Y 19/02/2016 at-Cliffe, CT15 6EZ CT15 6EZ 635919 145997 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 COUNCIL 15/01228 UC Y 19/02/2016 8 Harold Street, Dover, CT16 1SF CT16 1SF 632107 141811 Y 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1 0 15/00986 UC Y 24/02/2016 Coach House, High Street, Wingham, CT3 1AB CT3 1AB 624400 157522 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Land to the rear of 20, Archers Court Road, Whitfield, CT16 3HP 15/00198 NS Y 01/03/2016 CT16 3HP 630378 144807 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Former Carpark Site, Adjacent to The Manor House, Upper Street, 14/00059 UC N 04/03/2016 Kingsdown, CT14 8EU CT14 8EU 637791 148375 Y 4 0 4 0 4 4 0

The Old Farmhouse, Hammill Road, Woodnesborough CT13 0EQ Information 15/01239 NS Y 17/03/2016 CT13 0EQ 628959 156269 Y 1 0 1 1 0 0 Former Bakery Site and land to rear of Hillside, High Street, Eastry, 16/00042 UC Y 24/03/2016 CT13 0HE CT13 0HE 630931 154933 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Land and Garages rear of and including 4 & 5, The Droveway, St. 16/00007 UC Y 01/04/2016 Margaret's Bay, CT15 6DH CT15 6DH 636359 144495 Y 4 0 4 0 4 4 0 16/00152 UC Y 01/04/2016 4 Priory Street, Dover, CT17 9AA CT17 9AA 631730 141588 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 LOCAL 15/00123 UC Y 27/05/2016 Land at 191 and Forge Bungalow, London Road, Temple Ewell 628584 144412 Y 10 0 10 3 7 7 3 0 Willow Tree Cottage, The Old Fairground, High Street, Wingham, CT3 16/00135 NS Y 27/05/2016 1BU CT3 1BU 624246 157821 Y 2 0 2 2 0 0 16/00361 NS Y 27/05/2016 Land Adjoining 458 Dover Road, Walmer, CT14 7PQ CT14 7PQ 636584 149501 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 The Wilderness and The Former All Saints Church, Church Lane, West 16/00055 UC Y 22/06/2016 Stourmouth, CT3 1HS CT3 1HS 625629 162833 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 16/00189 NS Y 29/06/2016 Poulton Farm, Poulton, Hougham, CT15 7DP CT15 7DP 626976 141260 Y 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 16/00226 NS Y 06/07/2016 Charles Lister Court, Lister Close, Dover, CT17 0TP CT17 0TP 630852 142464 Y 2 3 -1 -1 0 -1 0 Land adjacent to Sessions House, Staple Road, Wingham, CT3 1LX 15/01221 UC Y 07/07/2016 CT3 1LX 624573 157104 N 4 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 PLAN 12/00120 NS Y 26/08/2016 Ambulance Depot, Winchelsea Road, Dover, CT17 9TT CT17 9TT 631024 141329 Y 9 0 9 9 0 4 5 0 Land Adjacent to Mundels, Cherry Lane, Great Mongeham, CT15 0HG 16/00834 UC Y 05/09/2016 CT15 0HG 634812 151925 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 15/00936 UC Y 20/09/2016 Land at The Outrigger, Chapel Lane, Ashley, Sutton, CT15 5HZ CT15 5HZ 630867 148667 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15/01073 NS Y 23/09/2016 1 Malvern Road, Dover 631271 141311 7 0 7 7 0 4 3 0

16/00507 UC Y 12/10/2016 Site at The Old Court House, Pinners Hill, Nonington, Dover, CT15 4LL CT15 4LL 625472 153423 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 16/00992 UC Y 04/11/2016 50 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PJ CT16 1PJ 632062 141501 Y 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 16/00736 NS Y 08/11/2016 4 Priory Street, Dover, CT17 9AA CT17 9AA 631730 141588 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 REVIEW 16/00740 NS Y 08/11/2016 67 and rear of 66, London Road, Dover, CT17 0SP CT17 0SP 631132 142284 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Tractor Shed and Hay Barn, Upper Goldstone Farm, Upper Goldstone, 16/01154 NS Y 22/11/2016 Ash, CT3 2DN CT3 2DN 629171 160291 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Site at Summerfield Farm, Barnsole Road, Barnsole, Staple, CT3 1LD 16/00048 NS Y 24/11/2016 CT3 1LD 627711 155971 1 0 1 1 0 1 0

Agricultural Buildings, Sun Valley Farm, London Road, Temple Ewell, Audit 16/01080 NS Y 25/11/2016 CT16 3DJ CT16 3DJ 627814 144834 N 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 Site rear of 162 Folkestone Road, Vale View Road, Dover, CT17 9NP 15/01182 UC Y 02/12/2016 CT17 9NP 630695 141249 Y 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 16/01224 NS Y 14/12/2016 Barns at Highleas, Old Court Hill, Nonington, CT3 3HS CT3 3HS 624892 152818 N 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 15/01243 UC Y 15/12/2016 Land at North End, Channel View Road, Dover, CT17 9TJ CT17 9TJ 631450 140629 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/00404 NS Y 01/10/2018 Solanum, Felderland Lane, Worth, CT14 0BX CT14 0BX 631789 155708 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16/00947 UC Y 22/12/2016 24 Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell, CT15 7PT CT15 7PT 625586 148167 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 16/01159 NS Y 22/12/2016 45 High Street, Dover, CT16 1EB CT16 1EB 631445 141845 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16/01271 NS Y 06/01/2017 7a Hayward Close, Deal, CT14 9PJ CT14 9PJ 636408 151899 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16/01384 UC Y 17/01/2017 Deaconland Farm, Deacon Lane, Preston, CT3 1HN CT3 1HN 626349 159909 N 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 Land opposite The Row, Barnsole Road, Barnsole, Staple, CT3 1LE 16/00470 NS Y 20/01/2017 CT3 1LE 627933 156612 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 Site Adjoining The Cottage, St Monicas Road, Kingsdown, CT14 8AZ 16/01256 UC Y 27/01/2017 CT14 8AZ 637739 148518 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2018/19 16/01285 NS Y 03/02/2017 Southgate, 17 Granville Road, St Margaret's Bay, CT15 6DR CT15 6DR 636687 144571 Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 18/00080 NS Y 21/03/2018 Crockshard Farm Barns, Crockshard Hill, Wingham CT3 1NY N 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 16/01209 NS Y 07/02/2017 180 Clarendon Street, Dover, CT17 9RB CT17 9RB 630939 141109 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 Potting Shed, Layham Garden Centre & Nursery, Lower Road, Staple, 17/00099 NS Y 06/03/2017 CT3 1LH CT3 1LH 627843 156657 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Barn at Summerfield Farm, Barnsole Road, Barnsole, Staple, CT3 1LD 17/00104 NS Y 06/03/2017 CT3 1LD 627687 155951 N 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 Calf House, Solton Manor Farm, Solton Lane, East Langdon, CT15 5JB 16/01427 NS Y 10/03/2017 CT15 5JB 633882 146230 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00065 UC N 10/03/2017 9 Biggin Street, Dover, CT16 1BD CT16 1BD 631691 141684 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 16/01206 NS Y 17/03/2017 Protea House, Waterloo Crescent, Dover, CT17 9BW CT17 9BW 632054 141138 Y 9 0 9 9 0 9 0 17/00082 UC Y 24/03/2017 22-24 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PW CT16 1PW 632127 141555 Y 4 0 4 0 4 4 0 17/00538 NS Y 31/07/2017 Outbuildings at Dambridge Oast Farm, Staple Road CT3 1LU 624823 157136 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17/00157 NS N 19/05/2017 Great Mongeham Farm, Cherry Lane, Great Mongeham CT14 0HF 634659 151280 N 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 17/00070 NS Y 05/05/2017 93 High Street, Dover CT16 1EB 631366 141934 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00123 NS Y 06/04/2017 Bellrose Hotel 18-19, East Cliff, Dover CT16 1LU 632789 141575 Y 9 0 9 9 0 9 0 17/00899 NS Y 17/11/2017 Ryder House, 115-116 London Road, Dover CT17 0TQ 630863 142519 Y 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 17/00942 NS Y 21/09/2017 Wolverton Court, Alkham Valley Road, Alkham, CT15 7DS CT15 7DS 626570 142832 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17/00913 NS Y 24/11/2017 2a York Road, Walmer, Deal CT14 7EA 637674 151435 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0

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17/00317 NS Y 10/05/2017 322 London Road, Dover CT17 0SX 631316 141995 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 two 17/01080 NS Y 16/11/2017 Land adjacent to 16 Granville Road, St Margaret's Bay CT15 6DR 636587 144552 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Land adjacent to the Hope Inn, Canterbury Road, Lydden CT15 7ET 16/01342 NS Y 07/11/2017 CT15 7ET 626364 145427 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00010 NS Y 15/08/2017 1 Luckett Cottages, The Street, Preston CT3 1DY 625043 160850 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00610 UC Y 19/10/2018 1 Luckett Cottages, The Street, Preston CT3 1DY 625037 160856 Y 1 2 -1 0 -1 -1 0 16/00442 NS Y 27/04/2017 Three Tuns, The Street, Staple CT3 1LN 626904 156643 Y 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 17/00197 NS Y 27/04/2017 48-50 London Road, Dover CT17 0SP 631185 142221 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 Land at junction of Winehouse Lane & Capel Street, Capel-le-Ferne 17/00201 UC N 04/07/2017 CT18 7AY 625093 139452 N 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 0

Land between The Vineries and April Cottage, New Street, Ash Housing 18/00563 UC N 15/08/2018 CT3 2BW 629729 157931 N 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 DOVER 17/00292 NS Y 10/08/2017 Land next to St Martin's Northbourne Road, Great Mongeham CT14 0HD 634709 151529 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00697 UC Y 07/09/2017 Canton, Downs Road, East Studdal CT15 5DB 632513 149732 Y 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 17/00267 UC Y 08/06/2017 Land adjoining Sunhillow, Gore Road, Eastry CT13 0ED 630674 155197 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 17/00412 UC Y 22/06/2017 Hungaria, Warren Lane, Ewell Minnis, Lydden CT15 7EB 625615 144485 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01142 NS Y 09/11/2017 Land at 111-115 Folkestone Road, Dover CT17 9SD 631260 141345 N 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 17/00756 NS Y 03/10/2017 34-36 Castle Street & 1-2 Russell Street, Dover CT16 1PT 632080 141553 Y 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 17/00815 NS Y 20/10/2017 56 Golf Road CT14 6QB 637399 153532 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00838 NS Y 22/11/2017 Site adjacent to 128 Capel Street, Capel-le-Ferne CT18 7HA N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00916 NS Y 29/09/2017 Barn at Staple Farm, Durlock Road, Staple CT3 1JX 627234 156864 Y 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 17/00984 NS Y 29/09/2017 Brick Oast Upper Goldstone Farm, Cop Street, Ash CT3 2DN 629207 160267 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01254 NS Y 29/11/2017 Agricultural Building at Court Farm, Padbrook Lane, Preston CT3 1HF 626078 160466 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 DISTRICT 17/00656 UC Y 28/07/2017 Site at Sunrise, Cop Street, Ash CT3 2DL 629049 159720 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 17/00657 UC Y 13/07/2017 Barn A, Goss Hall, Gosshall Lane, Ash 630045 158659 Y 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 17/00420 NS Y 04/08/2017 227-228 London Road, Dover CT17 0TB 630905 142456 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 17/00481 NS Y 07/06/2017 Southlands Farm, Knell Lane, Ash CT3 2EE 628444 159617 Y 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 17/00272 NS Y 06/06/2017 3 Market Square, Dover, CT16 1LZ CT16 1LZ 631942 141457 Y 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 17/00628 NS Y 08/09/2017 Land adjacent to 13 High Street, Wingham CT3 1AZ 624322 157255 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00661 NS Y 09/11/2017 Site south of, Marlborough Road, Deal, CT14 9LE CT14 9LE 636103 150915 N 9 0 9 9 0 9 0 Agricultural Buildings at Newlands Farm, Stoneheap Road, East 17/01002 NS Y 26/09/2017 Studdal CT15 5BU Y 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 17/00404 UC Y 26/09/2017 Land adjacent to Garden Mews & NW of Sydney Road, Deal CT14 9GF 636371 150494 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

17/00255 NS Y 04/05/2017 Preston Garage, The Street, Preston CT3 1DP 624974 160513 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 Information 17/00571 NS Y 30/06/2017 Land r/o Coach House, 44 Eythorne Road, Shepherdswell CT15 7PG 626105 148386 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16/00032 NS Y 01/11/2017 Deacon Landscape Management, Wootton Lane, Wootton CT4 6RP 622270 146149 Y 8 0 8 8 0 2 4 2 0 16/01242 UC Y 06/10/2017 Gt Mongeham House, Northbourne Road, Gt Mongeham CT14 0HD 634637 151463 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 COUNCIL 17/01216 UC Y 27/06/2017 Land between 34 & 36 Canterbury Road, Lydden CT15 7ER 627274 145305 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 16/01219 UC Y 20/04/2017 Heathers, Elmstone, Preston, CT3 1HH CT3 1HH 626031 160271 Y 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 17/00874 NS Y 24/10/2017 Barn at Guilford Farm, Singledge Lane, Coldred CT15 5AG Y 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 17/01121 UC Y 22/03/2018 Dublin Man of War PH, Lower Road, River CT17 0RQ 629135 143596 Y 8 0 8 0 8 5 3 0 17/01531 NS Y 08/03/2018 Site at Drainless Farm, Drainless Road, Woodnesborough CT13 0EA 630478 155640 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01406 NS Y 23/01/2018 Trees and land at the end of Park Lane, Park Lane, Preston CT3 1DS 624691 160658 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17/01256 NS Y 07/12/2017 Cedarlea, Victoria Road, Kingsdown, CT14 8DY CT14 8DY 637381 147934 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01474 UC Y 22/03/2018 3 Channel Lea, Walmer CT14 7UG 637332 150319 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 17/01328 NS Y 22/12/2017 Agricultural Building & access at Broadfields Farm, Lydden CT15 7JZ 627117 145665 Y 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 17/01465 NS Y 06/02/2018 15 Bench Street, Dover CT16 1JW 632004 141273 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00014 NS Y 13/03/2018 28 Castle Street, Dover CT16 1PW 632114 141551 Y 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 17/01304 UC Y 19/01/2018 15 Castle Street, Dover CT16 1PU 632117 141587 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 17/01349 NS Y 22/12/2017 9 High Street, Dover CT16 1DP 631581 141731 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0

17/01290 NS Y 13/12/2017 13 St Davids Avenue, Aycliffe CT17 9HU 630826 140162 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 LOCAL 16/00530 UC Y 03/01/2018 Site adj to 5 Friends Close, Deal CT14 6FD 637139 153328 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 17/00564 NS Y 23/01/2018 Land to the rear of Innisfree, Glen Road, Kingsdown CT14 8BS 637195 148636 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00675 NS Y 16/10/2018 Innisfree, Glen Road, Kingsdown CT14 8BS 637195 148636 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01109 NS Y 21/12/2017 Land adj to The Homestead, Homestead Lane, East Studdal CT15 5BN 631629 149531 N 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 17/01504 UC Y 26/03/2018 Land adj to Pegasus, London Rd, Sholden CT14 0AD 635528 152465 N 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 18/01109 NS Y 20/02/2019 10 Chequer Lane, Ash CT3 2ET 628562 158536 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01137 NS Y 21/03/2018 36 & 38 The Droveway, St Margarets Bay CT15 6BZ 636574 144721 Y 2 2 0 0 0 0 17/00994 NS Y 08/02/2018 111 Rectory Road, Deal CT14 9NP 635857 151625 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00802 UC Y 07/02/2018 115 New Street, Ash CT3 2BW 629697 157970 N 2 0 2 0 2 2 0

18/00045 NS Y 08/03/2018 Agricultural Buildings, Lower Rowling Farm, Lower Rowling CT3 1PZ Y 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 PLAN 17/01236 NS Y 31/01/2018 Newsole Farm Barn, Singledge Lane, Whitfield CT15 5AF 628361 146567 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17/01240 NS Y 07/12/2017 Land adj to 100 Church Lane, Deal CT14 9QL 636264 152366 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0

17/01192 NS Y 18/01/2018 Quinces, Sheerwater Road, Preston CT3 2LL 626733 160567 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Audit 17/01288 NS Y 20/02/2018 Land between 15 & 17 Foxborough Close, Woodnesborough CT13 0NR 630740 156554 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17/01279 UC Y 02/03/2018 Land adj to 49 New Street, Ash CT3 2BH 629267 158268 N 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 17/01188 NS Y 16/02/2018 Basement, 18 Castle Street, Dover CT16 1PW 632134 141569 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01098 UC Y 02/02/2018 50 & 51 Biggin Street, Dover CT16 1DB 631822 141565 Y 7 0 7 0 7 7 0 17/01234 NS Y 26/01/2018 The Black Barn, Great Knell Farm, Knell Lane, Ash CT3 2ED 628478 160214 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 REVIEW 17/01004 NS Y 27/02/2018 Eastwood Manor, High Street, Wingham CT3 1BU 624243 157881 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 15/00457 NS Y 13/07/2017 Land adjoining Pentire House, The Leas, Kingsdown CT14 8ER 637952 146704 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15/00992 NS Y 09/05/2017 Delfbridge, 10 Dover Road, Sandwich CT13 0BN 633177 157581 Y 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 Land adjoining 1 Catherine Cottages, Alkham Valley Road, Alkham 16/01029 NS Y 20/03/2018 CT15 7BX 625757 142369 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Land (beyond) to the west of Strathfleet, Victoria Road, Kingsdown 16/01101 NS Y 11/10/2017 CT14 8DY 637286 147768 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16/01336 UC Y 17/10/2017 130 Canterbury Road, Lydden CT15 7ET 626470 145423 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 16/01387 UC Y 15/11/2017 Land adjacent to 120 New Street, Ash CT3 2BW 629770 157934 N 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2018/19 Land adjacent to The Caravan, Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell 16/01444 UC Y 31/07/2017 CT15 7PS 625700 147994 N 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 16/01467 NS Y 18/01/2018 Site at Statenborough Farm Cottage, Felderland Lane, Worth CT14 0BX 631803 155667 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 AMR

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Housing

Agricultural Storage Building, East Street Farm, East Street, Ash DISTRICT 18/01052 NS Y 14/12/2018 CT3 2DA N 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 Units 1 & 2 former Cold Stores, East Street Farm, East Street, Ash 16/01490 NS Y 16/08/2017 CT3 2DA Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17/00425 NS Y 12/12/2017 Land adjacent to 75 Trinity Place, Deal CT14 9JG 636485 151542 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01379 NS Y 27/03/2019 64 Archers Court Road, Whitfield CT16 3HU 630629 145078 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00623 NS Y 08/09/2017 38a Walmer Castle Road, Walmer CT14 7NJ 637323 150258 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 17/00134 NS Y 12/05/2017 1 & 2 Alphege Road, Dover CT16 2PU 631439 142331 Y 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 13/00118 UC Y 30/04/2013 Silverley, Egerton Road, Temple Ewell CT16 3AF N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 16/01412 NS Y 12/05/2017 Plough Filling Station, Folkestone Road, Dover CT15 7AB 628345 139746 Y 9 0 9 9 0 9 0 17/00448 UC Y 29/06/2017 Former Old Chapel Tea Shop, Sea Street, St Margarets CT15 6AR 635961 144672 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/00747 NS Y 07/09/2018 241 London Road, Dover CT17 OTA 630983 142366 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00665 NS Y 16/08/2018 355 London Road, Deal CT14 9PS 636120 151945 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00376 NS Y 11/10/2018 Fairacres & Land rear of Alkham Valley Road, Alkham CT15 7BX 625900 142439 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00122 UC Y 04/04/2018 Land rear of 18-20 Park Street & fronting West Street, Deal CT14 6AG 637535 152702 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/00717 NS Y 10/09/2018 81b Crabble Hill, Dover CT17 ORZ 630336 143036 Y 0 1 -1 -1 0 -1 0 COUNCIL 18/00104 NS Y 23/04/2018 23 High Street, Deal CT14 7AA 637680 152599 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00176 NS Y 25/05/2018 2 Sondes Road, Deal CT14 7BW Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 18/00865 NS Y 10/10/2018 25 Cattle Market, Sandwich CT13 9AP 632961 158095 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00745 NS Y 05/10/2018 49-51 High Street, Dover CT16 1EB 631433 141853 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 18/00348 UC Y 13/06/2018 72 Clarendon Place, Dover CT17 9QD 631181 141161 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 18/00410 UC Y 15/06/2018 Bowling Green Tavern, 164 Church Path, Deal CT14 9UD 636689 152243 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/00142 UC Y 04/06/2018 Land adjoining 6 Ash Road, Aylesham CT3 3DG 623695 152390 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01230 NS Y 10/04/2018 Land rear of 117 Manor Road & adjoining 437 Folkestone Road, CT17 9JX 630129 140536 N 1 0 1 0 1 Information Dover 1 0 18/00544 NS Y 01/10/2018 Land rear of 9 Hill Drive, Eastry CT13 0DU 630932 155277 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00718 NS Y 28/08/2018 The Black Barn, Lower Street, Tilmanstone CT14 0JA N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00877 NS Y 18/10/2018 Agricultural Buildings, Dambridge Farm, Staple Road, Wingham CT3 1LU N 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 18/00837 NS Y 26/09/2018 Sandhills Farm, Sandhills, Ash CT3 2NG N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 LOCAL The Piggery (Land between Overhill and Borneo), Northbourne Road, 18/00155 UC Y 29/05/2018 East Studdal CT15 5DE N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/00485 NS Y 06/07/2018 59 Biggin Street, Dover CT16 1DD 631778 141604 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00455 UC Y 03/08/2018 7 Castle Street, Dover CT16 1PT Y 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 18/00450 NS Y 20/07/2018 209 Folkestone Road, Dover CT17 9SL 630855 141198 Y 4 1 3 3 0 3 0 18/00572 NS Y 24/07/2018 Land rear of 49 Church Lane, Deal CT14 9QJ 636599 152488 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00851 NS Y 25/10/2018 147 New Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne CT18 7LF 625191 138656 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00488 NS Y 20/08/2018 Land rear of 97 London Road, Deal CT14 9TP 637087 152277 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00431 NS Y 22/08/2018 Dial House, 23 St Margarets Road, St Margarets Bay CT15 6EQ 636303 144143 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 18/00350 UC Y 14/06/2018 50 Mongeham Road, Deal CT14 9PG 635579 151975 Y 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 PLAN 18/00440 NS Y 31/07/2018 23 Templar Street, Dover CT17 0BP 631226 141937 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 18/00067 NS Y 18/04/2018 The Forge, 83 Church Hll, Shepherdswell CT15 7NT 626168 147814 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00356 UC Y 25/05/2018 7 Market Square, Dover CT16 1LZ 631965 141446 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00503 NS Y 09/08/2018 Resthaven, Queens Road, Ash CT3 2BG 628869 158571 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 18/00139 NS Y 24/08/2018 Bracknell House, 34 Helena Road, Capel le Ferne CT18 7LQ Y 1 -11 -10 -10 0 -10 0 18/00451 UC Y 28/08/2018 Breezes, St Vincent Road, St Margarets at Cliffe CT15 6ET 635504 145505 Y 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 18/00382 NS Y 16/08/2018 Old Barn House, Townsend Farm Road, St Margarets at Cliffe CT15 6JJ 635730 144895 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00752 NS Y 05/04/2018 Swerford, The Avenue, Temple Ewell CT16 3AW 629147 144383 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00797 NS Y 18/10/2018 Agricultural Buildings at Great Ware Farm, Ware Farm Road, Ash CT3 2NA N 3 0 3 0 3 REVIEW 3 0 17/01446 NS Y 19/07/2018 Land to the rear of 59 and 61 Maison Dieu Road, Dover CT16 1RA 631540 142111 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17/00931 NS Y 06/08/2018 Land at Cowgate Hill, Dover CT17 9AY 631751 141329 Y 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 17/00704 NS Y 25/06/2018 Beacon Church and Christian Centre, London Road, Dover CT17 0SS 631224 142193 Y 9 0 9 9 0 0 17/01536 NS Y 11/05/2018 43-65 & land adjoining, Randolph Road, Dover CT17 0FZ 630481 142086 Y 17 12 5 5 0 5 0

18/00502 UC Y 20/09/2018 104-106 High Street, Deal CT14 6EE 637690 152885 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Audit 18/00862 NS Y 09/10/2018 59 Mill Road, Deal CT14 9AH 637094 152008 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00809 NS Y 27/09/2018 134 Crabble Hill, Dover CT17 0SA 630163 143108 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 18/00796 NS Y 30/10/2018 113 London Road, Deal CT14 9TR 637024 152278 N 1 0 1 1 0 0 18/00044 UC Y 17/05/2018 65 London Road, Dover CT17 0SP 631132 142272 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/00548 NS Y 19/07/2018 First & Second Floors, 96 High Street, Deal CT14 6EE 637689 152868 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00670 UC Y 04/09/2018 140 West Street, Deal CT14 6DY 637494 153027 Y 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 17/01462 NS Y 20/06/2018 173-175 Beach Street, Deal CT14 6LE 637779 153163 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01447 UC Y 07/06/2018 Land at Vicarage Lane, Tilmanstone CT14 0JG 630160 151147 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/00649 NS Y 16/08/2018 23 Chamberlain Road, Dover CT17 0BZ 630526 141741 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00668 UC Y 16/08/2018 The Firs, 114 Dover Road, Sandwich CT13 0DB 632622 156847 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00463 UC Y 27/07/2018 Leyburne House, 86 Leyburne Road, Dover CT16 1SH 632076 141888 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 18/00492 Y 13/09/2018 Linwood Youth Centre, 92 Mill Road, Deal CT14 9AH 637230 152214 Y 6 0 6 6 0 3 3 0 18/00606 NS Y 24/09/2018 Land adjacent to 180 London Road, Deal CT14 9PT N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00648 NS Y 18/09/2018 104-106 West Street, Deal CT14 6EB Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2018/19 18/00317 NS Y 24/05/2018 Wincolmlee, 46 Salisbury Road, St Margarets Bay CT15 6DP 636963 144901 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01070 NS Y 04/12/2018 59 Gladstone Road, Walmer CT14 7ET 637627 152007 Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 18/00786 NS Y 30/11/2018 Land to the south of Stable End, Jubilee Road, Worth CT14 0DN N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00483 UC Y 30/06/2017 Solleys Farm House, The Street, Worth CT14 0DG 633752 156122 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/01040 NS Y 26/11/2018 Meadowside, Stoneheap Road, East Studdal CT15 5BU 632038 149970 Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 18/00282 Y 05/12/2018 The White House, 3 St Margaret's Road, St Margaret's Bay CT15 6EQ 636505 144301 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01072 UC Y 14/12/2018 1 & 2 Clipgate Bungalows, Lodge Lees, Denton CT4 6NS Y 2 2 0 2 0 0 18/01098 NS Y 14/12/2018 28 Winchelsea Street, Dover CT17 9ST Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01029 UC Y 20/12/2018 51 Church Lane, Deal CT14 9QJ 636576 152488 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/00816 NS Y 16/11/2018 Site r/o 89-91, Folkestone Road, Dover, CT17 9SD 631335 141366 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00751 NS Y 24/12/2018 Land between 5 & 6 Woodside Close, Kearsney CT16 3BP 629317 143965 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 18/01117 NS Y 11/12/2018 Derwent, Common Lane, River CT17 0PN 629025 143178 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00591 NS Y 12/12/2018 1a Victoria Street, Dover CT17 0EL 630874 142367 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 18/00878 NS Y 11/01/2019 Land adjacent to 57 New Street, Ash CT3 2BH 629250 158287 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01099 NS Y 03/01/2019 The Old Butchers, 31 High Street, Wingham CT3 1AB 627337 157392 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 18/01166 NS Y 11/01/2019 Agricultural Buildings at Mellands Farm, Stourmouth Road, Preston CT3 1HP N 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 18/01145 UC Y 03/01/2019 Minters Barn, Durlock Road, Ash CT3 2HU 627686 158043 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/01308 NS Y 15/01/2019 Rookery Farm, Longmete Road, Preston CT3 1DN 625348 160219 N 3 0 3 3 0 3 0

Page 4 of 13 139 Net APPLICATION Appn Is this a Decision PDL Gain Lost Units not Units under Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Units phased Site Address/Location Post Code Easting Northing remaining started construction 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 2031/32 2032/33 beyond 2032/33 number status "windfall" date (Y/N) remaining remaining (extant) 18/01227 UC Y 11/01/2019 5 Allenby Avenue, Deal CT14 9AZ 636976 151941 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/01197 UC Y 03/01/2019 26 Templar Street, Dover CT17 0BP 631208 141954 Y 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 18/01097 UC Y 15/02/2019 Quietways, The Avenue, St Margarets CT15 6BE N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/01147 NS Y 15/03/2019 13 Castle Street, Dover CT16 1PT 632127 141595 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 18/01157 NS Y 05/02/2019 49-51 High Street, Dover CT16 1EB 631433 141853 Y 2 0 2 2 0 0 18/01324 NS Y 26/03/2019 Swinge Hill Cottage, Hurst Lane, Capel le Ferne CT18 7EZ 624549 139652 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0

18/00949 NS Y 06/02/2019 Part of Piglet Place, Fleming Road, Barnsole, Staple CT3 1LG Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 two 18/01230 NS Y 08/02/2019 122 London Road, Dover CT17 0TG 630813 142558 Y 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 18/01121 NS Y 11/02/2019 51A Salisbury Road, Dover CT16 1EX Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01319 UC Y 11/03/2019 3 London Road, River CT17 0SF 630003 143225 N 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18/01357 Y 18/03/2019 1 Sydney Road, Deal CT14 9JP 636569 150691 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 19/00019 NS Y 19/03/2019 84 Leyburne Road, Dover CT16 1SH 632055 141901 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/00643 NS Y 25/03/2019 Land on the west side of Moat Lane, Ash CT3 2DG 628963 158176 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01165 NS Y 25/03/2019 The Chalet & Milners Land between Claremont Road, Kingsdown CT14 8BU 637340 148757 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01109 NS Y 20/02/2019 10 Chequer Lane, Ash CT3 2ET 628566 158545 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01184 NS Y 26/02/2019 1 Harnet House, Harnet Street, Sandwich CT13 9ES 632938 158236 Y 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 18/01345 NS Y 25/02/2019 60 Granville Road, St Margarets Bay CT15 6DT 637088 144929 N 1 1 0 0 0 0 Housing 18/01378 UC Y 27/03/2019 Ashen Tree House, Ashen Tree Lane, Dover CT16 1QL 632180 141647 Y 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 DOVER 18/01291 NS Y 07/02/2019 60 Nursery Lane, Whitfield, Dover CT16 3EX 629827 145381 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 19/00094 Y 21/03/2019 365 Middle Deal Road, Deal CT14 9SN 636388 152032 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18/01038 NS Y 13/02/2019 4A Bench Street, Dover, CT16 1JH 631966 141312 Y 5 2 3 3 0 3 0 17/00966 NS Y 19/07/2018 Barn at Appletree Farm, Stourmouth Road, Preston CT3 1HP 625160 161466 Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00464 NS Y 21/05/2018 Land at Cam Hill Farm, Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell CT15 7PU Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/01434 NS Y 15/11/2018 Walletts Court, Dover Road, West Cliffe CT15 6EW 634907 144743 N 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16/01050 UC Y 23/12/2016 Woodside Residential Home, Whitfield Hill, Whitfield CT16 3BE 629392 143751 N 8 0 8 0 8 8 0 18/00950 NS Y 30/11/2018 313 Dover Road, Walmer CT14 7NS Y 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17/00246 NS Y 30/04/2018 Old Rectory, Church Hill, Eythorne CT15 4AE 627994 149647 Y 9 0 9 9 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 DISTRICT ADD NEW LINE ABOVE THIS LINE IF REQUIRED 0 0

TOTALS 4562 42 4498 3876 626 571 733 779 585 373 182 166 166 95 95 95 89 75 75 0 Information COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN Audit REVIEW 2018/19 AMR

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Units Policy/Site PDL Remaining Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing phased Site Address/Location Easting Northing Reference (Y/N) Units 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 2031/32 2032/33 beyond 2032/33

AY1 North of Aylesham 623480 152820 G 0 0 CP10 Connaught Barracks 632341 142390 PDL 436 86 100 100 50 50 50 0 PLAN CP11 Whitfield 630130 146660 G 4267 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 3,767 CP8 Dover Waterfront 631846 140941 PDL 266 53 53 53 53 54 0

CP9 Mid Town 631797 141818 PDL 100 33 33 34 0 REVIEW

LA3 Charlton Green Sorting Office 631489 142172 PDL 0 0

LA4 Albany Place Car Park 631829 141243 PDL 15 15 0 Audit Manor View Nursery, Lower Road, Temple LA5 Ewell 628679 144077 PDL 11 5 6 0

Adjacent to the former Melbourne County LA6 Primary School 631127 143835 G 10 5 5 0

LA7 Former TA Centre, London Road, 631031 142275 PDL 10 5 5 0 LA8 Coombe Valley 629745 142037 PDL 392 40 60 60 60 0 LA9 Buckland Paper Mill 630457 142856 PDL 150 36 38 38 38 0 2018/19

LA10 Factory Building, Lorne Road 630921 142534 PDL 8 0

LA10 Land off Dunedin Drive 631088 143130 PDL 8 8 0

LA10 Land off Wycherley Crescent 630815 143808 G 10 10 0 LA10 Westmount College, Folkestone Road 631062 141383 PDL 100 25 25 25 25 0

LA10 Old Park, Old Park Hill (Elysium park) 630445 143740 G 0 0

Land to the north west Sholden New Rd LA12 (Sholden new Fields) 635577 152696 G 0 0

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Land between Deal and Sholden (Timperly LA13 Place) 636207 152573 G 0 0 Information

LA14 51-77 Station Road, Walmer, Deal 636388 149944 G 0 0 COUNCIL

LA15 Stalco Engineering 126 Mongeham Road 635248 151819 PDL 36 10 25 0

LA15 Former Deal County Primary School 636793 151659 PDL 0 0 Land to the rear of 133-147 St Richard's LA15 Road 636020 151010 G 0 10 11 0

Land west of St. Barts Road and South of LA16 Woodnesborough Road (Abbey Homes) 632503 157447 G 120 20 50 50 0 Land adj Sandwich Technology School, LA17 Deal Road 632902 157121 G 60 30 30 0 LOCAL

LA20 Land at Chequer Lane, Molland Lea, Ash 628670 158906 G 0 0 Land between Cherry Garden Lane and 79 LA21 Sandwich Road, Ash 629468 158316 PDL 95 17 17 16 0

LA22 Land at Millfield, Ash 628381 158112 G 0 0 PLAN Audit LA23 Former Council Yard, Molland Lea 628624 158825 PDL 5 5 0

LA23 67-99 Sandwich Road, Ash 629658 158373 PDL 0 0 REVIEW

Land at The Vineries & 111 and New LA23 Street, Ash 629709 157935 G 0 0

LA23 Guilton Farm, Guilton 628002 158261 PDL 0 0 2018/19 Land to the south of New Dover Road, between Capel Court Caravan Park and LA24 Helena Road, Capel (Jarvis Homes) 625436 138646 G 0 0 AMR

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Units Policy/Site PDL Remaining Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing phased Site Address/Location Easting Northing Reference (Y/N) Units 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 2031/32 2032/33 beyond 2032/33

Land to the north of the junction of Capel LA25 Street and Winehouse Lane, Capel le Ferne 625088 139470 G 0 0 Land between 107 & 127 Capel Street, PLAN LA26 Capel 624935 139244 G 40 12 11 11 0

LA27 Gore Field, Gore Lane, Eastry 630473 154935 G 0 0 REVIEW

LA28 Eastry Court Farm, Eastry 631163 154900 G 0 0

LA29 Eastry Hospital, Eastry 630787 154561 PDL 0 0 Audit

LA30 The Old Chalk Pit, Heronden Road, Eastry 630129 154417 PDL 20 10 10 0

LA30 Land to the west of Gore Lane 630678 155221 G 0 0

LA32 Land off Mill Lane, Shepherdswell 626483 147958 G 0 5 5 0 2018/19

LA32 Land at 4 Mill Lane 626271 147820 G 0 0

LA33 Builders Yard, 67 High St, Wingham 624401 157660 PDL 0 0

LA33 Land North of College Way 624459 157354 G 0 0

Land to the south of Staple Rd and north LA33 of Goodnestone Road 624589 157103 G 0 0

Land north of Langdon Primary school, LA34 East Langdon 633435 146388 G 0 0 LA35 East Studdal Nursery, East Studdal 632590 149771 PDL 30 10 10 10 0

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LA35 Homestead Lane 631625 149532 G 0 0 Information

LA36 Sweetbriar Lane, Elvington 628114 150525 G 50 17 17 16 0 COUNCIL

LA36 Land adjacent to Homeside, Eythorne 628333 149617 G 25 5 5 5 5 5 0

LA36 Land adjacent to Homeside, Eythorne 628333 149617 G 0

LA36 Land to east of Adelaide Rd, Eythorne 627901 149938 G 0 0

Land adjacent to 2 Shepherdswell Rd, LA36 Eythorne 627998 149581 G 0 0 LOCAL

Land at Northbourne Road, Great LA37 Mongeham 634347 151575 G 0 0

LA37 Great Mongeham Farm, Cherry Lane 634666 151268 G 0 0 PLAN

LA37 Mongeham Farm, Mongeham Rd 635068 151501 G 0 0 Audit

Land between Alice Cottage and Walstead LA37 Great Mongeham 634687 151346 G 0 0 REVIEW

Land between the village hall and The LA38 Bothy, Upper Street, Kingsdown 637804 148385 PDL 0 0

Land between Innisfree and Glen Lodge, LA39 Glen Rd, Kingsdown 637177 148634 G 0 0 2018/19 Land adjacent to Box Tree Cottage, LA39 Hangmans Lane, Ringwould 635718 148256 G 0 0 AMR

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Units Policy/Site PDL Remaining Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing phased Site Address/Location Easting Northing Reference (Y/N) Units 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 2031/32 2032/33 beyond 2032/33

Land at Canterbury Road, Lydden LA40 (Pentland) 626686 145527 G 0 0 PLAN

LA41 Prima Windows, Easole Street, Nonington 626333 152171 PDL 35 15 20 0

LA42 Land at Lynton Mill Lane 626260 152071 G 0 0

The Paddock, Townsend Farm, St REVIEW LA43 Margarets at Cliffe 635759 144827 G 0 0

Land at the junction of Station Rd and LA44 Nelson Park Rd 635266 145614 G 0 0 Audit

Land to the west of Orchard Lea, The LA45 Street 626911 156602 G 0 0

Land between Stoneleigh and Nine Acres, LA46 The Street, Woodnesborough 630915 156866 G 0 0

Land at Laslett's Yard and adjacent, LA47 Beacon Lane, Woodnesborough 630669 156928 PDL 0 0 2018/19

WDP01 Bisley Nursery Development 633517 156216 PDL 0 0 ADD NEW LINE ABOVE THIS LINE IF REQUIRED

0

TOTALS 6299 0 15 61 61 186 358 396 284 326 154 148 148 84 50 3,767

Page 10 of 13 145 Completions in year to 31 March 2019

Post PDL APPLICATION number Windfall Y/N Site Address/Location Easting Northing Gain Lost Net Code (Y/N) 13/00798 Y 97 & 97A High Street, Wingham 624412 157836 Y 3 1 2

16/01115 Y Lenacre Court Farm, Lenacre Lane, Whitfield, CT16 3HL 629920 145702 N 2 0 2 two 18/01350 Y North Court Cottage, West Stourmouth CT3 1HT 625645 163025 Y 2 1 1 16/01161 N Bisley Nursery, The Street, Worth CT14 0DD 633517 156216 N 8 0 8 16/00180 N Aylesham Village Expansion, (Phase1B), Aylesham (Barratt Homes) 623388 152915 N 104 0 104 Phase 1, B1, Part 2, Aylesham Village Expansion, Aylesham, CT3 3BW (Persimmon 15/01133 N Homes) 623309 152785 N 51 0 51

16/00985 N Phase 1B2 & IB3 Aylesham Village Expansion, Aylesham (Persimmon Homes) 623279 152621 N 96 0 96 15/01225 N Land adjoining Mill Field, New Street, Ash, CT3 2BD CT3 2BD 629382 158121 N 10 0 10 16/00968 N Land at West Side, Westside, East Langdon, CT15 5JG CT15 5JG 633435 146388 N 10 0 10 16/00521 Y Land east of 1 & 2, Woodnesborough Lane, Eastry, CT13 0DX CT13 0DX 630973 155317 N 12 0 12 Housing 17/00468 Y Site at 3 Malvern Meadow, Temple Ewell CT16 3AH 629180 144082 N 1 0 1 DOVER 13/00261 N Former Barwick Site, Coombe Valley Road, Dover, CT17 0EY CT17 0EY 630616 142230 Y 8 0 8 16/00017 Y Land at North Barrack Site, (East Section) Trafalgar Drive 637540 151660 Y 4 0 4 16/00172 Y 6 Park Avenue, Dover, CT16 1ER 631743 142025 Y 2 1 1 17/00054 Y Site at King Lear PH, Old Folkestone Road, Aycliffe CT17 9HB 630594 140068 Y 8 0 8 18/00596 Y 9 St James Street, Dover CT16 1QD 632203 141514 Y 1 0 1 17/01502 Y 11 Maison Dieu Place CT16 1DX 631536 141863 Y 1 0 1 17/01498 Y Land to the rear of 48 Valley Road & Fronting Beresford Road, River CT17 0QW 628498 143277 N 1 0 1 17/01360 Y 28 Priory Hill CT17 0AA 631443 141775 Y 3 1 2 17/00903 Y 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors, Riverside, 27 Castle Street, Dover CT16 1PT 632098 141569 Y 3 0 3 17/00489 Y Site at Kingdom Hall, North Military Road, Dover CT17 9RZ 631565 141406 Y 4 0 4

15/00525 N Land south of New Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne (Jarvis Homes) 625461 138601 N 10 0 10 DISTRICT 16/01211 Y 149 Capel Street, Capel-le-Ferne, CT18 7EY CT18 7EY 625043 139441 N 1 1 0 16/01034 Y Land adjacent to 36 Westside, East Langdon, CT15 5JG CT15 5JG 633481 146360 N 1 0 1 15/00701 Y Anchorage & Collingwood Cottage, Collingwood Road, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, CT15 CT15 6EZ 635919 145997 Y 1 1 0 15/00908 Y Cliffe Place, Station Road, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, CT15 6ES CT15 6ES 636566 145251 Y 1 1 0 18/00382 Y Old Barn House, Townsend Farm Road, St Margarets at Cliffe CT15 6JJ 635730 144895 Y 1 0 1 16/01249 Y Red Lion PH, Kingsdown Road, St Margaret's-at-Cliffe CT15 6AZ 635811 144921 Y 1 0 1 15/00490 Y Upper Freedown, Kingsdown Road, St Margaret's at Cliffe 636492 145616 Y 1 0 1 17/00698 Y Limes Business Centre, 6 Broad Street, Deal CT14 6ER 637740 152595 Y 1 0 1 14/00852 Y 22 Harold Road, Deal CT14 6QH 637443 153891 N 1 0 1 17/01400 Y 297 London Road, Deal CT14 9PP 636305 151948 Y 2 1 1 Information 16/00282 Y Land adjacent to Wychway, The Rise, Kingsdown CT14 8DH 637304 148316 N 1 0 1 17/00268 Y Forge House & land rear of Dover Road, Ringwould CT14 8HG 635939 148092 N 1 0 1 18/00106 Y Hygeia, 106 Wellington Parade, Kingsdown CT14 8AF 637974 148816 N 1 0 1 17/00383 Y Land at and adjoining Gillows, Hawksdown, Walmer CT14 7PH 636827 149843 N 1 0 1 COUNCIL 17/00648 Y 32 Station Road, Walmer CT14 7QS N 1 0 1 17/00450 Y Railway Hotel, 85 Station Road, Walmer CT14 7RL 636367 150218 Y 7 0 7 11/00430 Y 35 Ark Lane, Deal 637493 153267 Y 1 0 1 16/00838 Y 22, 24 & 24A, Mill Hill, Deal CT14 9EN 636606 151457 Y 2 2 0 13/00972 Y Part of, 86 Liverpool Road, Walmer, Deal CT14 7PS 637245 149833 N 1 0 1 18/00950 Y 313 Dover Road, Walmer, Deal CT14 7NS Y 1 0 1 14/00556 Y Folly Cottage, 14 High Street, Wingham CT3 1AZ 624310 157260 Y 2 1 1 15/00292 Y Red Lion, Canterbury Road, Wingham CT3 1BB 624309 157379 Y 2 0 2 16/00666 Y 1 The Old Fairground, High Street, Wingham CT3 1BU 625265 167844 N 1 0 1 16/01384 Y Deaconland Farm, Deacon Lane, Preston CT3 1HN 626349 159909 N 1 0 1 17/01382 Y 64-65 High Street, Wingham CT3 1BJ 624325 157640 Y 0 1 -1 15/00638 N Land at Upton House, 4 Mill Lane, Shepherdswell CT15 7LJ 626271 147820 N 2 0 2

17/00548 Y Land adjacent to the White Horse, Church Hill, Eythorne CT15 4AE 628061 149656 Y 2 0 2 LOCAL 17/01392 Y Preston Garage, The Street, Preston CT3 1DP 624974 160513 Y 1 0 1 15/00821 Y Former Nursery and Builders Yard, The Forstal, Preston CT3 1DR 624787 160620 Y 2 0 2 16/01482 Y Largs, Mill Lane, Shepherdswell CT15 7LT 626699 148276 Y 1 1 0 16/00947 Y 24 Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell, CT15 7PT 625586 148167 N 1 0 1 16/01444 Y Land adjacent to The Caravan, Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell CT15 7PS 625700 147994 N 2 0 2 16/00212 Y Barn at Barton Farm, Westmarsh, Ash, CT3 2LW 627410 161322 N 1 0 1 17/00267 N Land adjoining Sunhillow, Gore Road, Eastry CT13 0ED 630674 155197 N 2 0 2 17/00731 Y The Diary, Drove Farm, Drainless Road, Eastry CT13 0EA 630799 155616 N 1 0 1 14/00642 Y Hammill Brickworks, Hammill, Woodnesborough 629401 155822 Y 1 0 1

15/00323 Y Barn and Stables at Saunders House, Saunders Lane, Ash CT3 2BX 629837 158399 N 1 0 1 PLAN 17/00702 Y Land Fronting, 92A The Street, Ash CT3 2AA 628923 158455 Y 1 0 1 17/01418 Y 30/32 The Street, Ash CT3 2EW 628632 158434 Y 2 1 1 16/00874 Y The Black Barn, Hoaden Court Farm, Overland Lane, Ash CT3 2LF 627352 159794 Y 1 0 1 Audit 17/00003 N Orchard Lea, The Street, Staple CT3 1LN 626911 156602 N 1 0 1 16/01191 N Orchard Lea, The Street, Staple CT3 1LN 626911 156602 N 2 0 2 17/01534 Y Land adjoining Fairways, Beacon Lane, Woodnesborough CT13 0PA 630616 156888 N 1 0 1 18/01246 Y 37 The Street, Ash CT3 2HH Y 1 0 1

18/00041 Y 31 Dorman Avenue North, Aylesham CT3 3BP 623423 152521 N 1 0 1 REVIEW 15/00878 N Phase 1 & Sub Phase 1A, WUE (land south east of Archers Court Road, Whitfield) 631123 145230 N 30 0 30 15/00256 Y Land at Salvatori, North and South of Grove Road, Preston, CT3 1EF (Preston Grange) 625037 161433 Y 17 0 17 18/00199 Y Land on the north east side of Grove Road, Preston 624905 161483 Y 2 0 2 17/00277 Y Fairview House, 22 Park Avenue, Dover CT16 1HE 631680 142272 Y 1 1 0 18/00765 Y Church Farm, Church Lane, West Langdon CT16 5HF N 4 0 4 18/00658 Y Caravan Plot 4, Rose Garden, Hay Hill CT14 0ED N 3 1 2 0 0

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Phased Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing TOTAL beyond 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 2031/32 2032/33 2033/34 2034/35 2035/36 2036/37 2037/38 2038/39 2039/40 2040

Extant Units (from Extant Sheet) 571 733 779 585 373 182 166 166 95 95 95 89 75 75 75 75 75 0 0 0 0 4,304 0 Local Plan Allocated sites (From DISTRICT 0 15 61 61 186 358 396 284 326 154 148 148 84 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 2,621 3,817 Allocation sheet) Any Other agreed sites (please input) Windfalls (please input) 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 1,242

Total phased land supply 571 748 840 715 628 609 631 519 490 318 312 306 228 194 194 194 194 119 119 119 119 8,167 3,817

Land Use C2 (Care Homes/student accomodation) - please input Information Total Accomdation supply 571 748 840 715 628 609 631 519 490 318 312 306 228 194 194 194 194 119 119 119 119 8,167 3,817 COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN Audit REVIEW 2018/19 AMR 2018/19 148 77 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19 three Infrastructure Delivery Table 78

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Appendix 3 Infrastructure Delivery Table

Table 3.1

Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type Transport Terminal 2 - Dover 2006-2011 A Harbour Western Docks Ferry Revision Terminal (Port of Dover 2011-2016 Order was Masterplan) granted for 2016-2021 Terminal 2 in 2021-2026 November 2011 and work on the remainder of the Dover West Docks is ongoing. A new marina pier was opened in May 2019. Transport Package of sustainable 2006-2011 Dover (cont) transport measures for District Dover (identified in Dover 2011-2016 Council, Transport Strategy) working in 2016-2021 partnership with KCC 2021-2026 Highways and Highways England have commissioned WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff to prepare the Dover/Deal Transportation Study. Part of this commission involves 150 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type reviewing and updating the Dover Transportation Strategy and using the updated Model to test sites that have come forward through the HELAA process. Dover town centre to 2006-2011 Dover Whitfield express bus link District (Dover Transport 2011-2016 Council has Strategy) been 2016-2021 awarded £15.8m 2021-2026 from the Government's Housing Infrastructure Fund to support a Bus Rapid Transit between Whitfield, Dover town centre and Dover Priory Railway station. Transport Identification of access 2006-2011 Construction (cont) arrangements into of a Whitfield from A2 and 2011-2016 roundabout A256 on the 151 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type 2016-2021 A256 is complete 2021-2026 and work underway on the BRT. Affordable Provision of forms of 2006-2011 During the Housing non-market housing - the monitoring Regional Spatial Strategy 2011-2016 period of seeks 30% of total 2018/19, housing completions to be 2016-2021 32 affordable. This equates affordable 2021-2026 to at least 3,030 housing affordable homes by 2026 units were and 4,200 in relation to completed. the Strategy's total These units provision of 14,000 were homes. (see also the completed Strategic Housing Market throughout Assessment) the District.

Education New secondary school 2006-2011 A £11m facilities in Dover and new build Deal 2011-2016 and refurbishment 2016-2021 project creating 2021-2026 state of the art facilities has recently been completed at Dover Christ Church Academy Primary School provision 2006-2011 Planning permission 2011-2016 has been granted for 2016-2021 a new primary 152 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type 2021-2026 school on Phase 1c , of the WUE which is due to be opened by Autumn 2020.

Work is underway on a replacement 2 storey junior school building at Barton County Primary School, Dover.

Health Replacement facility for 2006-2011 The new Buckland Hospital, Dover Community (PCT/Hospital Trust 2011-2016 Hospital in programme) Coombe 2016-2021 Valley opened in 2021-2026 June 2016.

Two/ three new general 2006-2011 There has practitioner based been a facilities in Dover (PCT 2011-2016 resolution advice 2008). to grant 2016-2021 planning permission 2021-2026 for a new Health Care facility in the Village Centre as part of the 153 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type Whitfield urban expansion. Social Replacement indoor sport 2006-2011 A new 26 Infrastructure and recreation facility, m district Dover 2011-2016 Leisure Centre 2016-2021 opened in February 2021-2026 2019 which includes the first county standard eight lane competition swimming pool. Indoor sports facility at 2006-2011 Phase 1 of Aylesham (District Sport the and Recreation Strategy 2011-2016 Aylesham 2008) Welfare 2016-2021 Leisure Centre 2021-2026 opened in October 2011. Phase II, the indoor sports facility, will be funded via development contributions once a significant of number of dwellings are occupied in the 154 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type Aylesham expansion area. Two artificial turf pitches 2006-2011 Replacement (floodlight, full size) of worn out (District Sport & 2011-2016 facility at Recreation Strategy 2008) Dover 2016-2021 which is still 2021-2026 required. New facility at Sandwich, provided 2008/09. Adult social services - 2006-2011 During the Local Hubs, day activities monitoring for older people including 2011-2016 period, dementia care, Telecare there were services, Adult Changing 2016-2021 no adult Places and drop in service social 2021-2026 for people with learning services or disabilities, short term local hub breaks/Training for life related flats projects in the Dover District however the Council is continuing to engage with KCC on the County Council’s aspirations to improve services offered from Discovery Centre, so 155 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AMR 2018/19

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type it can function as a hub. Green Wetland nature reserve - 2006-2011 Work has Infrastructure Worth Minnis (Regional now been Spatial Strategy Policy 2011-2016 completed EKA7) on this 2016-2021 project. 2021-2026

Improve condition of 2006-2011 Up on the AONB, especially chalk Downs has grassland (Kent Wildlife 2011-2016 created, Habitat Survey 2003 and restored Kent Downs AONB 2016-2021 and Management Plan) improved 2021-2026 175ha of chalk grassland habitat for the benefit of wildlife and people within and adjacent to the AONB, including the creation of two new nature reserves .

Kearnsey Parks HLF project is underway, which includes plans to restore about

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type 0.5ha of chalk grassland.

Improve condition of 2006-2011 Management Kingsdown to Walmer plan Local Wildlife Site (Kent 2011-2016 developed. Area Agreement 2008) Local 2016-2021 progress being 2021-2026 undertaken in discharge of a unilateral undertaking linked to planning permission DOV/12/00770. Develop Green 2006-2011 The Green Infrastructure Framework Infrastructure 2011-2016 Strategy is being 2016-2021 updated as part of the 2021-2026 Local Plan Review. Utility Services Water supply (Water 2006-2011 Discussions Cycle Study 2008) are 2011-2016 ongoing with Affinity 2016-2021 Water/Southern Water 2021-2026 regarding the supply of water to enable the district's growth

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type aspiration to be delivered. Waste water system 2006-2011 As above. (Water Cycle Study 2008) 2011-2016

2016-2021

2021-2026

Gas mains 2006-2011 The planning 2011-2016 applications for Phase 1 2016-2021 and 1a at Whitfield 2021-2026 include gas main reinforcement works to ensure supplies to 2,600 dwellings Electricity supply (EDF 2006-2011 The Energy Assessment 2008) planning 2011-2016 applications for Phase 1 2016-2021 and 1a at Whitfield 2021-2026 include works to an existing substation which would support some 3,000 dwellings

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Infrastructure Infrastructure Required Broad Timing Comment Type Flood New flood defence system 2006-2011 Sandwich Defences required from Sandwich flood to Pegwell Bay 2011-2016 defences were 2016-2021 completed during the 2021-2026 summer of 2015. In March and April 2016 the Kingsdown sea defence scheme was implemented.

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Table 4.1 DISTRICT Appendix

Parish Post Office Shop Public Village Hall Medical Church Primary Children's Other Bus Train Council House/Café/ Facilities School Play Area Community Facilties

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Alkham N Y Y Y N Y N Y N Y N 4 Ash N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N LOCAL Parish

Aylesham Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PLAN Capel le N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Ferne REVIEW

Denton N N Y Y N Y N Y N Y N Services with Wootton

Eastry Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N

Eythorne & Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Elvington and Goodnestone N N Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N & Chillenden

Great N Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N Mongeham

Guston N N Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N 161 four Hougham N N N Y N Y N Y N N N without

East Y Y Y Y H Y Y Y Y Y Y Appendix Langdon, Martin, Martin Mill, West

Langdon DOVER

Lydden N N Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y 4

Nonnington N N N Y N Y Y N N Y N DISTRICT Parish Northbourne, N N Y Y N Y Y Y N Y N Little Betteshanger, Finglesham COUNCIL

Preston & N Y Y Y N Y Y N N Y N Services Elmstone

Ringwould N Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N LOCAL with Kingsdown PLAN Ripple N Y Y Y N Y N Y N Y N and

Shepherdswell N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y REVIEW with Coldred Facilities

St Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N AMR Margarets 2018/19 Staple & N N Y Y N Y N N N Y N Barnsole 162 91 92 Facilities four DOVER Stourmouth N N Y N N N N N N Y N

Sutton, N Y N Y N Y N N N Y N DISTRICT Little Appendix Mongeham, Ashley, East Studdal COUNCIL

Tilmanstone N Y Y Y N Y N Y N Y N

Wingham, Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N 4

Wingham LOCAL

Green Parish

Woodnesborough N N N Y N Y N Y N Y N PLAN

Worth, N N Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N Sandwich REVIEW

Bay Services Estate and 163

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Housing Supply Technical Paper 2019

December 2019 164 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

Contents

1 Executive Summary 3 2 Introduction 4 3 Housing Requirement 5 4 Methodology 6 Past under-delivery 6 Appropriate buffer 6 5 Components of the Housing Supply 8 Deliverability 8 Common considerations and assumptions 9 Non-major sites with planning permission 10 Major sites with detailed planning consent 10 Major sites with outline planning permission 11 Allocations 11 Windfalls 11 6 Five Year Housing Supply Assessment 14 7 Future Actions 16

Appendix

1 Local Housing Need Calculation 18 2 Phasing of Non-Major sites 21 3 Phasing of Major sites with Full Planning Permission 29 4 Phasing of Major sites with Outline Planning Permission 33 5 Phasing of Allocations 36 6 Historic Windfalls 45

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1 Executive Summary

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was updated in 2018 and early 2019. The update places an onus on Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) to demonstrate the deliverability of major sites of 10+ dwellings with outline planning consent, permission in principle and identified on a brownfield register for their inclusion within a 5 year housing supply calculation.

At 1 April 2019 Dover District Council (the Council) has a Local Housing Need of 629 dwellings per annum, which means a requirement of 3,145 dwellings over the five year period (2019-2024).

The Council at 1 April 2019 can demonstrate 5.30 years worth of housing supply measured against the governments housing land supply calculation.

During the monitoring year 2018/19 there were 446 dwellings (net) completed.

Dover District Council has a housing delivery test result of 92% for the reporting years, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, and this position results in a requirement to place a 5% buffer on the 5 year housing supply calculation, and for the Council to produce a Housing Delivery Action Plan (HDAP).

Actions for the Council's future housing supply calculations include: revised engagement processes with site promoters and developers to address the new NPPF requirements for evidencing deliverability; developing evidence based phasing and delivery rates for the District; and, consideration of the emerging policies within the new Dover District Local Plan and their impact on housing supply.

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2 Introduction

2.1 The NPPF (paragraph 73) states that LPAs should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against their housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies, or against their local housing need where strategic policies are more than five years old.

2.2 The five-year housing land supply calculation is a comparison between the anticipated supply of new homes against the number of new homes that are required to be built within the district, in the next five years.

2.3 A formal assessment is conducted on five-year housing land supply annually, with a year start date of April 1st to March 31st. This report sets out the housing supply position in Dover District at 1st April 2019. It will inform the Council’s Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) and will help guide the determination of planning applications where housing supply is identified as an issue.

2.4 The relevant five-year period is April 2019 to March 2024.

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3 Housing Requirement

3.1 Paragraph 60 of the NPPF states that in order to determine the minimum number of homes needed, strategic policies should be informed by a local housing need assessment, conducted using the standard method in national planning guidance – unless exceptional circumstances justify an alternative approach which also reflects current and future demographic trends and market signals. As Dover District Council’s Core Strategy is more than five years old, the Council's should now rely on the Government’s standard method for assessing local housing need as the starting point for the five year housing supply calculation.

3.2 The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have made it clear that at present, the baseline of 2014-based Household Projections should be used for calculating local housing need. The Government state that the 2014 rather than the 2016 projections will help meet their aspiration of delivering 300,000 homes per annum.

3.3 A worked example of how this calculation currently applies to the District is provided at Appendix 1. This shows that using household growth projections of 2014 and most recent affordability ratio of 9.19 (2018) released 28th March 2019, the current Local Housing Need figure for Dover District is 629 dwellings per annum (dpa), which equates to 3,145 dwellings over the five year period (2019-2024).

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4 Methodology

4.1 National Planning Guidance requires the Council's annual assessment of a five year housing land supply to be carried out robustly and based on up-to-date and sound evidence. This section sets out the methodology applied to the calculation of Dover District's five-year housing supply.

Past under-delivery

4.2 As identified in Chapter 3, the Council is currently required to use the standard method for assessing local housing need, as the starting point for the five year housing supply calculation.

4.3 How past under-delivery is accounted for when applying the standard local housing need figure is detailed within the Planning Practice Guidance(1) . This states that “Where the standard method for assessing local housing need is used as the starting point in forming the planned requirement for housing, Step 2 of the standard method factors in past under-delivery as part of the affordability ratio, so there is no requirement to specifically address under-delivery separately when establishing the minimum annual local housing need figure.”

Appropriate buffer

4.4 Paragraph 73 of the NPPF indicates that the supply of specific deliverable sites should in addition include a buffer (moved forward from later in the plan period), ranging from 5%-20% depending on circumstances.

4.5 Footnote 39 of the NPPF indicates that the application of the 5% buffer will come into effect as of November 2018, should a LPA achieve HDT result of 85% or more.

4.6 The HDT is an annual measurement of housing delivery in the area of relevant plan-making authorities. The HDT is a percentage measurement of the number of net homes delivered against the number of homes required over a rolling three year period. Detailed guidance of how the test is applied is set out within the Housing Delivery Test Measurement Rule Book .

4.7 Of key relevance to Dover, are the transitional arrangements for a district with a housing requirement of more than five years old. Paragraph 21 of the rulebook states that the minimum annual Local Housing Need figure is replaced by household projections in all aspects of the HDT measurement for the transition years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. After the transition years the annual local housing need figure is then applied.

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4.8 The consequence of this for Dover District is, that the housing requirement figure for the HDT will be derived from 2012 household projections for years 2016/17, the 2014 household projections for years 2017/18 and the local housing need figure for 2018/19.

4.9 Specifically, the HDT calculation is the total net homes delivered over three year period divided by total number of homes required over three year period, presented as a percentage.

4.10 The number of household completions, (2)over the last three year period, applied against homes required under the transitional arrangements as described above, are as follows:

Table 4.1

HDT 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 Total

Total 465 440 446 1,351 Completions

Housing 392 481 598 1,471 Requirement

Percentage 119% 91% 75% 92%

4.11 To note, the application of the Local Housing Need figure to 2017/18 creates a significantly stepped increase in requirement compared to the earlier years of the HDT. Subsequently, the Council has a HDT result of 92% and accordingly, a 5 % buffer can be applied to the five year housing supply calculation. This equates to a requirement of 3,302 dwellings (3,145x1.05) over the five year period (2019-2024). In addition, a test result of 92% also requires the Council to produce a HDAP within 6 months of the results being published by the MHCLG.

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5 Components of the Housing Supply

5.1 The Council's housing supply figure is comprised of the following factors: extant planning permissions, extant site allocations set out in the Core Strategy (2010) and Land Allocations Local Plan (2015) and the Council's small sites windfall allowance.

5.2 Extant permissions are sites with planning permission for residential development that are either not started or under construction at 31st March of the survey year. Allocations are those sites identified in the Local Plan that are clearly evidence to come forward for development. Windfall sites are sites not specifically identified in the development plan that are expected to come forward based on historically completion rates.

Deliverability

5.3 What constitutes a “deliverable site” is defined within the Glossary of the NPPF and Planning Practice Guidance. The definition now places an onus on LPAs to demonstrate the deliverability of major sites (10> dwellings) with outline planning consent, permission in principle or identified on a Brownfield Land Register. Minor sites (<10 dwellings) and major sites with detailed consent or prior notification are to be considered deliverable unless there is clear evidence that they will not be delivered within five years. The definition reads as:

Deliverable: To be considered deliverable, sites for housing should be available now, offer a suitable location for development now, and be achievable with a realistic prospect that housing will be delivered on the site within five years. In particular:

a) sites which do not involve major development and have planning permission, and all sites with detailed planning permission, should be considered deliverable until permission expires, unless there is clear evidence that homes will not be delivered within five years (for example because they are no longer viable, there is no longer a demand for the type of units or sites have long term phasing plans).

b) where a site has outline planning permission for major development, has been allocated in a development plan, has a grant of permission in principle, or is identified on a brownfield register, it should only be considered deliverable where there is clear evidence that housing completions will begin on site within five years.

5.4 National Planning guidance provides more detail on how deliverability can be evidenced and includes:

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that sets out the timescale for approval of reserved matters applications and discharge of conditions; firm progress being made towards the submission of an application – for example, a written agreement between the local planning authority and the site developer(s) which confirms the developers’ delivery intentions and anticipated start and build-out rates; firm progress with site assessment work; or clear relevant information about site viability, ownership constraints or infrastructure provision, such as successful participation in bids for large-scale infrastructure funding or other similar projects.

Common considerations and assumptions

5.5 To ensure all information regarding the deliverability of sites included within the housing supply is as accurate as possible; all sites with an extant planning permission are subject to annual site survey by the Council's Planning Monitoring Officer.

5.6 Regular contact is maintained with representatives of all major sites with extant planning permission and that have been allocated within the development plan. As a minimum, the Council seek comments regarding the anticipated phasing from these representatives at least once every 12 months.

5.7 Engagement with site representatives is in the form of invitation to respond to either a paper or electronic questionnaire. The questionnaire is designed to identify a sites progress towards being built out, with detail requested on anticipated stages of planning consent, development lead-in time and build out rates. Responses are captured and dated in either paper or electronic format.

5.8 The phasing of all sites will be dependent upon factors including where that site is in the planning process, date of any planning approval, the number and status of any pre-commencement conditions, remediation/contamination, upfront infrastructure, and other significant external factors. An officer assessment and conclusion is made on all phasing information provided to the Council.

5.9 In drawing the officer conclusion, consideration is given to the planning status of the site, evidence of deliverability obtained and assumed benchmarks for lead-in times and build rates. In some circumstances, the phasing of very large for sites extend beyond the five year trajectory and remaining development plan period. To ensure transparency, officer conclusions has been provided within the site information contained in the appendices.

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Non-major sites with planning permission

5.10 In accordance with the revised NPPF definition of deliverability, non-major sites (sites of less than 10 dwellings) that have detailed consent, outline planning permission or prior notification are considered deliverable during the period their permission remains extant, unless there is clear evidence that the site will not be implemented or begin to deliver within the five year period.

5.11 There is no reason to apply any lapse rate to the deliverability of these sites as the presumption in the definition of deliverable in the NPPF is that these sites will be delivered unless there is clear evidence to the contrary. These sites will therefore be phased for completion within the five year period.

5.12 When phasing non-major sites, the Council will apply the following assumptions:

Sites that are under construction will be phased from Year 1. Sites that are not started will be phased from Year 2 and will take into account of whether demolition has occurred, the decision date and whether conditions have been discharged. Prior approvals on non-major sites will be phased in the same way as sites with detailed planning consents. Where applications are due to expire in the monitoring period these will be phased from Year 1 (i.e before they expire), unless there is clear evidence that the development is not deliverable, in which case it will not be phased on the HIA. Unless losses have been accounted for in previous HIAs, the net housing figure will be phased.

5.13 In total, there are 480 dwellings on non-major sites considered deliverable and therefore included within the five year housing supply calculation. The detail of all sites included within this component of the supply and phased trajectory for each is set out within Appendix 2.

Major sites with detailed planning consent

5.14 Major sites with full planning permission will be considered to be deliverable in accordance with the NPPF unless there is clear evidence that homes will not be delivered within five years . These sites will be phased as starting within the five year period, informed by site promoter evidence and known lead-in and delivery rates assumptions.

5.15 In total, there are 1,131 dwellings on major sites with detailed planning consent and prior notification which are considered deliverable within the five year period, and therefore included within the five year housing supply calculation. The detail of all sites included within this component of the supply, phased trajectory and commentary regarding deliverability for each are set out within Appendix 3. 174 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

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Major sites with outline planning permission

5.16 Major sites with outline planning permission will only be considered to be deliverable in accordance with the NPPF if there is clear evidence that the housing completions will begin on site within five years.

5.17 A very cautious approach has been taken when including major sites with outline planning permission within the five year housing land supply. And only those sites where there is detailed planning consent activity or a developer attached are included. This may include, the submission of a reserved matters application, and/or detailed evidenced on lead-in times and delivery rates.

5.18 In total, there are 1,430 dwellings on major sites with outline planning permission considered deliverable within the five year period and therefore included within the five year housing land supply calculation. The detail of all sites included within this component of the supply and phased trajectory for each are set out within Appendix 4.

Allocations

5.19 Extant site allocations set out in the Core Strategy (2010) and Land Allocations Local Plan (2015) will only be considered to be deliverable in accordance with the NPPF if there is clear evidence that the housing completions will begin on site within five years.

5.20 As with major sites with outline planning permission, a very cautious approach has been taken with respect to including allocations within the five year housing supply. Only those sites where there is current planning activity including detailed evidence of developer lead-in times and delivery rates are included.

5.21 In total, there are 323 dwellings on allocated sites considered deliverable within the five year period and therefore included within the five year housing supply calculation. The detail of all sites included within this component of the supply and phased trajectory for each are set out within Appendix 5.

Windfalls

5.22 The NPPF defines windfalls as sites not specifically identified in the development plan. The Council therefore considers all sites not allocated for housing in the Adopted Development Plans (2010 Core Strategy, 2015 Land Allocations Local Plan and saved policies from the 2002 Dover District Local Plan) to be windfall.

5.23 Paragraph 70 of the NPPF states that local planning authorities can make an allowance for windfall development in their five year supply if there is compelling evidence that they will provide a reliable source of supply. Any allowance should be realistic having regard to the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment, historic windfall delivery rates and expected future trends. 175 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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5.24 A continuing review is taken of the average number of windfall dwellings completed per annum since the adoption of the Core Strategy in 2010. Windfall sites have been identified using the revised NPPF definition that includes all sites not identified through a development plan, rather than those just on previously developed land. This approach identifies an overall historic average windfall delivery rate of 166 dwellings per annum. A summary of windfall completions is set out below in Table 5.1 whilst a full breakdown of sites contributing to this is set out in Appendix 6.

Table 5.1

Year Windfalls on sites Windfalls on sites Total Windfalls of more than 5 of less than 5 units units

2018/2019 50 62 112

2017/2018 58 99 157

2016/2017 89 60 149

2015/2016 116 87 203

2014/2015 94 83 177

2013/2014 112 27 139

2012/2013 99 66 165

2011/2012 179 61 240

2010/2011 74 74 148

Average 97 69 166

5.25 As required by paragraph 70 of the NPPF, in applying a windfall allowance within the five year housing supply, this needs to consider future trends as well as historic windfall delivery rates. The most significant impact is likely to be the adoption of the new Local Plan, however the likely implications arising from this on the windfall allowance cannot be known until a draft of this plan is published.

5.26 In view of this, and in taking an extremely cautious approach, the Council will only be applying a windfall allowance in the five year housing supply from sites of less than five dwellings. This takes into account the HELAA methodology of site selection for the new local plan in that only sites above this size are to be considered as potential new allocations. Historically sites of less than five dwellings have contributed significantly to new housing in the District and we anticipate that they will continue to do so.

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5.27 The windfall contribution from small sites of less than five new dwellings to the overall supply of housing is 69 dwellings per annum - based on the annual average of past trends from this source since adoption of the Core Strategy in 2010.

5.28 The contribution from small windfall sites is considered appropriate for the last two years of the five years housing supply (from 2022/23 to 2023/24). This is to avoid any double counting because windfall sites contributing in the first three years are likely to have already received planning permission, and are counted within the extant permissions.

5.29 Therefore, in applying two years' worth of 69 dwellings per annum, a total windfall allowance of 138 units is considered justified as deliverable within the five year period and therefore included within the five year housing supply calculation.

5.30 Notwithstanding the above, it is recognised that windfall sites of five dwellings or more will continue to make a significant contribution to the Council's Housing Supply up to the adoption of a new Local Plan. Not taking this source of supply into account as part of the 5 year calculation may be viewed as overly pessimistic. However, it is considered that by taking such an approach, a significant buffer is built into the calculation, making it as robust as possible.

5.31 To note, the Council's windfall aspect of the housing supply is being fully reassessed and will form part of housing supply evidence base accompanying the new Local Plan.

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6 Five Year Housing Supply Assessment

6.1 Table 6.1 provides an overview of the Council's deliverable 5 year housing supply using the components described within section 5.

Table 6.1

A. Housing target for 5 3,145 year period (629 dpa x 5)

B. Plus the required buffer 157 of 5% requirement Housing Requirement (3,145 x 0.05)

C. Total Housing 3,302 Requirement

(A + B)

D. Non-Major 480 Applications

E. Major Applications with 1,131 detailed consent

F. Major Applications with 1,430 Supply Outline Permission G. Allocated sites 323

H. Windfall Allowance 138

I. Total Housing Supply 3,502

(D + E + F + G + H)

J. Housing Supply 200 Surplus

(I - C)

Total K. Total Five Year 5.30 Supply

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6.2 At 1st April 2019, there is 5.30 years of housing supply which equates to a surplus of 200 dwellings once an additional 5% buffer has been taken into account. Accordingly, it is considered that the above assessment demonstrates that the Council can demonstrate a five year housing supply for the purpose of paragraph 11 of the revised NPPF.

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7 Future Actions

7.1 To help support the Council in producing subsequent 5 year supply calculations, it is appropriate at this stage to outline future actions.

Housing delivery action plan

7.2 The action plan will be published as a separate document to this paper, and will focus on the Council strategies for increasing the number of completed new dwellings.

Revised site promoter questionnaire

7.3 Revisions will be made to the survey questionnaires given out to site promoters to provide clear direction on what the Council considers appropriate evidence on site deliverability to be.

Locally evidence phasing methodology

7.4 Further development of evidenced lead-in times and build out rates from averaged completed dwellings within the District since the adoption of the Councils Core Strategy.

Emerging policies within the new Local Plan

7.5 As the Council progresses development of the new Local Plan, future 5 year housing supply calculations will need to be considerate of emerging policies within the Plan.

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Appendix 1 Local Housing Need Calculation

Step 1 - Setting the baseline

Set the baseline using national household growth projections, the area of the local authority. Taking the most recent projections, calculate the projected average annual household growth over a 10 year period (this should be 10 consecutive years, with the current year being the first year).

The 2014 household growth projections were published July 12th 2016.

For Dover the relevant data is on the tab labelled 406 at row 327. This shows that the projection for 2029 is 56,555 households, which when taken against the projection for 2019 of 51,803 households, equates to 4,752 households over the 10 year period, creating the average need of 475 PA

Step 2 – Use ONS Local Affordability Ratios data (Dover's median affordability ratio)

Then adjust the average annual projected household growth figure (as calculated in step 1) based on the affordability of the area.

The most recent median workplace based affordability ratios published by the Office for National Statistics at a local authority level, should be used.

For Dover the relevant data is on Table 5c row 265 which shows the latest published figure (2018) is 9.19

Step 3 – Apply the adjustment formula to get the adjustment factor

Taken from the guidance

Picture 1.1

So for Dover the calculation is:

1. 9.19 – 4 = 5.19

2. 5.19 / 4 = 1.2975

3. 1.2975 x 0.25 = 0.3244

Step 4 – Use the above to calculate the Local Housing Need

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Picture 1.2

4. 1.3244 x 475 = 629

Step 5 – Capping the level?

A cap may then be applied which limits the increase in the minimum annual housing need figure an individual local authority can face. How this is calculated depends on the current status of relevant strategic policies for housing.

Where these policies were adopted within the last 5 years (at the point of making the calculation), the local housing need figure is capped at 40% above the average annual housing requirement figure set out in the existing policies.

This also applies where the relevant strategic policies have been reviewed by the authority within the 5 year period and found to not require updating.

Where the relevant strategic policies for housing were adopted more than 5 years ago (at the point of making the calculation), the local housing need figure is capped at 40% above whichever is the higher of: a. the projected household growth for the area over the 10 year period identified in step 1; or b. the average annual housing requirement figure set out in the most recently adopted strategic policies (if a figure exists).

For Dover, our 2010 adopted Core Strategy figure of 505 would be the appropriate figure to use. As 40% equates to 707 dpa no capping of the figure is required.

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184 Appendix 2 Phasing of Non-Major sites DOVER DISTRICT two COUNCIL Phasing HOUSING SUPPL of Y Non-Major TECHNICAL P APER sites 2018/19 185 21 22 two DOVER Phasing

APPLICATION No of Units Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year DISTRICT Site Address/Location Comment number Permitted 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total

11/00747 Land rear of 100 Folkestone Road, Dover 1 1 1 Plot adjacent to Summerholme, 104 Wellington Parade, Kingsdown, 13/00502 Deal, CT14 8AF 1 1 1 COUNCIL Land rear of 17 London Road and adjacent to 1 Matthews Place, 14/00193 Dover 1 1 1 14/00176 1 & 2 Hope Bay, & Hope Bay Studios, The Leas, Kingsdown 0 0 Not phased. Net gain of 0. 13/01100 Norlands, Lower Road, Staple 0 1 1 15/00146 San Pio, Victoria Road, Kingsdown, CT14 8DY 2 0 Not phased. Permission expired.

15/00176 Site at, 90 Golf Road, Deal, CT14 6QG 2 2 2 of Site adjoining 3 Valley View, Wigmore Lane, Eythorne, CT15 4AU 15/00326 1 1 1 14/01058 Land Rear of No 7, Church Lane, Deal, CT14 9QD 1 1 1

15/00442 60 London Road, Dover, CT17 0SP 2 2 2 Non-Major 14/00818 28 The Strand & Channel View, York Road, Walmer, CT14 7ED 1 1 1 Site at Lindley, Station Road, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 15/00763 6ER 1 0 Not phased application expired 15/00694 Site adjacent to 3 Herschell Road East, Walmer, CT14 7SQ 1 1 1 15/00871 Old Tractor Shed, Langdon Avenue, Ash, CT3 2BP 1 1 1 15/00113 9 Clarence Road, Capel le Ferne 1 1 1 15/00460 Woodville, The Street, Preston, CT3 1EB 1 0 Not Phased application expired 15/00899 Orchard Lea, The Street, Staple 4 1 1 15/00336 Denne Court Farm, Hammill, Woodnesborough, CT13 0EG 3 0 Application not phased as permission expired Abbotsland Bungalow, White Cliffs Caravan Park, New Dover Road, 15/00995 Capel-le-Ferne 0 0 Net figure 0. Not phased. 15/00449 Site at Eastside Farm, The Street, East Langdon, CT15 5JF 1 1 1 15/00910 Site Adjacent to Church Hall, Stanley Road, Deal, CT14 7BT 1 1 1 This pp expires Jan 2019 but is replaced by 19/00112. 15/01060 Box Tree Cottage, Hangman's Lane, Ringwould, CT14 8HW 1 1 1 15/00638 Land at Upton House, 4 Mill Lane, Shepherdswell 3 1 1 Anchorage & Collingwood Cottage, Collingwood Road, St. Margaret's- 15/00701 at-Cliffe, CT15 6EZ 1 1 1 15/01228 8 Harold Street, Dover, CT16 1SF -1 -1 -1 15/00986 Coach House, High Street, Wingham, CT3 1AB 1 1 1 sites Land to the rear of 20, Archers Court Road, Whitfield, CT16 3HP 15/00198 1 1 1 Former Carpark Site, Adjacent to The Manor House, Upper Street, 14/00059 Kingsdown, CT14 8EU 4 4 4 Net gain 0. Not phased The Old Farmhouse, Hammill Road, Woodnesborough CT13 0EQ 15/01239 0 0 Application has expired remove from next audit Former Bakery Site and land to rear of Hillside, High Street, Eastry, 16/00042 CT13 0HE 1 1 1 Land and Garages rear of and including 4 & 5, The Droveway, St. 16/00007 Margaret's Bay, CT15 6DH 4 4 4 16/00152 4 Priory Street, Dover, CT17 9AA 1 1 1 Land at 191 and Forge Bungalow, London Road, Temple Ewell 15/00123 9 7 3 10 DDC site survey showed units to be nearly complete. Officer conclusion all units to be delivered in the first and second year of the supply Willow Tree Cottage, The Old Fairground, High Street, Wingham, CT3 16/00135 1BU 2 0 Not phased application expired 16/00361 Land Adjoining 458 Dover Road, Walmer, CT14 7PQ 1 1 1 The Wilderness and The Former All Saints Church, Church Lane, West 16/00055 Stourmouth, CT3 1HS 2 1 1 16/00189 Poulton Farm, Poulton, Hougham, CT15 7DP 4 2 2 4 16/00226 Charles Lister Court, Lister Close, Dover, CT17 0TP -1 -1 -1 Land adjacent to Sessions House, Staple Road, Wingham, CT3 1LX 15/01221 4 1 3 4 12/00120 Ambulance Depot, Winchelsea Road, Dover, CT17 9TT 9 4 5 9

Page 1 of 6 186 APPLICATION No of Units Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year Site Address/Location Comment

number Permitted 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total DOVER

Land Adjacent to Mundels, Cherry Lane, Great Mongeham, CT15 16/00834 0HG 1 1 1 15/00936 Land at The Outrigger, Chapel Lane, Ashley, Sutton, CT15 5HZ 1 1 1 15/01073 1 Malvern Road, Dover 7 4 3 7 New application 18.00468 has been granted planning permission

16/00507 Site at The Old Court House, Pinners Hill, Nonington, Dover, CT15 4LL 1 1 1 DISTRICT 16/00992 50 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PJ 2 2 2 16/00736 4 Priory Street, Dover, CT17 9AA 2 2 2 16/00740 67 and rear of 66, London Road, Dover, CT17 0SP 1 1 1 Tractor Shed and Hay Barn, Upper Goldstone Farm, Upper 16/01154 Goldstone, Ash, CT3 2DN 1 1 1 Site at Summerfield Farm, Barnsole Road, Barnsole, Staple, CT3 1LD 16/00048 1 1 1 Agricultural Buildings, Sun Valley Farm, London Road, Temple Ewell, 16/01080 CT16 3DJ 2 2 2 two COUNCIL Site rear of 162 Folkestone Road, Vale View Road, Dover, CT17 9NP 15/01182 3 3 3 C2 accommodation, net gain divided by 1.8 ratio. 16/01224 Barns at Highleas, Old Court Hill, Nonington, CT3 3HS 2 2 2 15/01243 Land at North End, Channel View Road, Dover, CT17 9TJ 1 1 1 18/00404 Solanum, Felderland Lane, Worth, CT14 0BX 1 1 1 16/00947 24 Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell, CT15 7PT 2 1 1 16/01159 45 High Street, Dover, CT16 1EB 1 1 1 Phasing 16/01271 7a Hayward Close, Deal, CT14 9PJ 1 1 1 16/01384 Deaconland Farm, Deacon Lane, Preston, CT3 1HN 3 2 2

Land opposite The Row, Barnsole Road, Barnsole, Staple, CT3 1LE HOUSING 16/00470 4 4 4 Site Adjoining The Cottage, St Monicas Road, Kingsdown, CT14 8AZ 16/01256 1 1 1 16/01285 Southgate, 17 Granville Road, St Margaret's Bay, CT15 6DR 0 0 No net gain on application - not phased 18/00080 Crockshard Farm Barns, Crockshard Hill, Wingham 3 3 3 16/01209 180 Clarendon Street, Dover, CT17 9RB 1 1 1 Potting Shed, Layham Garden Centre & Nursery, Lower Road, Staple, 17/00099 CT3 1LH 1 1 1 Barn at Summerfield Farm, Barnsole Road, Barnsole, Staple, CT3 1LD 17/00104 2 2 2 SUPPL Calf House, Solton Manor Farm, Solton Lane, East Langdon, CT15 5JB 16/01427 1 1 1 of 17/00065 9 Biggin Street, Dover, CT16 1BD 1 1 1 16/01206 Protea House, Waterloo Crescent, Dover, CT17 9BW 9 9 9 17/00082 22-24 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PW 4 4 4

17/00538 Outbuildings at Dambridge Oast Farm, Staple Road 2 2 2 Y Non-Major 17/00157 Great Mongeham Farm, Cherry Lane, Great Mongeham 4 4 4

17/00070 93 High Street, Dover 1 1 1 TECHNICAL 17/00123 Bellrose Hotel 18-19, East Cliff, Dover 9 9 9 C2 - net gain on application has been divided by the ratio 1:8 17/00899 Ryder House, 115-116 London Road, Dover 5 5 5 C2 - net gain on application has been divided by the ratio 1:8 Wolverton Court, Alkham Valley Road, Alkham, CT15 7DS 17/00942 2 2 2 17/00913 2a York Road, Walmer, Deal 1 1 1 17/00900 Land adj to Alice Cottage, Cherry Lane, Great Mongeham 3 3 3 17/01073 Marley Farm Nurseries, Marley Lane, Finglesham 1 1 1 17/00284 Barn at Shatterling Court Farm, Shatterling, Wingham 1 1 1 17/00163 2 New Street, Dover 1 1 1 17/00488 2b New Street, Dover 2 2 2 17/00358 Flats 3 & 4 10 Prince of Wales Terrace, Deal -1 -1 -1 P

17/00317 322 London Road, Dover 2 2 2 APER 17/01080 Land adjacent to 16 Granville Road, St Margaret's Bay 1 1 1 Land adjacent to the Hope Inn, Canterbury Road, Lydden CT15 7ET 16/01342 1 1 1 17/00010 1 Luckett Cottages, The Street, Preston 1 1 1 sites 2018/19

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18/00610 1 Luckett Cottages, The Street, Preston -1 This is a separate application from 17.00010 -1 -1 16/00442 Three Tuns, The Street, Staple 8 8 8 17/00197 48-50 London Road, Dover 1 2 2 Land at junction of Winehouse Lane & Capel Street, Capel-le-Ferne 17/00201 4 1 3 4

Land between The Vineries and April Cottage, New Street, Ash COUNCIL 18/00563 2 1 1 17/00292 Land next to St Martin's Northbourne Road, Great Mongeham 1 1 1 17/00697 Canton, Downs Road, East Studdal 1 1 1 17/00267 Land adjoining Sunhillow, Gore Road, Eastry 3 1 1 17/00412 Hungaria, Warren Lane, Ewell Minnis, Lydden 0 1 1 17/01142 Land at 111-115 Folkestone Road, Dover 8 8 8 of 17/00756 34-36 Castle Street & 1-2 Russell Street, Dover 4 4 4 17/00815 56 Golf Road 1 1 1 17/00838 Site adjacent to 128 Capel Street, Capel-le-Ferne 1 1 1

17/00916 Barn at Staple Farm, Durlock Road, Staple 3 3 3 Non-Major 17/00984 Brick Oast Upper Goldstone Farm, Cop Street, Ash 1 1 1 17/01254 Agricultural Building at Court Farm, Padbrook Lane, Preston 1 1 1 17/00656 Site at Sunrise, Cop Street, Ash 1 1 1 17/00657 Barn A, Goss Hall, Gosshall Lane, Ash 2 2 2 17/00420 227-228 London Road, Dover 1 1 1 17/00481 Southlands Farm, Knell Lane, Ash 3 3 3 17/00272 3 Market Square, Dover, CT16 1LZ 8 8 8 17/00628 Land adjacent to 13 High Street, Wingham 1 1 1 17/00661 Site south of, Marlborough Road, Deal, CT14 9LE 9 9 9 Agricultural Buildings at Newlands Farm, Stoneheap Road, East 17/01002 Studdal 3 3 3 17/00404 Land adjacent to Garden Mews & NW of Sydney Road, Deal 1 1 1 17/00255 Preston Garage, The Street, Preston 2 2 2 17/00571 Land r/o Coach House, 44 Eythorne Road, Shepherdswell 1 1 1 16/00032 Deacon Landscape Management, Wootton Lane, Wootton 8 2 4 2 8 16/01242 Gt Mongeham House, Northbourne Road, Gt Mongeham 1 1 1 17/01216 Land between 34 & 36 Canterbury Road, Lydden 1 1 1 16/01219 Heathers, Elmstone, Preston, CT3 1HH 0 1 1 17/00874 Barn at Guilford Farm, Singledge Lane, Coldred 3 3 3 sites 17/01121 Dublin Man of War PH, Lower Road, River 8 5 3 8 17/01531 Site at Drainless Farm, Drainless Road, Woodnesborough 0 1 1 17/01406 Trees and land at the end of Park Lane, Park Lane, Preston 1 2 2 17/01256 Cedarlea, Victoria Road, Kingsdown, CT14 8DY 1 1 1 17/01474 3 Channel Lea, Walmer 1 1 1 17/01328 Agricultural Building & access at Broadfields Farm, Lydden 3 3 3 17/01465 15 Bench Street, Dover 1 1 1 18/00014 28 Castle Street, Dover 4 4 4 17/01304 15 Castle Street, Dover 1 1 1 17/01349 9 High Street, Dover 1 2 2 17/01290 13 St Davids Avenue, Aycliffe 1 1 1 16/00530 Site adj to 5 Friends Close, Deal 1 1 1 17/00564 Land to the rear of Innisfree, Glen Road, Kingsdown 1 1 1 This application is in addition to 17/00564. Equals 2 dwellings in garden of Innisfree 18/00675 Innisfree, Glen Road, Kingsdown 1 1 1 17/01109 Land adj to The Homestead, Homestead Lane, East Studdal 4 4 4 17/01504 Land adj to Pegasus, London Rd, Sholden 2 2 2 18/01109 10 Chequer Lane, Ash 1 1 1 17/01137 36 & 38 The Droveway, St Margarets Bay 0 0 Net gain 0 - not phased 17/00994 111 Rectory Road, Deal 1 1 1 17/00802 115 New Street, Ash 2 2 2 18/00045 Agricultural Buildings, Lower Rowling Farm, Lower Rowling 3 3 3 Further PA has been gtd under 19.00218 09.05.19 for conversion of this barn to 1 dwelling 17/01236 Newsole Farm Barn, Singledge Lane, Whitfield 2 2 2

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number Permitted 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total DOVER

17/01240 Land adj to 100 Church Lane, Deal 1 1 1 17/01192 Quinces, Sheerwater Road, Preston 0 1 1 17/01288 Land between 15 & 17 Foxborough Close, Woodnesborough 2 2 2 17/01279 Land adj to 49 New Street, Ash 2 2 2 17/01188 Basement, 18 Castle Street, Dover 1 1 1

17/01098 50 & 51 Biggin Street, Dover 7 7 7 DISTRICT 17/01234 The Black Barn, Great Knell Farm, Knell Lane, Ash 2 2 2 17/01004 Eastwood Manor, High Street, Wingham 2 2 2 15/00457 Land adjoining Pentire House, The Leas, Kingsdown 1 1 1 15/00992 Delfbridge, 10 Dover Road, Sandwich 8 8 8 Land adjoining 1 Catherine Cottages, Alkham Valley Road, Alkham 16/01029 1 1 1 Land (beyond) to the west of Strathfleet, Victoria Road, Kingsdown 16/01101 1 1 1 16/01336 130 Canterbury Road, Lydden 1 1 1 two 16/01387 Land adjacent to 120 New Street, Ash 2 2 2 COUNCIL Land adjacent to The Caravan, Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell 16/01444 2 2 2 16/01467 Site at Statenborough Farm Cottage, Felderland Lane, Worth 1 1 1 Agricultural Storage Building, East Street Farm, East Street, Ash 18/01052 3 3 3 Phasing Units 1 & 2 former Cold Stores, East Street Farm, East Street, Ash 16/01490 2 2 2 17/00425 Land adjacent to 75 Trinity Place, Deal 1 1 1

18/01379 64 Archers Court Road, Whitfield 1 1 1 HOUSING C2 application gross gain divided by 1.8 =2 (2.2), minus 1 unit 17/00623 38a Walmer Castle Road, Walmer 1 1 1

17/00134 1 & 2 Alphege Road, Dover 2 2 2 C2 application gross gain and loss divided by 1.8 13/00118 Silverley, Egerton Road, Temple Ewell 1 1 1 16/01412 Plough Filling Station, Folkestone Road, Dover 9 9 9 17/00448 Former Old Chapel Tea Shop, Sea Street, St Margarets 1 1 1

18/00747 241 London Road, Dover 1 1 1 SUPPL 18/00665 355 London Road, Deal 1 1 1

18/00376 Fairacres & Land rear of Alkham Valley Road, Alkham 1 1 1 of 18/00122 Land rear of 18-20 Park Street & fronting West Street, Deal 1 1 1 18/00717 81b Crabble Hill, Dover -1 -1 -1 18/00104 23 High Street, Deal 1 1 1

18/00176 2 Sondes Road, Deal 1 1 1 Y Non-Major 18/00865 25 Cattle Market, Sandwich 1 1 1

18/00745 49-51 High Street, Dover 2 2 2 TECHNICAL 18/00348 72 Clarendon Place, Dover 1 1 1 18/00410 Bowling Green Tavern, 164 Church Path, Deal 1 1 1 This application replaces 17.00825 on the survey 18/00142 Land adjoining 6 Ash Road, Aylesham 1 1 1 17/01230 Land rear of 117 Manor Road & adjoining 437 Folkestone Road, 1 1 Dover 1 18/00544 Land rear of 9 Hill Drive, Eastry 1 1 1 18/00718 The Black Barn, Lower Street, Tilmanstone 1 1 1 18/00877 Agricultural Buildings, Dambridge Farm, Staple Road, Wingham 4 2 2 4 18/00837 Sandhills Farm, Sandhills, Ash 1 1 1 The Piggery (Land between Overhill and Borneo), Northbourne Road, 18/00155 East Studdal 1 1 1 18/00485 59 Biggin Street, Dover 1 1 1 P

18/00455 7 Castle Street, Dover 3 3 3 APER 18/00450 209 Folkestone Road, Dover 3 3 3 18/00572 Land rear of 49 Church Lane, Deal 1 1 1 18/00851 147 New Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne 1 1 1 This application is a renewal of application 15.00530 18/00488 Land rear of 97 London Road, Deal 1 1 1 This application replaces 15.00220 sites 2018/19

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APPLICATION No of Units Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year DISTRICT Site Address/Location Comment number Permitted 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total

This application replaces 16.01024 18/00431 Dial House, 23 St Margarets Road, St Margarets Bay 1 1 1 18/00350 50 Mongeham Road, Deal 0 1 1 18/00440 23 Templar Street, Dover 1 1 1 18/00067 The Forge, 83 Church Hll, Shepherdswell 1 1 1 18/00356 7 Market Square, Dover 1 1 1 18/00503 Resthaven, Queens Road, Ash 2 2 2 This application replaces 17.01250 COUNCIL 18/00139 Bracknell House, 34 Helena Road, Capel le Ferne -10 -10 Loss of 19 beds - C2 Accmmodation Loss on this application divided by ratio of 1:8 = 11 + 1 gain on application, overall loss of -10 -10 18/00451 Breezes, St Vincent Road, St Margarets at Cliffe 1 1 1 18/00382 Old Barn House, Townsend Farm Road, St Margarets at Cliffe 1 1 1 17/00752 Swerford, The Avenue, Temple Ewell 1 1 C2 accommocation - addition of 2 beds, divided by ratio of 1.8 = 1 net gain on application of 1 18/00797 Agricultural Buildings at Great Ware Farm, Ware Farm Road, Ash 3 3 3

17/01446 Land to the rear of 59 and 61 Maison Dieu Road, Dover 2 2 2 Non-Major 17/00931 Land at Cowgate Hill, Dover 6 6 6 17/00704 Beacon Church and Christian Centre, London Road, Dover 9 0 17/01536 43-65 & land adjoining, Randolph Road, Dover 5 5 C2 Accommodation - 12 existing units will be lost to create 30 C2 units. The ratio of 1.8 has been applied to the gain on application 30/1.8 = 17 5 (rounded) - 12 = 5 net gain on the application. 18/00502 104-106 High Street, Deal 1 1 1 18/00862 59 Mill Road, Deal 1 1 1 18/00809 134 Crabble Hill, Dover 1 1 1 18/00796 113 London Road, Deal 1 0 18/00044 65 London Road, Dover 1 1 1 18/00548 First & Second Floors, 96 High Street, Deal 1 1 1 18/00670 140 West Street, Deal 2 2 2 17/01462 173-175 Beach Street, Deal 1 1 1 17/01447 Land at Vicarage Lane, Tilmanstone 1 1 1 18/00649 23 Chamberlain Road, Dover 1 1 1 18/00668 The Firs, 114 Dover Road, Sandwich 1 1 1 18/00463 Leyburne House, 86 Leyburne Road, Dover 1 1 18/00492 Linwood Youth Centre, 92 Mill Road, Deal 6 3 3 6 18/00606 Land adjacent to 180 London Road, Deal 1 1 1 18/00648 104-106 West Street, Deal 1 1 1 sites 18/00317 Wincolmlee, 46 Salisbury Road, St Margarets Bay 1 1 Replaces 14.00940 on survey 1 18/01070 59 Gladstone Road, Walmer 0 0 Not phased as no overall addition to the housing stock, however it is change from 1 to 2 bedroom accommodation 18/00786 Land to the south of Stable End, Jubilee Road, Worth 1 1 1 17/00483 Solleys Farm House, The Street, Worth 1 1 1 18/01040 Meadowside, Stoneheap Road, East Studdal 0 Not phased as no net gain it is change from 2 bedroom house to 4 bedroom house 0 18/00282 The White House, 3 St Margaret's Road, St Margaret's Bay 1 1 1 18/01072 1 & 2 Clipgate Bungalows, Lodge Lees, Denton 0 Not phased as no net gain on application. Change in bedrooms from (one 1 bed bungalow and one 2 bed bunaglow to two x 3 bed bungalow 0 18/01098 28 Winchelsea Street, Dover 1 1 1 18/01029 51 Church Lane, Deal 1 1 1 18/00816 Site r/o 89-91, Folkestone Road, Dover, 1 1 1 18/00751 Land between 5 & 6 Woodside Close, Kearsney 2 2 2 18/01117 Derwent, Common Lane, River 1 1 1 18/00591 1a Victoria Street, Dover 2 2 2 18/00878 Land adjacent to 57 New Street, Ash 1 1 1 18/01099 The Old Butchers, 31 High Street, Wingham 1 1 1 18/01166 Agricultural Buildings at Mellands Farm, Stourmouth Road, Preston 2 2 2 18/01145 Minters Barn, Durlock Road, Ash 1 1 1 This replaces Prior Approval 17.00995 18/01308 Rookery Farm, Longmete Road, Preston 3 3 3 This replaces Prior Approval 17.01059 18/01227 5 Allenby Avenue, Deal 1 1 1 18/01197 26 Templar Street, Dover 2 2 2

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18/01097 Quietways, The Avenue, St Margarets 1 1 Application form says self/custom build 1 18/01147 13 Castle Street, Dover 2 2 2 18/01157 49-51 High Street, Dover 2 0 18/01324 Swinge Hill Cottage, Hurst Lane, Capel le Ferne 1 1 1

18/00949 Part of Piglet Place, Fleming Road, Barnsole, Staple 1 1 1 DISTRICT 18/01230 122 London Road, Dover 1 1 1 18/01121 51A Salisbury Road, Dover 1 1 1 18/01319 3 London Road, River 1 1 Replaces 17.00857 on the survey. 1 18/01357 1 Sydney Road, Deal 1 1 1 19/00019 84 Leyburne Road, Dover 1 1 1 18/00643 Land on the west side of Moat Lane, Ash 1 1 1 17/01165 The Chalet & Milners Land between Claremont Road, Kingsdown 1 1 Replaces 15.00596 1 two 18/01109 10 Chequer Lane, Ash 1 1 1 COUNCIL 18/01184 1 Harnet House, Harnet Street, Sandwich 2 2 2 18/01345 60 Granville Road, St Margarets Bay 0 0 Not phased no net gain on application 18/01378 Ashen Tree House, Ashen Tree Lane, Dover 1 1 1 18/01291 60 Nursery Lane, Whitfield, Dover 1 1 1 19/00094 365 Middle Deal Road, Deal 1 1 1 18/01038 4A Bench Street, Dover, 3 3 Replaces 18.00789 a scheme for 4 flats which in its self is a renewal of 15.00616 Phasing 3 17/00966 Barn at Appletree Farm, Stourmouth Road, Preston 1 1 1 17/00464 Land at Cam Hill Farm, Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell 1 1 1 HOUSING 17/01434 Walletts Court, Dover Road, West Cliffe 1 1 1 16/01050 Woodside Residential Home, Whitfield Hill, Whitfield 8 8 C2 accommodation, gain of 15 bedrooms divided by ratio of 1.8 8 18/00950 313 Dover Road, Walmer 1 1 1 17/00246 Old Rectory, Church Hill, Eythorne 9 5 4 9 0 0 ADD NEW LINE ABOVE THIS LINE IF REQUIRED SUPPL

TOTALS 147 253 60 6 0 of Y Non-Major TECHNICAL P APER sites 2018/19

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192 three Appendix 3 Phasing of Major sites with Full Planning Permission DOVER Phasing DISTRICT of COUNCIL Major HOUSING sites SUPPL with Y TECHNICAL Full Permission Planning P APER 2018/19 193 29 30 Planning three DOVER

Number of Units APPLICATION Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year phased Site Address/Location units Comment number 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total beyond DISTRICT Permitted 2023/24 No contact from site promoter/landowner to Housing Delivery Survey. DDC survey indicates that site cleared, building control activity. Officer

conclusion units phased in year 3 to allow time for discharge of conditions and build out. Phasing 17/01268 The Old Sorting Office, Charlton Green, Dover, CT16 1AP 39 39 39 0 BDW Kent have stated that remaining units will be delivered 19/20. Officer conclusion phase units in first year of the supply 16/00180 Aylesham Village Expansion, (Phase1B), Aylesham (Barratt Homes) 277 24 24 0 Phase 1B2 & IB3 Aylesham Village Expansion, Aylesham (Persimmon Persimmon Homes have stated that remaining units on application are under construction, officer conclusion all remaining units complete first year 16/00985 Homes) 162 66 66 0 of supply based on strong past delivery trends. Permission

Phase 1 & Sub Phase 1A, WUE (land south east of Archers Court Officer conclusion that remaining units on this site will be complete monitoring year 19/20, based on past delivery rates and building control records. COUNCIL 15/00878 Road, Whitfield) (Phillip Jeans - Richmond Park) 90 1 1 0 Detailed matters application, building control activity on site, previous phase nearing completion. Officer conclusion phasing as indicated, based on 17/01525 Phase 1, WUE, Whitfield 32 10 22 32 0 past delivery and officer information. Phase 1A - Whitfield Urban Extension Whitfield 0 DDC are the applicants for this site, Housing Development Manager has stated 13 units in 21/22 & 13 units 22/23. Officer conclusion agree with 17/00056 26 13 13 26 anticipated phasing Abbey Developments Ltd have stated phasing 13 units in 19/20, 40 units in 20/21, 40 units in 21/22 & 40 units in 22/23. DDC survey showed site to be under construction, recent building control activity. Officer conclusion agree with proposed phasing. of 16/00136 Land on the south side of Singledge Lane, Whitfield 133 13 40 40 40 133 0 Site owner has stated phasing of 15 units in 19/20, 20 units in 20/21, 20 units in 21/22, 20 units in 22/23, 20 units 23/24, 25 units 24/25, 25 units Land north of River Stour & including part of Sandwich Ind Estate, 25/26, 25 units 25/26, 25 units 26/27, 25 units 27/28, 25 units 28/29, 9 units 29/30. Application 16.00046 has been granted on 05.02.19 to VOC of 01/01167 Ramsgate Road 303 15 20 20 20 20 0 134 planning permission 01.01167. Officer conclusion agreed with proposed phasing, as indicated.

Homes England have provided phasing for this phase of the development as 13 units in 19/20, 26 units in 20/21. Officer conclusion agreed phasing Major 06/01455 Buckland Paper Mill, Crabble Hill, Dover 115 13 26 0 0 as indicated. Site developer has stated phasing of 18 units in 19/20, 12 units in 20/21 & 17 units 21/22, planning conditions being discharged. Officer conclusion 18/00079 Site at Buckland Mill, Crabble Hill, Dover 44 18 12 14 44 0 agreed proposed phasing Reserved matters application 18.00050 granted 12.06.18 to change the density in remaining parts of the site. Further full application for 8 new units Land at Salvatori, North and South of Grove Road, Preston, CT3 1EF granted on survey as separate entry. Officer conclusion that all of the remaining units will be complete in first year of the supply based on past 15/00256 (Preston Grange) 70 9 9 0 delivery and building control records.

Site currently being actively marketed as a self-build. Phase 1 of this development sold and built out. Land SW at Hammill Brickworks, Hammill Road, Woodnesborough Quinn Estates have stated that the 5 units under construction will be completed 19/20, the other plots will be completed over a two year period. Officer conclusion to allow + two years to proposed phasing to allow for the plots to be built as it is a self build development.

17/01431 18 5 5 5 3 18 0 sites DDC site survey shows work under construction on site, with building control records. An application for Non Material Amendments has been 14/00361 Land off, Station Road, Walmer, CT14 7RH 223 23 50 50 50 50 223 0 submitted and is pending decision. Officer conclusion phasing as indicated. Former Barwick Site, Coombe Valley Road, Dover, CT17 0EP DDC survey showed site cleared, planning conditions being discharged, application for Non Material Amendments has been granted, previous phases 16/01434 16 8 8 16 0 of this development are built out. Officer conclusion phasing as indicated.

DDC site survey showed development to be nearly completed, building control records show that there are some completion certificates in the 16/00502 Land off, Ark Lane 23 23 23 0 monitoring year 2019/20. Officer conclusion units delivered in the first year of the supply. Developer has advised that work commenced on site in August 2019, previous DDC survey shows that site has been cleared and ready for start, with 15/01184 Land rear of, 114 Canterbury Road, Lydden, Dover 31 8 20 3 31 0 building control records for site. Officer conclusion phasing as indicated with

Land south of New Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne (Jarvis Homes) Malcolm Jarvis Homes stated phasing of 15 units in 19/20 & 10 units in 20/21. Officer conclusion that all of the remaining units deliverd in first year 15/00525 40 25 25 0 of supply based on past delivery rates of this developer. S73 application 17.01056 granted permission 27.02.18. Planning agent states that he believes owner might be considering options for development 11/00928 Southern Water Pumping Station, St Richards Road, Deal 14 14 14 0 of the site. Officer conclusion to be conservative over phasing, as indicated. 17/00810 Anchor Works, West Street, Deal 12 12 12 0 DDC site survey shows works to be well underway on site, Officer conclusion all of the units delivered in first year of the supply. DDC site survey showed building works to be underway. Planning agent stated that all of the remaining units will be delivered within next two years. 16/00017 Land at North Barrack Site, (East Section) Trafalgar Drive 30 20 6 26 0 Officer conclusion agreed phasing as indicated. DDC site survey showed work under way on site and building control activity. Full planning applicaton 19.00357 has been granted permission on Full 17/00776 The Qube, St Radigunds Road, Dover 27 18 9 27 0 03.09.2019. Officer conclusion phasing as indicated. Site under-construction with all units currently being marketed, planning agent stated phasing for site is 25 units in 19/20. Officer conclusion agreed 17/00962 2-9 Cambridge Terrace, Dover 25 25 25 0 proposed phasing.

C2 Accommodation net gain on application divided by the ration 1.8, planning conditions discharged and Building Control activity. Planning agent Part of Wingham Court, Hawarden Place, Canterbury Road, states phasing of 7 units in 20/21 & 8 units in 21/22. DDC phase only 8 units due to the application of the 1:8 ratio, officer conclusion 8 units 17/00387 Wingham 8 8 8 0 delivered in 19/20 17/00892 Former Greyhound PH, Dorman Avenue South 17 7 10 0 Landowner states that he/she is currently considering options for the site. Officer conclusion phased conservatively to allow site to be built out. 17 14/00240 Eastry Hospital, Mill Lane, Eastry 100 Planning application 19.00572 submitted to vary conditions 2, 5, 15, 22, 30 & 31 from 14.00240, still pending consideration. Officer conclusion first units to be delivered within year three of the supply to allow time to determine application, based on officer information of the site. 30 40 30 100 0

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Permitted 2023/24 DOVER Planning conditions are being discharged and Building Control records show that the Initial Notice has been accepted. Site phased in line with

Land to the rear of Hyton Drive and Roman Close, Church Lane, Phasing 70 36 34 0 information provided from Persimmon Homes in a completed Housing Delivery survey dated 05.06.2019, past delivery trends on adjacent site Sholden 16/01476 70 Reserved Matters 13.00945 and officer assessment

DDC site survey showed construction to be well underway on site. Full application 18.00663 is pending consideration to increase net number of units Bisley Nursery, The Street, Worth 32 15 0 by 4. Developer stated phasing is remaining units to be delivered in first year of supply. Officer conclusion agreed with proposed phasing. DISTRICT 16/01161 15

Landowner has stated that they are looking to sell the site with planning permission for development. Officer conclusion phased within year three of 18/00300 Aylesham Sports Club, Burgess Road, Aylesham 18 17 0 supply to allow for sale and new developer to come on board. 17 Former William Muge House & Snelgrove House, Leyburne Road, DDC site survey showed units to be under construction. Developer has stated phasing of all units in 20/21. Officer conclusion staggered 65 20 20 25 0 18/00777 Harold Street and Godwyne Road, Dover 65 delivery/phasing as indicated based on the number of separate buildings on site. Landowner states that site is being sold with expectations that it will complete at the end of the year. Officer conclusion that units will start to be Land between Homeleigh & Lansdale, Northbourne Road, Great of

12 6 6 0 delivered in years three and four of the supply. Allowing time for the sale of the land and a new developer to come on board. COUNCIL Mongeham 17/01515 12 DDC site survey shows that Weighside House has been demolished and there is Building Control activity for this site, developer states phasing of site

Weighside House, Sandwich Road, Whitfield 14 13 0 as 14 units in 19/20. Officer conclusion agreed with proposed phasing. Major 17/00826 13

ADD NEW LINE ABOVE THIS LINE IF REQUIRED HOUSING

TOTALS 400 226 263 162 80 sites SUPPL with Y TECHNICAL Full Permission Planning P APER 2018/19

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196 Appendix 4 Phasing of Major sites with Outline Planning Permission DOVER four DISTRICT Phasing COUNCIL of HOUSING Major Planning SUPPL sites Y TECHNICAL with Permission P APER Outline 2018/19 197 33 34 Planning four DOVER

Number of Units APPLICATION Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year Phased Site Address/Location units Comment

number 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total beyond DISTRICT Phasing permitted 2023/24 Reserved Matters application (18.00981) granted planning permission 18.04.19. Homes England has stated 10 units in March 21, 20 units in 20/21 Former Connaught Barracks, Dover Road, Guston, CT16 1HL & 34 units in 21/20. Officer conclusion 10 units 19/20, 20 units in 20/21 & 34 units in 21/22 15/00260 (Officers Mess) 64 10 20 34 64 0 Reserved Matters application 18.01377 has been submitted and is currently pending a decision. Officer conclusion 14 units in 20/21, 15 units in Land adjacent to allotments, Folkestone Road, Dover, CT17 9JU 15/01032 29 14 15 29 0 21/22 to allow time for detailed application. Reserved Matters (18.00892) granted permission on the 17.04.2019. Work has started on site as per this hybrid application. Officer conclusion Land on the West side of Albert Road, Deal, CT14 9RB 15/01290 142 15 42 42 43 142 0 units start to be delivered in year two of the supply as per indicated phasing

Reserved Matters 19.00690 has been submitted and is pending consideration. Housebuilder connected to the site has stated 20 units in 19/20, 50 Permission COUNCIL 16/01049 Land off Chequer Lane, Ash 90 20 50 20 20 0 units in 20/21 & 20 units in 21/22 . Officer conclusion +one year to housebuilders phasing to allow for reserved matters determination.

Promoter has stated 20 units in 20/21 and 30 units 21/22 confirmed that there is a developer attached to the scheme. S73 application submitted 17/01114 Land at Gore Lane, Eastry 50 20 30 50 0 officer conclusion + one year to promoter's phasing to allow S73 determination

Landowner has stated phasing of 107 units 20/21, 100 21/22, 100 22/23, 100 23/24 & 93 24/24. Kent County Council firmly supports the housing

delivery at Discovery Park site and has been having active discussions with the applicant in relation to Highways issues. SELEP Accountability of Board has recognised the good progress made on this site in relation to the activities undertaken to resolve the Environment Agency's planning concerns and has confirmed a £5.3 million capital loan to accelerate the delivery of housing on this site. DDC Officers conclusion agreed phasing 14/00058 Discovery Park, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, CT13 9ND 500 20 100 100 100 320 180 with applicant although 20 units in 20/21 to allow more time for detailed matters application and lead in times. 18/00051 Bramley Hedge, Tower Street, Dover 10 5 5 10 0 Reserved Matters 19.00419 granted permission on 02.09.19, building control activity. Officer conclusion as per indicated phasing Major

Landowner has indicated phasing of 6 units 20/21, 6 21/22 & 7 22/23, no developer attached, no reserved matters. Officer conclusion remove 16/01450 Land adjacent to Fernfield Lane, Hawkinge 19 0 19 from first five years Landowner stated phasing of 30 units 19/20, 45 20/21, 10 21/22 there is developer attached, no reserved matters submitted. Officer conclusion + 17/00487 Land Opposite 423-459 Dover Road, Walmer 85 30 45 10 85 0 one year for reserved matters + one year for site preparation. Site promoter states phasing at 30 units 20/21, promoter states developer attached - details were withheld due to confidentiality, no reserved 16/01247 Land at White Post Farm, Sandwich Road, Ash 30 0 30 matters submitted. Officer conclusion remove from first five years. Council owned site. Development agreement in place. 2 housebuilders on site, BDW and Persimmon. Houses selling well. Phasing informed by activity on site, past delivery trends on the site, discussions with offcers and information from developer. Reserved Matters 18.01119 for further 91 units approved 09.05.19 Reserved Matters 19.00025 for further 91 units approved 08.08.19

Officer conclusion phasing as indicated sites 07/01081 Aylesham Village Expansion, Aylesham 1210 125 125 125 65 440 0 Phase 1, Whitfield Urban Extension,Whitfield, CT16 (Remainder of Reserved Matters (18.01238) for 248 units granted permission 02.04.19. Officer conclusion as per indicated phasing based on past delivery, 10/01010 the O/L) 1250 35 75 75 75 260 675 officer knowledge of allocation. Whitfield Urban Extension, (land to east of Sandwich Road and 10/01011 north west of Napchester Road) Whitfield, Dover 100 0 0 No units remain on outline - not phased

ADD NEW LINE ABOVE THIS LINE IF REQUIRED with

TOTALS 10 254 446 417 293 Outline

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199 36 five DOVER Appendix 5 Phasing of Allocations Phasing DISTRICT COUNCIL of Allocations 200 Units No of Units Policy/Site Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year Phased Site Address/Location remaining on Reference 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total beyond DOVER Allocation 2023/24 Comments

Allocation being taken forward. Outline app covering whole site. Council owned site. Development agreement. 2 housebuilders on site. Houses selling well. AY1 North of Aylesham 0 0 0 Phased under extant apps.

Homes England site. Application for 64 units granted on this site and phased DISTRICT under extant apps. HA state that from the hybrid application 86 units under detailed consent phased 22/23, with outline element phased as 100 24/25, 100 26/27. Officer conclusion detailed consent element + one year for determination of CP10 Connaught Barracks 436 86 86 350 application and outline element outside five years 2 outlines have been approved on this site for 1350 units in total. Officer conclusion balance of allocation outside of five years CP11 Whitfield 4267 0 4267 COUNCIL

CP8 Dover Waterfront 266 0 266 No planning application submitted, Officer conclusion outside of five years five CP9 Mid Town 100 0 100 No planning application submitted, Officer conclusion outside of five years HOUSING

Allocation being taken forward. Planning permission granted. Site phased under LA3 Charlton Green Sorting Office 0 0 extant apps. Phasing

LA4 Albany Place Car Park 15 0 15 No planning application submitted, Officer conclusion outside of five years SUPPL Full Planning application 18.00888 granted permission 23.07.2019 for 14 dwellings. Agent confirms that they will be submiiting a condition discharge Manor View Nursery, Lower Road, Temple application shortly and hope for work to commence on site before the end of LA5 Ewell 11 5 6 11 0 the year. Officer conclusion phasing as indicated and agreed with agent. Y Problems with site access may delay the delivery of this site. In view of this the TECHNICAL Adjacent to the former Melbourne County Council has phased this site later in the plan period to allow for these LA6 Primary School 10 0 10 difficulties to be resolved. of

No information concerning the deliverability of this allocation. Therefore the Council has phased this later in the plan period to allow time for the site to

LA7 Former TA Centre, London Road, 10 0 10 come forward Allocations

LA8 Coombe Valley 392 0 220 No planning application submitted, Officer conclusion outside of five years No application submitted, Homes England have confirmed phasing 50 22/23,

50 23/24 and 50 24/25, no further details provided. Officer conclusion outside P

LA9 Buckland Paper Mill 150 0 150 of the first five years. APER

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Policy/Site Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year Phased DISTRICT Site Address/Location remaining on Reference 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total beyond Allocation 2023/24 Comments

LA10 Factory Building, Lorne Road 8 0 Site not phased as building now in use as micro brewery. COUNCIL

LA10 Land off Dunedin Drive 8 0 8 No applications submitted, officer conclusion outside of the first five years of

LA10 Land off Wycherley Crescent 10 0 10 No applications submitted, officer conclusion outside of the first five years

LA10 Westmount College, Folkestone Road 100 0 100 No applications submitted, officer conclusion outside of the first five years Allocations

LA10 Old Park, Old Park Hill (Elysium park) 0 0 0 Allocation built out. Not phased.

Land to the north west Sholden New Rd LA12 (Sholden new Fields) 0 0 0 Allocation built out. Not phased.

Land between Deal and Sholden (Timperly LA13 Place) 0 0 0 Allocation built out. Not phased.

Full permission granted for whole of allocation. Phased under extant LA14 51-77 Station Road, Walmer, Deal 0 0 0 applications. Full Planning permission issued on the 19.09.19 (18.00764) Officer conclusion LA15 Stalco Engineering 126 Mongeham Road 36 10 25 35 0 site phased as indicated in agreement with agent

LA15 Former Deal County Primary School 0 0 0 Allocation built out. Not phased.

Allocation was for 40 units, full plans application submitted for 21 units to address mitigation issue, site promoter has stated phasing 10 20/21, 11 21/22. Land to the rear of 133-147 St Richard's The application has been granted subject to completion of S106 agreement. LA15 Road 0 10 11 21 0 Officer conclusion + one year to stated phasing for S106 sign off. Full planning application granted subject to completion of a S106 agreement. Housebuilders website states properties available from Spring 2020. Officer conclusion + one year to developers stated availability to address S106 Land west of St. Barts Road and South of completion. LA16 Woodnesborough Road (Abbey Homes) 120 20 50 50 120 0

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Site promoter stated phasing 30 units 20/21, 30 units 21/22, no planning Land adj Sandwich Technology School, Deal application submitted but developer attached to the site. Officer conclusion LA17 Road 60 30 30 30 strong intent to develop 30 units in year five and 30 units in year six. DISTRICT

LA20 Land at Chequer Lane, Molland Lea, Ash 0 0 0 Permission granted for 90 units. Phased under extant apps.

Officers in discussion with owners to bring forward part of the site (50 units). The Council aware through discussions with agent that there might be some issues with bringing the whole site forward at present time. Therefore officer Land between Cherry Garden Lane and 79 conclusion phase portion of the site but outside of the five year supply to allow COUNCIL LA21 Sandwich Road, Ash 95 0 50 the site to be delivered.

LA22 Land at Millfield, Ash 0 0 0 Permission granted for 10 units. Phased under extant apps. five HOUSING Site promoter stated that local scout group in conjunction with KCC are leading LA23 Former Council Yard, Molland Lea 5 5 5 0 the project. Officer conclusion strong indication for development. Phasing

LA23 67-99 Sandwich Road, Ash 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. No phasing required. SUPPL Land at The Vineries & 111 and New Planning permission granted for 2 units. Phased under extant apps. LA23 Street, Ash 0 0 0 Detailed matters approved under 18/00563 Y LA23 Guilton Farm, Guilton 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. No phasing required. TECHNICAL

Land to the south of New Dover Road, of between Capel Court Caravan Park and An application has been granted for 40 dwellings 15/00525. Site phased under LA24 Helena Road, Capel (Jarvis Homes) 0 0 0 extant apps. Allocations

Land to the north of the junction of Capel LA25 Street and Winehouse Lane, Capel le Ferne 0 0 0 Permission granted for 4 units. Phased under extant apps.

Land between 107 & 127 Capel Street, Outline application submitted, no developer attached. Officer conclusion phase P APER LA26 Capel 40 0 34 outside of the first five years.

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Policy/Site Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year Phased DISTRICT Site Address/Location remaining on Reference 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total beyond Allocation 2023/24 Comments

LA27 Gore Field, Gore Lane, Eastry 0 0 0 Phased under Extant Applications COUNCIL

LA28 Eastry Court Farm, Eastry 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. No phasing required. of

LA29 Eastry Hospital, Eastry 0 0 0 Phased under Extant Applications Allocations

No applications submitted, officer conclusion phase outside of the first five LA30 The Old Chalk Pit, Heronden Road, Eastry 20 0 20 years

LA30 Land to the west of Gore Lane 0 0 0 Permission granted for 3 units. Phased under extant apps.

No information about the status of this site. Therefore removed from the HIA LA32 Land off Mill Lane, Shepherdswell 0 0 10 for the moment.

LA32 Land at 4 Mill Lane 0 0 0 Permission granted for 3 units. Phased under extant apps.

An application has been granted for the whole of the allocation site and is fully LA33 Builders Yard, 67 High St, Wingham 0 0 0 built out

An application has been granted for the whole of the allocation site and is fully LA33 Land North of College Way 0 0 0 built out

Land to the south of Staple Rd and north of LA33 Goodnestone Road 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. Site not phased.

Land north of Langdon Primary school, East LA34 Langdon 0 0 0 Application granted for 10 dwellings. Site phased under extant apps.

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Outline application approved, site being marketed. Officer conclusion remove from first five years.

LA35 East Studdal Nursery, East Studdal 30 0 30 DISTRICT

Amendment to settlement confines. Site phased under extant permission LA35 Homestead Lane 0 0 0 17/01109

No application submitted, no developer attached. Officer conclusion remove LA36 Sweetbriar Lane, Elvington 50 0 50 from first five years. COUNCIL No planning submitted, developer interested but not attached. Officer LA36 Land adjacent to Homeside, Eythorne 25 0 25 conclusion outside of the first five years. five LA36 Land adjacent to Homeside, Eythorne 0 0 HOUSING

LA36 Land to east of Adelaide Rd, Eythorne 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. Site not phased Phasing

Land adjacent to 2 Shepherdswell Rd, LA36 Eythorne 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. Site not phased SUPPL

Land at Northbourne Road, Great LA37 Mongeham 0 0 0 Phased under Extant Applications Y TECHNICAL LA37 Great Mongeham Farm, Cherry Lane 0 0 0 Permission for 4 units. Phased under extant apps. of

LA37 Mongeham Farm, Mongeham Rd 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. Site not phased Allocations

Land between Alice Cottage and Walstead An outline application has been granted for 3 dwellings. Phased under extant LA37 Great Mongeham 0 0 0 apps. P APER

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Policy/Site Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year Phased DISTRICT Site Address/Location remaining on Reference 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total beyond Allocation 2023/24 Comments

Land between the village hall and The LA38 Bothy, Upper Street, Kingsdown 0 0 0 Permission granted for 4 units. Phased under extant apps. COUNCIL Land between Innisfree and Glen Lodge, LA39 Glen Rd, Kingsdown 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. Site not phased of Land adjacent to Box Tree Cottage, LA39 Hangmans Lane, Ringwould 0 0 0 Permission granted for 1 unit. Phased under extant apps. Allocations

Land at Canterbury Road, Lydden LA40 (Pentland) 0 0 0 Permission granted for 31 units. Phased under extant apps.

Site being promoted by builder, No reserved matters submitted. Builder has stated phasing 16 units 20/21, 20 units 21/22 officer conclusion +two years on LA41 Prima Windows, Easole Street, Nonington 35 15 15 20 phasing for reserved matters and site preparation

LA42 Land at Lynton Mill Lane 0 0 0 Amendment to settlement confines. Site not phased

The Paddock, Townsend Farm, St LA43 Margarets at Cliffe 0 0 0 Allocation complete

Land at the junction of Station Rd and LA44 Nelson Park Rd 0 0 0 Allocation complete

Land to the west of Orchard Lea, The LA45 Street 0 0 0 Permission granted for 4 units. Phased under extant apps.

Land between Stoneleigh and Nine Acres, LA46 The Street, Woodnesborough 0 0 0 Allocation complete

Land at Laslett's Yard and adjacent, Beacon LA47 Lane, Woodnesborough 0 0 0 Allocation complete

Page 6 of 7 206 Units No of Units Policy/Site Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Phasing Five Year Phased Site Address/Location remaining on Reference 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total beyond DOVER Allocation 2023/24 Comments

WDP01 Bisley Nursery Development 0 0 0 Application granted for full allocation. Phased under extant apps.

ADD NEW LINE ABOVE THIS LINE IF REQUIRED DISTRICT COUNCIL TOTALS 6299 0 15 61 61 186 five HOUSING Phasing SUPPL Y TECHNICAL of Allocations P APER

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Appendix 6 Historic Windfalls

Table 6.1

Application Net Year Site Address/Location No Gain

Land at Salvatori, North and South of Grove Road, 18/19 15/00256 17 Preston, CT3 1EF (Preston Grange)

Land east of 1 & 2, Woodnesborough Lane, Eastry, CT13 18/19 16/00521 12 0DX

18/19 17/00054 Site at King Lear PH, Old Folkestone Road, Aycliffe 8

18/19 17/00450 Railway Hotel, 85 Station Road, Walmer 7

18/19 16/00017 Land at North Barrack Site, (East Section) Trafalgar Drive 4

18/19 17/00489 Site at Kingdom Hall, North Military Road, Dover 4

18/19 18/00765 Church Farm, Church Lane, West Langdon 4

18/19 17/00903 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors, Riverside, 27 Castle Street, Dover 3

18/19 13/00798 97 & 97A High Street, Wingham 2

18/19 16/01115 Lenacre Court Farm, Lenacre Lane, Whitfield, 2

18/19 17/01360 28 Priory Hill 2

18/19 15/00292 Red Lion, Canterbury Road, Wingham 2

18/19 17/00548 Land adjacent to the White Horse, Church Hill, Eythorne 2

18/19 15/00821 Former Nursery and Builders Yard, The Forstal, Preston 2

Land adjacent to The Caravan, Westcourt Lane, 18/19 16/01444 2 Shepherdswell

18/19 18/00199 Land on the north east side of Grove Road, Preston 2

18/19 18/00658 Caravan Plot 4, Rose Garden, Hay Hill 2

18/19 18/01350 North Court Cottage, West Stourmouth 1

18/19 17/00468 Site at 3 Malvern Meadow, Temple Ewell 1

18/19 16/00172 6 Park Avenue, Dover, 1

18/19 18/00596 9 St James Street, Dover 1 209 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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18/19 17/01502 11 Maison Dieu Place 1

Land to the rear of 48 Valley Road & Fronting Beresford 18/19 17/01498 1 Road, River

18/19 16/01034 Land adjacent to 36 Westside, East Langdon, CT15 5JG 1

Old Barn House, Townsend Farm Road, St Margarets at 18/19 18/00382 1 Cliffe

18/19 16/01249 Red Lion PH, Kingsdown Road, St Margaret's-at-Cliffe 1

18/19 15/00490 Upper Freedown, Kingsdown Road, St Margaret's at Cliffe 1

18/19 17/00698 Limes Business Centre, 6 Broad Street, Deal 1

18/19 14/00852 22 Harold Road, Deal 1

18/19 17/01400 297 London Road, Deal 1

18/19 16/00282 Land adjacent to Wychway, The Rise, Kingsdown 1

18/19 17/00268 Forge House & land rear of Dover Road, Ringwould 1

18/19 18/00106 Hygeia, 106 Wellington Parade, Kingsdown 1

18/19 17/00383 Land at and adjoining Gillows, Hawksdown, Walmer 1

18/19 17/00648 32 Station Road, Walmer 1

18/19 11/00430 35 Ark Lane, Deal 1

18/19 13/00972 Part of, 86 Liverpool Road, Walmer, Deal 1

18/19 18/00950 313 Dover Road, Walmer, Deal 1

18/19 14/00556 Folly Cottage, 14 High Street, Wingham 1

18/19 16/00666 1 The Old Fairground, High Street, Wingham 1

18/19 16/01384 Deaconland Farm, Deacon Lane, Preston 1

18/19 17/01392 Preston Garage, The Street, Preston 1

18/19 16/00947 24 Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell, 1

18/19 16/00212 Barn at Barton Farm, Westmarsh, Ash, 1

18/19 17/00731 The Diary, Drove Farm, Drainless Road, Eastry 1

18/19 14/00642 Hammill Brickworks, Hammill, Woodnesborough 1

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Barn and Stables at Saunders House, Saunders Lane, 18/19 15/00323 1 Ash

18/19 17/00702 Land Fronting, 92A The Street, Ash 1

18/19 17/01418 30/32 The Street, Ash 1

18/19 16/00874 The Black Barn, Hoaden Court Farm, Overland Lane, Ash 1

18/19 17/01534 Land adjoining Fairways, Beacon Lane, Woodnesborough 1

18/19 18/01246 37 The Street, Ash 1

18/19 18/00041 31 Dorman Avenue North, Aylesham 1

18/19 16/01211 149 Capel Street, Capel-le-Ferne, CT18 7EY 0

Anchorage & Collingwood Cottage, Collingwood Road, 18/19 15/00701 0 St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, CT15 6EZ

Cliffe Place, Station Road, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, CT15 18/19 15/00908 0 6ES

18/19 16/00838 22, 24 & 24A, Mill Hill, Deal 0

18/19 16/01482 Largs, Mill Lane, Shepherdswell 0

17/00277 Fairview House, 22 Park Avenue, Dover 0

17/01382 64-65 High Street, Wingham -1

Total 112

Land at Salvatori, North and South of Grove Road, 17/18 15/00256 16 Preston, CT3 1EF (Preston Grange)

17/18 13/01099 149-156 Snargate Street, Dover 9

17/18 16/00867 91-95, Folkestone Road, Dover, CT17 9SD 9

Former Car Sales site, St Martins Yard, East Side, Lorne 17/18 10/01132 7 Road, Dover

17/18 15/00120 Hope Inn, High Street, St Margaret's at Cliffe, CT15 6AT 6

17/18 16/01011 Rosehurst, 162 Church Path, Deal, CT14 9TU 6

17/18 16/01396 Queen Street Surgery & Access 13a Queen Street, Deal 5

17/18 05/01375 No 1 & land adjoining North Barrack Road, Walmer 4 211 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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17/18 16/00041 Pilgrims Nook, Willow Woods Road, Sutton, CT15 5BH 4

1 & 3 Lower Rowling Cottages, Rowling, Goodnestone, 17/18 15/00557 3 CT3 1PU

17/18 15/00947 Beulah House, 94 Crabble Hill, Dover, CT17 0SA 3

Old School & Curfew House, Kingsdown Road, St. 17/18 15/00639 3 Margaret's-at-Cliffe, CT15 6AZ

17/18 16/00849 18 Salisbury Road, Dover, CT16 1EU 3

17/18 16/00594 180 London Road, Deal, CT14 9PT 3

17/18 17/00004 Doctors surgery, 13a Queen Street, Deal 3

17/18 10/00022 39 Adelaide Road, Elvington 2

17/18 11/00985 80-81 London Road, Dover 0

Land Between 82 - 92, Wellington Parade, Walmer, CT14 17/18 12/00770 2 8AD

17/18 13/00669 25 Cannon Street, Deal CT14 6QA 2

17/18 14/01018 Knapp Cottage, Old Park Hill, Dover, CT16 2GR 2

17/18 15/00636 42 The Strand, Walmer, CT14 7DX 2

17/18 15/00482 Guy's Cliff, Chalk Hill Road, Kingsdown, CT14 8DP 2

17/18 15/00926 105 Mill Hill, Deal, CT14 9ER 2

Coach House, Old Downs Farm, Guilford Road, Sandwich 17/18 16/00702 2 Bay, CT13 9PF

17/18 16/00540 The Old Butchers, 31 High Street, Wingham, CT3 1AB 1

Hillside, Collingwood Road, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, CT15 17/18 16/01017 2 6EX

17/18 16/01418 26, 28 and 30, Fisher Street, Sandwich, CT13 9EJ 2

17/18 16/01433 32 Orchard Avenue, Deal, CT14 9RW 2

Land to the rear of 39 & 41 including access strip, New 17/18 16/01315 2 Street, Ash, CT3 2BH

Land adjacent to Marshlands, Jubilee Road, Worth, CT14 17/18 16/01119 2 0DT

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Land adjacent to 1 Church Farm Cottages, Jubilee Road, 17/18 16/01317 2 Worth

17/18 17/00313 Unit 3, West View Farm, Cop Street Road, Ash 2

17/18 17/00073 Land to the rear of 100 and access, Church Lane 2

17/18 10/01143 Sundown, 15 Watersend, Temple Ewell 1

17/18 11/00173 11A Archers Court Road, Whitfield 1

Land adjoining 1 Ingleside Cottages, Gore Lane, Eastry, 17/18 13/00424 1 CT13 0ED

9 & 10 Mansion Gardens & Land at DHB Club, Port Zone, 17/18 14/00157 -1 Willingdon Road, Whitfield

17/18 14/00367 Upper floors, 1 & 2 Church Street, Dover 1

17/18 14/00190 134-135 Snargate Street, Dover 1

17/18 14/00343 Land adjoining 49 Balmoral Road, Kingsdown 1

Land rear of Fire Station, Reach Road, St Margaret's at 17/18 14/00534 1 Cliffe

17/18 14/00729 Land rear of 16 Gore Terrace, Eastry 1

17/18 14/00637 Clooneavin, Victoria Road, Kingsdown 1

17/18 13/01115 Rear of 44 Salisbury Road & fronting Park Avenue, Dover 1

17/18 14/00642 Hammill Brickworks, Hammill, Woodnesborough 1

The Stable Block, adj to Great Knell Farm Cottage, Knell 17/18 14/01059 1 Lane, Ash

17/18 15/00205 Land r/o 14 - 16 Sandwich Road, Whitfield 1

Site at St Andrew's Rectory, London Road, Dover, CT17 17/18 15/00174 1 0TF

17/18 15/00471 215 London Road, Dover, CT17 0TD 0

Land adjacent to Sagana Lodge, Gore Lane, Eastry, CT13 17/18 15/00652 1 0ED

17/18 15/00896 Worth Depot, Deal Road, Worth, CT14 0BQ 1

17/18 15/01142 Land adjacent to 129 Mill Hill, Deal, CT14 9JB 1

17/18 15/01234 The Yard, 109 Station Road, Walmer, CT14 7RL 1 213 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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17/18 16/00078 Site at No.s 7-9, Templar Road, Temple Ewell, CT16 3DL 1

17/18 16/00328 The Retreat, Old Roman Road, Martin Mill, CT15 5JY 1

17/18 16/00214 Land at Warden House Mews, Deal, CT14 9WD 1

The Wilderness and The Former All Saints Church, 17/18 16/00055 1 Church Lane, West Stourmouth, CT3 1HS

17/18 16/00284 Church Hall, Stanley Road, Deal, CT14 7BT 1

17/18 16/00503 38 Cherry Tree Avenue, Dover, CT16 2NL 1

17/18 16/00009 62 Nursery Lane, Whitfield, CT16 3EX 1

Land Opposite Forstal Cottage, The Forstal, Preston, CT3 17/18 16/00781 1 1DT

17/18 15/00730 Land adjacent to 53, Church Path, Deal, CT14 9TH 1

17/18 16/00403 11 Vale View Road, Aylesham, CT3 3DB 1

17/18 16/00966 14 Norman Street, Dover, CT17 9RS 1

Land Adjoining Nemesis, Queensdown Road, Kingsdown, 17/18 16/01174 1 CT14 8EF

17/18 16/01142 3 The Conifers, Cross Road, Walmer, CT14 9FZ 1

17/18 16/01334 161 Snargate Street, Dover, CT17 9BZ 1

17/18 16/01417 Site at Cressener's, Gore Lane, Eastry, CT13 0LN 1

Dene Cottage, Meadow View Road, Shepherdswell, CT15 17/18 16/01125 1 7PL

17/18 17/00014 1 & 2 North Corner Cottages, Saddlers Hill, Goodnestone 1

17/18 16/01268 Barn at Deerson Farm, Deerson Lane, Preston, CT3 1EX 1

17/18 17/00533 14 De Burgh Hill, Dover 0

17/18 16/00994 47 Castle Street, Dover 1

17/18 17/00325 Land rear of 22 St Leonards Road, Deal 1

17/18 17/00832 Land at Belvedere Gardens, Deal 1

17/18 17/00294 Land adjacent to Oak Farm Barn, The Street, Preston 1

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17/18 17/00411 Site at 279 St Richards Road, Deal 1

17/18 17/00276 108 Maison Dieu Road, Dover 1

Land adjacent to 17 Downs Close, East Studdal, CT15 17/18 16/00472 1 5BY

17/18 17/01359 8 Gerald Palmby Court, Western Road, Deal 1

Site at St Faith's at Ash School, 5 The Street, Ash, CT3 17/18 16/00743 -1 2HH

17/18 17/01037 115 High Street, Deal -1

17/18 16/00980 20 The Marina, Deal, CT14 6NG -2

Total 157

Land at Salvatori, North and South of Grove Road, 16/17 15/00256 21 Preston, CT3 1EF (Preston Grange)

16/17 14/00642 Hammill Brickworks, Hammill, Woodnesborough 17

16/17 09/00873 Land at Golf Road/Cannon Street, Deal 13

Land at and land rear of 104-106, Church Lane, Deal, 16/17 15/01167 12 CT14 9QL

16/17 15/00327 Site at, 43 Dola Avenue, Deal, CT14 9QH 9

16/17 07/00098 Site of King Lear PH, Old Folkestone Road, Aycliffe 6

Grosvenor Mansions, including, 1-11 Queen Street, Deal, 16/17 16/00860 6 CT14 6ET

Former Car Sales site, St Martins Yard, East Side, Lorne 16/17 10/01132 5 Road, Dover

Land at corner of Beaconsfield Road and Millais Road, 16/17 14/00301 4 Dover

16/17 14/00432 137 Folkestone Road, Dover 4

16/17 15/00423 21 Market Street, Sandwich CT13 9DA 4

16/17 16/00385 117-120, Snargate Street, Dover, CT17 9DA 4

16/17 15/00083 Land at Elm Farm House, Archers Court Road, Whitfield 3

16/17 13/00132 9-15 Station Road, Walmer, Deal, CT14 7QR 2 215 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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16/17 13/00700 8 St Georges Passage, Deal, CT14 6TA 2

16/17 14/00249 Site at 144 Canterbury Road, Lydden 2

16/17 15/00205 Land r/o 14 - 16 Sandwich Road, Whitfield 2

16/17 11/00127 45 Granville Road, St Margaret's Bay 1

16/17 11/00887 Site at 3 Herschell Road East, Walmer 1

16/17 12/00329 Ronaldene, Ellens Road, Deal, CT14 9JJ 1

16/17 12/00476 41 Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AD 1

16/17 13/00195 Chitty's Mill, Lower Mill Lane, Deal, CT14 9AG 1

16/17 13/00779 Workshop Adjacent to, Northcote Road, Deal, CT14 7BZ 1

16/17 14/00233 2 The Old Fairground, High Street, Wingham 1

16/17 14/00190 134-135 Snargate Street, Dover 1

16/17 13/01044 Land rear of and 59 New Street, Sandwich 1

16/17 14/00245 The Follies, Downs Road, East Studdal 1

16/17 14/00912 Site rear of 15 Bewsbury Crescent, Whitfield 1

16/17 14/00909 43 Swaynes Way, Eastry 1

16/17 14/00913 Julia, Overland, Ash 1

Land rear of Palmerston, Lighthouse Road, St Margaret's 16/17 14/00021 1 Bay

16/17 14/01146 Land adjacent to 162 Mongeham Road, Deal 1

16/17 14/01207 Site adjacent to 9 Orchard Avenue, Deal 1

Site at Garden House, Kingsdown Hill, Kingsdown, CT14 16/17 14/01014 1 8EA

16/17 15/00164 April Cottage, Ellens Road, Deal, CT14 9JJ 1

16/17 15/00193 Beggars Leap, Lower Mill Lane, Deal, CT14 9AG 1

16/17 15/00388 27 Victoria Road, Deal, CT14 7AS 1

16/17 15/00490 Upper Freedown, Kingsdown Road, St Margaret's at Cliffe 1

16/17 15/00502 The Ark, Short Street, Chillenden, CT3 1PR 1

16/17 15/00581 Longmete Barn, Longmete Road, Preston, CT3 1EY 1 216 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

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Site R/O The Shrubbery, St Margarets Road, St. 16/17 15/00296 1 Margaret's Bay, CT15 6EQ

Land r/o 37 Eythorne Road and fronting The Glen, 16/17 15/00662 1 Shepherdswell, CT15 7PG

16/17 15/00712 44 Salisbury Road, Dover, CT16 1EY 1

16/17 15/01240 Land to the rear of 100, Church Path, Deal, CT14 9TJ 1

16/17 15/01122 157 & 158 London Road, Dover, CT17 0TG 1

The Spa Barn, Wallets Court Hotel, Dover Road, St. 16/17 16/00310 1 Margaret's-at-Cliffe, CT15 6EW

16/17 16/00370 199 London Road, Dover, CT17 0TF 1

16/17 16/00668 5 Ranelagh Road, Deal, CT14 7BG 1

16/17 16/00951 45 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PT 1

Old Stables, East Side Farm, The Street, East Langdon, 16/17 16/01306 1 CT15 5JF

Total 149

15/16 04/00938 Prince of Wales House, Princes Street, Dover 20

Bede and Dunstan Houses, College Road, Deal, CT14 15/16 13/00522 16 6DA

15/16 09/00930 Quarterdeck and 37 Beach Street, Deal 14

15/16 13/00070 Charlton Centre, High Street, Dover, CT16 1TT 14

Blue Berries Early Centre and Education Centre, 10 Dover 15/16 12/00700 10 Road, Sandwich

15/16 13/01008 St Johns Ambulance Hall, Mill Hill, Deal 10

15/16 13/00921 12-14, Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PW 8

Land at Salvatori, North and South of Grove Road, 15/16 15/00256 7 Preston, CT3 1EF

15/16 07/00098 Site of King Lear PH, Old Folkestone Road, Aycliffe 6

15/16 11/00639 30-30a Mill Hill, Deal 5

15/16 14/00642 Hammill Brickworks, Hammill, Woodnesborough 1 217 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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Former Car Sales site, St Martins Yard, East Side, Lorne 15/16 10/01132 5 Road, Dover

Wheelwrights Arms P.H., Chaucer Crescent, Dover, CT16 15/16 13/00095 4 2BN

15/16 13/01059 Land rear of 22-24 Mill Hill, Deal CT14 9EN 4

15/16 14/01090 107 London Road, Temple Ewell, Dover, CT16 3BY 4

Land Rear of Cranbrook, Dover Road, Guston, Dover, 15/16 15/00073 4 CT15 5EN

15/16 14/00420 12 & 12A Delf Street, Sandwich 3

15/16 14/00082 10-12 South Court, Deal 3

15/16 11/00319 126-128 London Road, Dover 2

15/16 11/00787 25 High Street, Dover 2

15/16 12/00032 223 St Richards Road, Deal, CT14 9LF 2

15/16 12/00443 8 Clarendon Place, Dover, CT17 9QB 2

Land rear of 19-37 Woodnesborough Road, Sandwich, 15/16 13/00309 2 CT13 0AA

15/16 13/01004 Site next to, 3 Warwick Road, Walmer, Deal, CT14 7HT 2

Old Rectory Residential Home, Sandwich Road & 2, 15/16 14/00072 2 Gardners Close, Ash

15/16 15/00192 First & Second Floors, 60 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PJ 2

Land to the rear of 84 & 86, Church Lane, Deal, CT14 15/16 15/00245 2 9QL

15/16 15/00261 27-29, Coombe Valley Road, Dover, CT17 0TT 2

15/16 15/00132 Land Between 17 - 23, Cross Road, Deal, CT14 9LB 2

15/16 15/00348 6 Sondes Road, Deal, CT14 7BW 2

15/16 08/00750 1 Dickson Road, Dover 1

15/16 11/00214 29 Crabble Hill, Dover 1

15/16 11/00361 55 Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell 1

15/16 12/00128 Land Rear of 147, London Road, Dover, CT17 0TG 1 218 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

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15/16 12/00234 Land R/O 124 Church Path, Deal, CT14 9TN 1

15/16 12/00541 The Nursery, Minnis Lane, River, Dover, CT15 7DN 1

15/16 12/00873 St Ives, New Road, Eythorne, CT15 4DF 1

15/16 12/00828 Part of 223A Telegraph Road, Deal, CT14 9DU 1

Site R/O 273 & 275 & Access, St Richards Road, Deal, 15/16 13/00030 1 CT14 9LF

Land Adjoining Bay Hill House, The Droveway, St. 15/16 12/00112 1 Margaret's Bay, CT15 6DJ

15/16 13/00211 23 Cherry Tree Avenue, Dover, CT16 2NL 1

Land adjoining 1 Ingleside Cottages, Gore Lane, Eastry, 15/16 13/00424 1 CT13 0ED

15/16 12/00730 Cardrona, Minnis Lane, River, Dover, CT17 0PT 1

Part of Orchard House, Egerton Road, Temple Ewell, 15/16 13/00789 1 Dover, CT16 3AF

15/16 13/00926 Land adjacent 28 Priory Hill, Dover, CT17 0AA 1

15/16 14/00190 134-135 Snargate Street, Dover 1

15/16 14/00201 120 Sandown Road, Deal 1

15/16 14/00357 Land adjoining 52 Salisbury Road,St Margaret's Bay 1

15/16 14/00442 The Bull Inn, High Street, Eastry 1

Site rear of 38 & 42 St Patricks Road & fronting Western 15/16 13/00918 1 Road, Deal

15/16 14/00143 site adjacent to Greenleaves, Kingsdown Hill, Kingsdown 1

15/16 14/00593 18A Beauchamp Avenue, Deal 1

15/16 14/00389 70 Liverpool Road, Walmer 1

15/16 14/00725 Finchley Farm, Overland, Ash 1

15/16 14/00623 4 St George's Passage, Deal 1

15/16 14/00740 Hazeldene, Alkham Valley Road, Alkham 1

15/16 14/00821 13 Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell, Dover, CT15 7PT 1

15/16 14/00853 Pine Cottage, Manor Avenue, Deal 1 219 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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15/16 14/00481 31 Kings Avenue, Sandwich Bay, Worth 1

15/16 14/01006 Land rear of 82-84 Canterbury Road, Lydden 1

15/16 14/01060 Land at 65 Eythorne Road, Shepherdswell 1

15/16 14/00493 Hope Inn, 144 Canterbury Road, Lydden 1

15/16 14/01215 Stables, The White House, Sandwich Road, Eastry 1

15/16 15/00158 26 Dorset Gardens, Walmer, CT14 7SS 1

15/16 15/00206 31 College Road, Deal, CT14 6DD 1

15/16 14/01118 61 Canterbury Road, Lydden, CT15 7ET 1

15/16 15/00333 2 The Old Print House, Russell Street, Dover, CT16 1PX 1

Units 2A & 2B, West View Farm, Cop Street, Ash, CT3 15/16 15/00522 1 2DN

15/16 15/00766 1A Erith Street, Dover, CT17 0EJ 1

15/16 15/00575 134 - 135, Snargate Street, Dover, CT17 9DA 1

15/16 15/01223 10 Tower Hamlets Road, Dover, CT17 0BJ 1

Total 203

14/15 09/00873 Land at Golf Road/Cannon Street, Deal 23

Land north of River Stour & including part of Sandwich 14/15 01/01167 18 Ind Estate, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich

14/15 11/00665 Christchurch Mission Hall, 133 Folkestone Road, Dover 9

14/15 11/00940 152-154 Gladstone Road, Walmer, Deal, CT14 7EN 7

14/15 07/00098 Site of King Lear PH, Old Folkestone Road, Aycliffe 6

14/15 06/00176 Former Builders Yard, Widred Road, Dover 6

14/15 10/01069 Elvington Working Mens Club, Chaucer Road, Elvington 5

Former Car Sales site, St Martins Yard, East Side, Lorne 14/15 10/01132 5 Road, Dover

14/15 10/00822 The Old Bakery, High Street, St Margaret's at Cliffe 5

14/15 12/00855 Cherry Tree Ph, 92 London Road, Dover, CT17 0SH 5 220 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

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14/15 11/01113 St Nicholas House, Queens Road, Ash CT3 2BR 1

14/15 11/00377 26-28, Mill Hill, Deal CT14 9EW 4

14/15 10/00520 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th floors, 4 Cannon Street, Dover 4

Site R/O Amy Temple Cottages, Chapel Lane, St. 14/15 13/00672 3 Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 6BN

Land between 47 and 49 Adelaide Road, Elvington, 14/15 13/00445 3 Eythorne, Dover

14/15 12/00828 Part of 223A Telegraph Road, Deal, CT14 9DU 3

14/15 13/00655 43 Biggin Street, Dover, CT16 1DB 3

14/15 10/00488 144 Canterbury Road, Lydden 2

14/15 09/00135 Farthings, St Vincent Road, St Margaret's at Cliffe 2

Land rear of 36-42 Court Road & fronting Station Drive, 14/15 14/00440 2 Walmer

14/15 12/00114 2-3, London Road, Dover, CT17 0ST 2

14/15 08/01119 Land adjoining 2 Chapel Street, Deal 2

Each End House, Each End, Woodnesborough, Sandwich 14/15 12/01024 1 CT3 2BZ

14/15 12/00128 Land Rear of 147, London Road, Dover, CT17 0TG 1

14/15 12/00180 109 Maison Dieu Road, Dover, CT16 1RT 1

14/15 12/00797 Little Ewell, Barfrestone, Eythorne, Dover, CT15 7JJ 1

14/15 13/00300 Lynstead, 75 Salisbury Road, Walmer, Deal, CT14 7QL 1

14/15 12/00166 Highfield, Goretop Lane, Worth, Deal, CT14 0DJ 1

14/15 11/01047 The Ark, Short Street, Chillenden 1

14/15 12/00137 Biwandi, Sutton Road, Ripple, Deal CT14 8JB 1

14/15 13/00562 Capeling House, Gore Road, Eastry, Sandwich 1

14/15 13/00281 Clearways, Forge Lane, Whitfield, Dover, CT16 3LA 1

St Margarets Lodge, Sea Street, St.Margaret's-at-Cliffe, 14/15 12/00938 1 Dover, CT15 6AR

14/15 13/00208 Land rear of, 30 Cross Road, Walmer, Deal, CT14 9LB 1 221 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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Arundel House, 101a Sandwich Road, Whitfield, CT16 14/15 14/00050 1 3JG

14/15 13/00291 Part of Highfield, Vicarage Lane, Nonington, Dover 1

14/15 13/00471 19 Salisbury Road, St. Margaret's Bay, Dover, CT15 6DL 1

Site R/O The Shrubbery, St Margarets Road, St. 14/15 12/00947 1 Margaret's Bay, CT15 6EQ

14/15 12/00733 Wembley, Flax Court Lane, Eythorne, CT15 4AB 1

14/15 11/00310 Vacant land between 15 & 21 Hardwicke Road, Dover 1

Land at 1 Old Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone, 14/15 13/00561 1 CT18 7HJ

14/15 13/00384 132 The Street, Ash 1

14/15 09/00360 Belvoir Cottage, Overland, Ash 1

Clare Cottage & The Old Post Office, The Street, 14/15 12/00429 1 Eythorne, CT15 4BG

Site R/O 43 Eythorne Road & Adjoining, 16 B The Glen, 14/15 12/00375 1 Shepherdswell, CT15 7PF

14/15 12/00528 10 St Georges Road, Deal, CT14 6BA 1

14/15 13/00027 Land adjacent to 4 Selway Court, Deal, CT14 9ET 1

Former Kent Fire & Rescue Service, Fire Station, Reach 14/15 13/00636 1 Road, St. Margarets-at-Cliffe, CT15 6AE

14/15 14/00887 16 Godwyne Road, Dover 1

14/15 12/00335 Part of, 6 Clarence Road, Capel-le-Ferne, CT18 7LW 1

14/15 13/00353 Land r/o 124 Church Path, Deal, CT14 9TN 1

14/15 13/00951 Land adjacent to 51 Church Path, Deal, CT14 9TH 1

14/15 06/01239 23 De Burgh Hill 1

Site r/o Manyana, fronting Bernard Gardens, 14/15 10/00227 1 Shepherdswell

14/15 13/00268 Land adjoining 41 Cross Road, Walmer, Deal, CT14 9LB 1

14/15 13/00408 21 Blenheim Road, Deal, CT14 7AJ 1

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Site rear of 1 Templar Road, Temple Ewell, Dover, CT16 14/15 13/00418 1 3DL

14/15 14/00321 Frith Lodge, 14 Frith Road, Dover 1

Flat 1, Timber Section, The Old Flour Mill, London Road, 14/15 14/00640 1 Dover

Land rear of 24 Court Road & fronting Station Drive, 14/15 14/00791 1 Walmer

14/15 08/00728 8 Attlee Avenue, Aylesham 1

14/15 10/00223 100 Old Folkestone Road, Aycliff 1

14/15 11/00500 20 Queen Street, Deal 1

14/15 12/00984 1 Laureston Place, Dover, CT16 1QX 1

Site R/O Former Lagan Restaurant , 60 The Street, Ash, 14/15 13/00366 1 Sandwich, CT3 2EW

St Michaels, 166 London Road, Temple Ewell, Dover, 14/15 13/00388 1 CT16 3DE

14/15 13/00483 115 Downs Road, Walmer, CT14 7TF 1

Ratling Clinic, Ratling Road, Aylesham, Canterbury, CT3 14/15 13/00764 1 3HN

14/15 14/00658 7 Goschen Road, Dover 1

14/15 14/00431 Flat 20, Old Flour Mill, London Road, Dover 1

14/15 12/00560 26 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PW 1

14/15 11/00308 43 & 45 Ark Lane, Deal 1

14/15 11/00977 16A Broad Street, Deal 1

14/15 13/00207 First floor, 3 Cannon Street, Dover, CT16 1BY 1

14/15 14/00558 Land rear of 11 Lower Road, River 1

14/15 14/00671 Keep House Tea Rooms, 1 Deal Castle Road, Deal 1

14/15 14/00483 Former Pharos office, 17 London Road, Dover 1

Natwest Bank, 46 High Street, Wingham, Canterbury, 14/15 13/00175 1 CT3 1AA

14/15 14/00598 3 The Old Print House, Russell Street, Dover 1 223 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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Total 177

13/14 11/01088 Manley House, Sandwich Road, Whitfield CT16 3LZ 32

13/14 09/00873 Land at Golf Road/Cannon Street, Deal 26

13/14 11/01113 St Nicholas House, Queens Road, Ash CT3 2BR 13

13/14 07/00098 Site of King Lear PH, Old Folkestone Road, Aycliffe 12

13/14 12/00455 59 The Marina, Deal, CT14 6NP 11

13/14 11/00664 Campbells Garage, 143 Kingsdown Road, Walmer 7

13/14 08/00869 Land r/o 14-56 Court Road, Station Drive, Walmer 6

13/14 11/00377 26-28, Mill Hill, Deal CT14 9EW 5

Lord Nelson PH, 50 The Strand, Walmer, Deal, CT14 13/14 12/00856 3 7DX

13/14 11/00568 Site at Pond Pasture, Church Street, Walmer 2

13/14 12/00678 Former Lagan Restaurant, 60 The Street, Ash, CT3 2EW 2

13/14 12/00930 25 Broad Street, Deal, CT14 6ES 2

13/14 12/00253 20 Millwall Place, Sandwich, CT13 9BQ 1

13/14 10/00270 9 Gilham Grove, Deal 1

13/14 10/00889 Fireside Cottage, High Street, St Margarets at Cliffe 1

13/14 10/00398 Royal Oak PH, Sandwich Road, Whitfield 1

13/14 11/00498 Mostyn, The Street, Preston 1

13/14 11/00586 Red Barns, Ewell Minnis, Alkham 1

13/14 11/00585 Land adj Morning Glory, Church Cliff, Kingsdown 1

13/14 11/00994 30-31 The Strand, Walmer 1

New Bungalow, Pavilion Meadow, River, Dover, CT17 13/14 12/00162 1 0RJ

Site Adjacent 2 Salisbury Road, St. Margaret's Bay, 13/14 12/00364 1 Dover, CT15 6DP

13/14 12/00865 Darien, 56 Salisbury Road, St. Margaret's Bay, CT15 6DP 1 224 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

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Seamark - Land Adj., The Droveway, St. Margaret's Bay, 13/14 12/00904 1 Dover, CT15 6BZ

13/14 12/00979 Land at, 36 Mill Lane, Shepherdswell, Dover, CT15 7LJ 1

Part of Old Barn Cottage, Bonners Hill, Northbourne, 13/14 11/00587 1 CT14 0LD

Land adjoining Tighnabruaich, Pavilion Meadow, River, 13/14 13/00050 1 CT17 0RJ

13/14 13/00118 Silverley, Egerton Road, Temple Ewell, Dover, CT16 3AF 1

13/14 13/00334 7 Church Street, Dover, CT16 1LY 1

Gufo Pazzo Cottage, Staple Road, Wingham, Canterbury, 13/14 13/00571 1 CT3 1LP

Total 139

12/13 10/00399 70 Maison Dieu Road, Dover 40

12/13 07/00394 78 Folkestone Road, Dover 23

12/13 07/00098 Site of King Lear PH, Old Folkestone Road, Aycliffe 12

12/13 09/00873 Land at Golf Road/Cannon Street, Deal 7

12/13 06/00787 66/68 Sandwich Road, Eythorne 6

12/13 10/00404 3 Peter Street, Dover 5

12/13 08/00342 New Plough Inn, 33 Middle Deal Road, Deal 4

12/13 10/00398 Royal Oak PH, Sandwich Road, Whitfield 2

12/13 08/00544 Methodist Church, 15a Belgrave Road, Dover 4

12/13 10/00336 Youth Club, Foxborough Hill, Woodnesborough 4

12/13 10/00149 11a Priory Road, Dover 3

12/13 08/00888 106 Maison Dieu Road, Dover 2

12/13 08/01283 9 Granville Road, Walmer 2

12/13 09/00438 309 London Road, Dover 2

12/13 10/00171 15 High Street, Deal 2 225 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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12/13 10/00433 26a The Beach, Walmer 2

12/13 10/00257 10 Longfield Road, Dover 2

12/13 10/00979 12 Court Road, Walmer 2

12/13 11/00836 1 Castle Avenue, Dover 2

12/13 11/01101 Site adjoining 38 Orchard Avenue, Deal 2

Franconia, 78 The Droveway, St. Margaret's Bay, CT15 12/13 12/00175 2 6DE

12/13 00/00475 Former Methodist Chapel, Moat Sole, Sandwich 1

12/13 05/00165 164 Snargate Street, Dover 1

12/13 08/00455 Hare & Hounds Car Park, 435 Folkestone Road, Dover 1

12/13 09/00544 132 New Dover Road, Capel le Ferne 1

12/13 09/00355 Flittermouse, Broad Lane, Betteshanger, Northbourne 1

12/13 09/01026 61 Valley Road, River 1

12/13 10/00219 8 Granville Road, Walmer 1

12/13 10/00326 Erebus, Dover Road, Guston 1

12/13 10/00481 Woodside, Agester Lane, Denton 1

12/13 10/00405 204 High Street, Deal 1

12/13 10/00763 252 St Richards Road, Deal 1

Perry's Cottage, Hawarden Place off Canterbury Road, 12/13 10/00417 1 Wingham

12/13 10/00947 42 High Street, Dover 1

12/13 10/00927 3 Harnet Street, Sandwich 1

12/13 10/01151 18-20 Queen Street, Deal 1

12/13 10/00879 Land at Cedar Lodge, Canterbury Road, Wingham 1

12/13 11/00043 Goodnestone Stores, Saddlers Hill, Goodnestone 1

12/13 11/00157 43-45 Strand Street, Sandwich 1

12/13 11/00144 69 High Street, Wingham 1

12/13 11/00249 10 Grove Road, Walmer 1 226 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

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12/13 11/00360 Autumn Lodge, 10 Priory Gate Road, Dover 1

12/13 10/01198 3-4 Meadow Cottages, Rowling, Goodnestone 1

12/13 11/00806 Site adjoining 93 Campbell Road, Walmer 1

12/13 11/00785 72 & 74 Redsull Avenue, Deal 1

12/13 11/00912 Kingdom Hall, 12 Mill Hill, Deal 1

12/13 11/00799 4 Strand Street, Sandwich 1

12/13 11/00978 River Surgery, 110 London Road, River 1

Kearsney House, 124 London Road, Temple Ewell, Dover, 12/13 12/00130 1 CT16 3BZ

12/13 11/01147 Plot adjoining Mer Vista, Chalk Hill Road, Kingsdown 1

12/13 12/00139 23 Harnet Street, Sandwich 1

Site at Forge House, Dover Road, Ringwould, Deal, CT14 12/13 12/00278 1 8HG

Kings End Farm Cottage, Richborough Road, Sandwich, 12/13 12/00432 1 CT13 9JH

Land Rear of, 18A Archers Court Road, Whitfield CT16 12/13 12/00537 1 3HP

Lord Nelson PH, 50 The Strand, Walmer, Deal, CT14 12/13 12/00856 1 7DX

Albin Gents Hair Stylist, 136 London Road, Dover, CT17 12/13 12/00934 1 0TG

Total 165

Former Astor County Primary School, Astor Avenue, 11/12 05/01271 59 Dover

11/12 09/00873 Land at Golf Road/Cannon Street, Deal 16

11/12 09/00067 Aylesham Health Centre, Boulevard Courrieres, Aylesham 12

11/12 07/01005 Site r/o 223a and 235 Telegraph Road, Deal 12

11/12 06/01139 33 London Road, River 12

11/12 07/00098 Site of King Lear PH, Old Folkestone Road, Aycliffe 12 227 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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11/12 07/00975 12 Park Avenue, Dover 11

11/12 10/00837 306 London Road, Dover 9

11/12 10/00692 Site adjoining 12 Park View Close, Goodnestone 8

11/12 09/00257 R/o Marine Mews, Ravenscourt Road, Walmer 6

11/12 07/00473 Timber Section, Old Flour Mill, London Road, Dover 6

11/12 08/00214 The Chequers, The Street, West Hougham 5

11/12 09/00021 38 Orchard Avenue, Deal 5

11/12 10/00398 Royal Oak PH, Sandwich Road, Whitfield 3

11/12 06/00787 66/68 Sandwich Road, Eythorne 2

11/12 08/00869 Land r/o 14-56 Court Road, Station Drive, Walmer 1

11/12 09/01113 7 Cannon Street, Dover 3

11/12 08/00242 14 De Burgh Street, Dover 3

11/12 10/00231 88a Barton Road, Dover 3

11/12 10/00469 1st & 2nd floor offices, 60 Castle Street, Dover 2

11/12 10/00821 Little Toomer, North Court Road, Wingham 2

11/12 09/00772 St Albans House, 12-13 The Grove, Deal 2

11/12 10/00205 Part of The Sportsman PH, The Street, Sholden 2

11/12 07/01044 Land off Well Lane, St Margaret's at Cliffe 2

Mount Pleasant Cottages, Chapel Lane, St Margaret's at 11/12 10/00053 2 Cliffe

11/12 06/00872 45 The Strand, Walmer 2

11/12 10/01066 236 Dover Road, Walmer 2

11/12 10/00182 Land adjoining 16 The Linces, Dover 1

11/12 06/01315 Site adjacent to 22 Lady Garne Road, West Hougham 1

11/12 07/00520 Green View Farm, Capel Street, Capel le Ferne 1

11/12 07/00598 11 Castle Avenue, Dover 1

11/12 10/00293 7 Cannon Street, Dover 1 228 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

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11/12 11/00017 86 Maison Dieu Road,Dover 1

11/12 06/00234 1 Wheelwrights Way, Eastry 1

11/12 08/00339 21 Adelaide Road, Elvington 1

11/12 08/00984 6 Green Lane, Eythorne 1

11/12 09/00171 Megs Dene, Agester Lane, Denton 1

11/12 10/01222 62 Westcourt Lane, Shepherdswell 1

11/12 11/00324 Yew Tree Inn, Barfrestone, Eythorne 1

11/12 11/00223 Campion, The Forstal, Preston 1

11/12 10/00002 Land adjoining 41 New Street, Ash 1

11/12 10/00267 St John's Hall, 53 High Street, Wingham 1

11/12 09/00474 77 Folkestone Road, Dover 1

11/12 10/00282 Orange Tree PH, 357 Folkestone Road, Dover 1

11/12 10/00449 2 Winchelsea Road, Dover 1

11/12 10/00132 32 Albert Road, Deal 1

Site r/o Ingleside and The White Horse, London Road, 11/12 10/00410 1 Sholden

11/12 11/00086 Land between 28 and 32 Church Path, Deal 1

11/12 09/00043 The Yews, Addelam Road, Deal 1

11/12 06/00870 21 Stanley Road, Deal 1

11/12 09/00173 Old Fisherman's Cottage, Cold Store, South Court, Deal 1

11/12 10/00508 61 Beach Street, Deal 1

11/12 12/00005 Kilgour House, 22 Gilford Road, Deal 1

11/12 08/00100 Site adjoining Northdown, The Rise, Kingsdown 1

11/12 08/00291 Garden House, Kingsdown Hill, Kingsdown 1

11/12 10/00829 Casa Mia, John's Green, Sandwich 1

Site r/o Wavehill, Salisbury Road & fronting The 11/12 08/01113 1 Droveway, St Margaret's Bay

11/12 06/01104 The Old Post Office, High Street, St Margaret's at Cliffe 1 229 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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11/12 07/00191 The Sheilings, Foreland Road, St Margarets Bay 1

11/12 10/00128 Flat 16 Wellington Court, Dover Road, Walmer 1

Basement Storeroom, Wellington Court, Dover Road, 11/12 10/00771 1 Walmer

11/12 10/00010 R/o 43 Bewsbury Cross Lane, Whitfield 1

11/12 10/00174 Land r/o 18A Archers Court Road, Whitfield 1

Total 240

10/11 08/00410 Magnus House, 81-83 Mill Hill, Deal 16

10/11 08/01196 Alderden House, Hawksdown Road, Walmer 14

10/11 07/00113 26-28 Mill Hill, Deal 10

10/11 08/01042 36 High Street, Deal 10

10/11 08/00016 Warehouse, Worthington Street, Dover 8

10/11 10/00836 16 Victoria Park, Dover 6

10/11 08/01306 Site rear of 94 Crabble Hill, Dover 5

10/11 08/00869 Land r/o 14-56 Court Road, Station Drive, Walmer 3

10/11 07/01005 Site r/o 223a and 235 Telegraph Road, Deal 2

10/11 10/00419 19 Castle Avenue, Dover 2

10/11 08/01314 29 Pencester Road, Dover 3

10/11 09/00247 41 Eythorne Road, Shepherdswell 2

10/11 07/00706 1 Popsal Cottage, Popsal Lane, Wingham 2

10/11 09/00066 47 New Street, Ash 2

10/11 07/01454 158 Clarendon Place, Dover 2

10/11 09/01042 Renaissance PH, 37 Folkestone Road, Dover 2

10/11 10/00709 9 Mill Road, Deal 2

10/11 09/00772 12-13 The Grove, Deal 2

10/11 10/00585 1st & 2nd floors, 12-16 Victoria Road, Deal 2 230 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL HOUSING SUPPLY TECHNICAL PAPER 2018/19

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10/11 09/00367 Duke of York's Royal Military School, Deal Road, Guston 2

10/11 08/01137 232 London Road, Dover 2

10/11 09/00802 Boar's Head - Land to north, Astor Avenue, Dover 2

10/11 06/00730 19 Granville Road, Walmer 2

10/11 08/00292 Mill Cottage, Coldblow, Nonington 1

10/11 02/00786 12 Lorne Road, Dover 1

10/11 09/00899 104 Maison Dieu Road 1

10/11 08/01187 Land rear of 1 Belmont Terrace, Gore Road, Eastry 1

10/11 08/00297 Land north east 40 Eythorne Road, Shepherdswell 1

10/11 08/00744 Tresor, Wigmore Lane, Eythorne 1

10/11 08/01364 Orchard Lea, The Street, Staple 1

10/11 09/00303 Old Fire Station, Canterbury Road, Wingham 1

10/11 09/00958 Site adjoining 12 Chequer Lane, Ash 1

10/11 03/00546 The Hermitage, 148 Canterbury Road, Lydden 1

10/11 07/01423 59 Canterbury Road, Lydden 1

10/11 08/00722 78 Farthingloe Road, Dover 1

10/11 05/00656 Land rear of 22-24 Sutherland Road, Deal 1

10/11 08/00282 Land rear of 8 Sutherland Road, Deal 1

Land rear of 110 London Road, fronting Bowling Green 10/11 09/00808 1 Lane, Deal

10/11 09/01032 Land rear of 30 Orchard Avenue, Deal 1

10/11 10/00117 Alexandra House, 2-4 St Leonards Road, Deal 1

10/11 07/00818 Land rear of 53 Cross Road, Deal 1

10/11 09/00792 17 Mill Hill, Deal 1

10/11 07/00788 58 High Street, Deal 1

10/11 09/00426 5 South Court, Deal 1

10/11 09/01174 Wardley, 47 & 47A The Marina, Deal 1 231 DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL

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10/11 10/00508 61 Beach Street, Deal 1

10/11 09/00386 Land north east of Cambria, Upper Street, Kingsdown 1

10/11 09/00741 Part of Rommy Coddy, Kingsdown Hill, Kingsdown 1

10/11 10/00226 Site rear of 43 Balmoral Road, Kingsdown 1

Land adjoining and rear of Orchard House, 1 Luckhurst 10/11 05/01064 1 Road, River

10/11 07/01283 Land adjoining Foxberry, 34 Cowper Road, River 1

10/11 08/00918 Sladden Farm House, Alkham Valley Road, Alkham 1

10/11 08/01049 Loganberry Farm, Minnis Lane, River 1

10/11 10/00668 Dour House, 45 London Road, River 1

10/11 08/01150 Channel Heights, The Droveway, St Margaret's Bay 1

10/11 09/00223 Ugly Duckling PH, Station Road, Martin Mill 1

Site rear of The Moorings, Salisbury Road, Fronting 10/11 09/01084 1 Cavenagh Road, St Margaret's Bay

10/11 09/01121 Terra Vista, Lighthouse Road, St Margaret's Bay 1

10/11 09/00118 137 London Road, Dover 1

10/11 09/00454 125 London Road, Dover 1

10/11 11/00018 14 West Street, Dover 1

10/11 05/00358 50 North Barrack Road, Walmer 1

10/11 08/00077 Land adjoining 1 Downs Road, Walmer 1

10/11 08/00664 Varians, 38 Dover Road, Walmer 1

10/11 10/00129 Penrose, Wellington Parade, Walmer 1

10/11 10/00294 4 Cambridge Road, Walmer 1

10/11 07/00971 Land rear of 8 Forge Lane, Whitfield 1

10/11 10/00042 Site adjoining 44 Nursery Lane, Whitfield 1

Total 148

232 Agenda Item No 8

Subject: DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

Meeting and Date: Cabinet – 2 December 2019

Report of: Lois Jarrett, Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development

Portfolio Holder: Councillor Nicholas Kenton, Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

Decision Type: Key

Classification: Unrestricted

Purpose of the report: To seek approval for the revised Local Development Scheme (LDS) dated December 2019.

Recommendation: That Cabinet approves and brings into force the revised LDS attached at Appendix 1.

1. Summary

1.1 The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) places a statutory duty on the Council to maintain an up-to-date Local Development Scheme (LDS). The revised LDS attached to this report (Appendix 1) would fulfil this requirement as it sets out the project timetable for the production of the Council’s Local Plan. Owing to the fact that it is a legal requirement, it is important that it is kept up-to-date to reflect the Council’s progress and keep residents and key stakeholders informed.

1.2 This LDS supersedes the Council’s previous LDS that was published in May 2018. It has been updated to take into account changes to the preparation, consultation and adoption of:

 District Local Plan; and

 A number of Conservation Area Character Appraisals.

2. Introduction and Background

2.1 The LDS is a project plan that sets out the timetable for the production of new or revised Development Plan Documents which will form the Council’s Local Plan. The LDS is required under Section 15 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011). The LDS must specify (among other matters) the documents which, when prepared, will comprise the Local Plan for the area. It must be made publicly available on the Council's website and be kept up-to- date to enable local communities and interested parties to keep track of progress. It is reviewed annually through the Council’s Authority Monitoring Report – please see separate Cabinet Report.

2.2 It is important that the local community, businesses and others with an interest in the future planning of the District are aware of the planning documents that the Council intends to produce and the timescale for their preparation, consultation and adoption.

Dover District Council 233 2.3 Although consultations on the District Local Plan will continue to be advertised and interested parties notified in accordance with the Council’s Adopted Statement of Community Involvement and the District Local Plan Engagement Strategy, the LDS provides information about when consultations are likely to happen.

2.4 The LDS is also a useful tool for establishing and reflecting the Council’s priorities and enables work programmes to be set for the preparation of planning documents. It also provides a context for the review of planning documents once they have been prepared.

2.5 The Council’s AMR has identified the need to update the LDS. The key updates in this LDS are set out below:

2.6 District Local Plan

2.7 The proposed timetable for the District Local Plan has been adjusted in order to allow additional time for Officers to assess the suitability of the high number of sites that have been put forward under the call for sites and to complete all of the other and related evidence base. This work has taken longer than anticipated mainly due to changes in legislation, guidance and best practice, additions to the range of issues to be taken into consideration in particular to the Climate Change agenda, and a number of unforeseen changes in staff in the Department.

2.8 The timetable for the Local Plan now identifies that public consultation on the Regulation 18 Local Plan, the consultation required by Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) Regulations 2012, will take place before Summer 2020. Whilst every effort will be made to progress the Local Plan, the timetable beyond Regulation 18 is, in part, dependent on how many representations are received and a number of external factors such as any changes to national policy and availability of the Planning Inspectorate to convene the Local Plan Examination.

2.9 A revised programme addressing these changes, and taking into account current resources in the team, are set out in the revised LDS.

2.10 Conservation Area Character Appraisals (CACA)

2.11 A considerable amount of progress has been made with working with a range of local organisations to adopt CACAs (Kingsdown and Nelson Street) and a number of others are nearing completion.

2.12 The proposed timetable for the production, consultation and adoption of the CACAs has been set out in the LDS.

Duty to Co-operate

2.13 The duty to cooperate was created in the Localism Act 2011, and amends the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. It places a legal duty on local planning authorities, county councils in England and public bodies to engage constructively, actively and on an ongoing basis to maximise the effectiveness of Local Plan preparation in the context of strategic cross boundary matters.

2.14 The duty to cooperate is not a duty to agree. But local planning authorities should make every effort to secure the necessary cooperation on strategic cross boundary matters before they submit their Local Plans for examination.

234 2.15 Local planning authorities must demonstrate how they have complied with the duty at the independent examination of their Development Plan Documents (DPDs). If a local planning authority cannot demonstrate that it has complied with the duty then a DPD will not be able to proceed further in examination.

2.16 Given this, it will be necessary to ensure that this Council and the neighbouring Councils continue to meet on a bi-monthly basis to discuss any cross boundary issues. All of the duty to-co-operate meetings that have taken place with Officers during the year are reported in Chapter 7 in the Council’s Authority Monitoring Report.

3. Identification of Options

3.1 To accept the changes to the revised LDS.

3.2 Not to accept the changes to the revised LDS.

4. Evaluation of Options

4.1 It is a legal requirement that local planning authorities produce an LDS to update residents and key stakeholders of their progress with producing planning documents and inform them of when they will be consulted as part of the plan making process.

4.2 The attached Local Development Scheme (Appendix 1) has been prepared to meet the Council’s objectives of having an up-to-date Local Plan in place whilst taking into account the resources that are available. Given this, option 1 is preferred as it would ensure that the LDS is up to date and accurately reflects the work priorities of the Council in accordance with the Government’s Regulations. 5. Resource Implications

5.1 Once agreed by Cabinet, a copy of the LDS will be placed on the Council’s website. 5.2 The cost of preparing the Local Plan, the associated evidence base and examination are covered by the Local Plan budget that is topped up each year from the Council’s Medium Term Financial Plan.

6. Corporate Implications

6.1 Comment from the Section 151 Officer: Accountancy has been consulted and has nothing further to add (SB).

6.2 Comments from the Planning Solicitor: The Planning Solicitor has been consulted in the preparation of this report and has no further comments to make.

6.3 Comment from the Equalities Officer: This report does not specifically highlight any equality implications however in discharging their duties members are required to comply with the public sector equality duty as set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15.

7. Appendices Appendix 1 – Local Development Scheme, December 2019

Contact Officer: Adrian Fox, Policy and Projects Manager, 42474.

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Contents

1 Introduction 3 What is the Local Development Scheme 3 Why do we need a Local Development Scheme 3 What is the Development Plan 4 2 Local Policy Documents and Guidance 5 3 Development Planning Documents Under Preparation 9 4 Timetable for the Preparation of Future Planning Documents 13

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1 Introduction

What is the Local Development Scheme

1.1 Dover District Council is required to prepare and maintain a Local Development Scheme (LDS) in accordance with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011).

The scheme must specify:

The local development documents which are to be development plan documents; The subject matter and geographical area to which each development plan document is to relate; Which development plan documents (if any) are to be prepared jointly with one or more other local planning authorities; Any matter or area in respect of which the authority have agreed (or propose to agree) to the constitution of a joint committee under section 29; The timetable for the preparation and revision of the development plan documents

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Section 15)

1.2 The LDS is a project plan that sets out the timetable for the production of new or revised Development Plan Documents which will form the Council’s Local Development Plan. This LDS supersedes the May 2018 LDS. It will be reviewed annually through the Authority Monitoring Report which can be found here: Authority Monitoring Report

Why do we need a Local Development Scheme

1.3 It is important that the local community, businesses and others with an interest in the future planning of the District are aware of the planning documents that we intend to produce and the timescale for their preparation, consultation and adoption.

1.4 Although consultations on the District Local Plan will continue to be advertised and interested parties notified in accordance with the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement and the Local Plan Engagement Strategy, the LDS provides information about when consultations are likely to happen. The Statement of Community Involvement can be found here: Statement of Community Involvement

1.5 The LDS is also a useful tool for establishing and reflecting the Council’s priorities and enables work programmes to be set for the preparation of planning documents. It also provides a context for the review of planning documents once they have been prepared. 239 4 Local Development Scheme Dec 19

What is the Development Plan

1.6 Local Planning Authorities are required to produce a Development Plan for their area. The Development Plan currently consists of:

Dover District Core Strategy (2010); Dover District Land Allocations Local Plan (2015); Dover District Local Plan 2002 (saved policies); Worth Neighbourhood Development Plan (2015); and Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan (2016)

1.7 The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) emphasises the need to involve all sections of the community in Plan-making. The Council also has a legal duty to consult residents and businesses when appropriate. Many individuals and organisations contribute to the preparation of planning documents. These are set out in the Council's Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) which explains how to become involved in decisions about plan-making and planning applications.

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2 Local Policy Documents and Guidance

Existing Position

Statement of Community Involvement

2.1 The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) sets out how, when and where the Council will consult with local and statutory stakeholders both during production of development plan documents, and within the development management function. The Council is required by law to produce a SCI and, once adopted, provisions that relate to plan-making become binding. The Statement of Community Involvement can be found here: Statement of Community Involvement

Core Strategy

2.2 The Core Strategy is the principal document in the Local Plan. It was adopted in February 2010 and contains the Council’s vision and spatial strategy for the future development of the District for the period up to 2026. The Core Strategy allocates four strategic sites for housing and mixed use development, which are central to the success of the Plan. It also contains a separate section on Development Management Policies, which replaced some of the ‘saved’ Local Plan policies. These policies form part of the Development Plan and are used in the decision making process and would be reviewed and, where appropriate, replaced as part of Local Plan review.

Saved Dover District Local Plan Policies 2002

2.3 The Dover District Local Plan was adopted in 2002 and covered the period to 2006. In September 2007 the Secretary of State confirmed that a number of the existing Local Plan policies could be 'saved' until they are subsequently superseded by new or revised policies. All of 'saved' 2002 Local Plan policies would be reviewed and replaced as part of the Local Plan review.

Land Allocations Local Plan

2.4 The Land Allocations Local Plan was adopted by the Council in January 2015. Its primary purpose is to allocate land for development and to set out any issues or criteria that subsequent planning applications will need to address. In setting out what type of development is promoted where, the Plan provides local communities, landowners, developers and infrastructure providers a large degree of certainty about the future pattern of development in the District. Specific development proposals for the sites identified in the Plan will, however, need to gain planning permission before development can take place. Policies in the LALP would be reviewed and replaced as part of Local Plan review.

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Worth Neighbourhood Development Plan

2.5 Regulations introduced by the Government in 2012 concerning neighbourhood planning make provision for Neighbourhood Development Plans, Neighbourhood Development Orders and Community Right to Build.

2.6 Worth Parish Council was the first Parish in the District to produce a Neighbourhood Plan and to go successfully through the referendum process. The Worth Neighbourhood Plan was made part of Council's Development Plan for Worth on the 28th January 2015. Policies in the Worth NP would be reviewed and where appropriate, replaced as part of Local Plan review as Worth Parish Council are not updating their Neighbourhood Plan.

The Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan

2.7 The Kent Minerals and Waste Kent Plan (KMWLP) sets out the vision and strategy for mineral provision and waste management in Kent to the year 2030. It contains a number of minerals and waste development management policies for evaluating planning applications and considers strategic site provisions. The KMWLP was adopted by the County Council in July 2016.

Authority Monitoring Report

2.8 The Council publishes this document at the end of each year. The report monitors the effectiveness of planning policies and proposals, and records progress with meeting the milestones identified in the LDS. Further information on the Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) is available here: Authority Monitoring Report

Local Plan Evidence Base

2.9 A robust evidence base was prepared to support the planning policies in the Core Strategy and Land Allocations Local Plan. This is published in the form of background documents. Further information on the Council's current evidence base is available here: Evidence Base

2.10 The Local Plan evidence base is being updated as part of the Local Plan review - see section 'Development Plan Documents Under Preparation'.

The Policies Map

2.11 The Council has to have an adopted Policies Map in the Local Plan which needs to be updated when Development Plan Documents are adopted.

Supplementary Planning Documents

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Plan. They should not add unnecessarily to the financial burdens on development. Regulations 11 to 16 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 set out the requirements for producing Supplementary Planning Documents. In exceptional circumstances a Strategic Environmental Assessment may be required when producing a Supplementary Planning Document.

2.13 The Council has prepared a number of SPDs and SPGs are these are available here: Planning Guidance

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3 Development Planning Documents Under Preparation

District Local Plan Review

3.1 The policies in the Adopted Core Strategy (CS) predate and in some case are not compliant with the NPPF/PPG as they were prepared when the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) was in place. At the time of preparing the CS the Council made a specific policy decision to not repeat policies in the RSS or the Government’s Planning Policy Guidance which were in force at the time. This means that as part of a District Local Plan Review it will be important to carefully consider whether there is a need for any locally distinct policies for example, policies on design. A comprehensive review will need to be undertaken all of the policies in the CS/LALP along with the ‘saved’ 2002 Local Plan policies in order to update and amalgamate them into one set of policies that is compliant with current Government policy and practice.

3.2 The Local Plan would have the added advantage that all of the Development Management Policies could be consolidated into one single Local Plan which would make it easier for Members, the general public/developers/Town/Parish Councils to understand the planning policy framework that operates in the District.

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3.3 The new timetable for the production and consultation of the District Local Plan Review is set out in Chapter 3.

Pre-Publication Stage (Regulation 18)

3.4 This Initial stage involved extensive evidence gathering, engaging with the local community, businesses and stakeholders on emerging issues and options, consulting with statutory environmental consultees on the scope of the sustainability appraisal, and infrastructure providers with regards to the development options.

Publication of Submission Draft local Plan (Regulation 19)

3.5 There would be public consultation on the Submission version of a Local Plan would take place at the next stage of the Local Plan making process (Regulation 19) prior to the submission of the Local Plan to the Secretary of State for an independent Examination.

Submission and Examination of the Local Plan ( Regulation 22)

3.6 Following Regulation 19 stage, the next stage is for the council to formally submit the draft Local Plan and evidence base to the Planning Inspectorate for examination on behalf of the Secretary of State. An independent Planning Inspector will asses the Plan against the tests and soundness contained in the NPPF, taking account of any representations (comments) received.

Adoption

3.7 If the Plan is found to the 'Sound', the Council may adopt the Plan as soon as practicable following receipt of the Inspector's report unless the secretary of State intervenes. Once adopted the Local Plan will form the main part of the statutory development plan.

Evidence Base

3.8 In order to withstand close scrutiny at an Examination the District Local Plan Review needs to be based on proportionate up-to-date relevant evidence about the economic, social and environmental characteristics and prospects of the District. The Evidence Base can be found here: Evidence Base

Sustainability Appraisal and Habitat Regulations Assessment

3.9 A Sustainability Appraisal (SA) incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a legal requirement for certain plans and proposals including the District Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plans. This ensures that social, economic and environmental considerations are taken fully into account at every stage of the process for preparing Development Plan Documents. Alongside the SA, a Habitat

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Regulations Assessment (HRA) considers the potential effects of plans on protected wildlife habitats in the Natura 2000 network, Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Ramsar areas.

3.10 The timetable for the production and consultation of the SA and HRA is set out in Chapter 3.

Local Development Documents

3.11 The Dover District Heritage Strategy (2012) acknowledges that most of the districts conservation areas do not have an approved character appraisal, and it recommends that the Council should encourage local community groups to carry out such appraisals in conjunction with the Council.

3.12 A conservation area appraisal should consider what features make a positive or negative contribution to the significance of the conservation area, thereby identifying opportunities for beneficial change, or the need for further planning control. This information will be helpful to those considering investment in an area, and can be used to guide and inform new development. Character appraisals also have a wider application as educational and informative documents for the local community. There is a requirement under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, for local planning authorities to review their conservation areas and to formulate and publish proposals for their preservation and enhancement. A Conservation Area Character Appraisal considers what features contribute to the historic and architectural character and appearance of the conservation area, and helps to identify opportunities for beneficial change or the need for further planning control, for example through the use of Article 4 directions.

3.13 A considerable amount of progress has been made with working with a range of local organisations to adopt CACAs (Kingsdown and Nelson Street) and a number of others are nearing completion.

3.14 The proposed timetable for the production, consultation and adoption of the CACAs has been set out in the LDS.

Neighbourhood Development Plans

3.15 The Localism Act 2011 enables local communities to produce Neighbourhood Plans to support development in their area. If the Plans are adopted by the Council they will have the same weight as other Development Plan documents for the District.

3.16 The first stage in producing a Neighbourhood Plan is to designate a Neighbourhood Area. Whilst five areas have been designated only two (Ash and Dover) are currently progressing with work on their Neighbourhood Plans.

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3.17 Whilst the Council is not responsible for the production of Neighbourhood Plans and therefore no timetable can be included in the LDS for them, officers need to explore with the Town/Parish Councils that have a designated Neighbourhood Area if there are any issues holding back the progression of their Neighbourhood Plans and offer assistance where appropriate.

3.18 The Council will monitor the progress of Neighbourhood Plans in the District through the AMR and sets out in the SCI how it will help neighbourhood plan-making bodies.

Monitoring

3.19 The Council will continue to review the effectiveness of its planning policies and evidence base annually through the AMR.

Duty to Co-operate

3.20 The duty to cooperate was created in the Localism Act 2011, and amends the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. It places a legal duty on local planning authorities, county councils in England and public bodies to engage constructively, actively and on an ongoing basis to maximise the effectiveness of Local Plan preparation in the context of strategic cross boundary matters.

3.21 The duty to cooperate is not a duty to agree. But local planning authorities should make every effort to secure the necessary cooperation on strategic cross boundary matters before they submit their Local Plans for examination.

3.22 Local planning authorities must demonstrate how they have complied with the duty at the independent examination of their Local Plans. If a local planning authority cannot demonstrate that it has complied with the duty then the Local Plan will not be able to proceed further in examination.

3.23 Local planning authorities will need to satisfy themselves about whether they have complied with the duty. As part of their consideration, local planning authorities will need to bear in mind that the cooperation should produce effective and deliverable policies on strategic cross boundary matters.

3.24 The various meetings that have taken place in connection with the duty to cooperate are recorded annually in the Council's AMR which is available on the DDC website.

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249 Agenda Item No 9

Subject: DOVER MARKET SQUARE PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

Meeting and Date: Cabinet – 2 December 2019

Report of: Roger Walton, Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial)

Portfolio Holder: Councillor Nigel Collor, Portfolio Holder for Transport and Licensing

Decision Type: Key Decision

Classification: Unrestricted

Purpose of the report: To seek Cabinet approval for the Council to act as the accountable body in a project that will deliver improvements at the Market Square, Dover by accepting a grant of £2.44 million from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on behalf of Dover Town Team.

Recommendation: Cabinet is requested to: 1. Approve the project in principle, permit the Council to receive the grant of £2.44 million and act as accountable body to MHCLG in relation to the grant. 2. Approve the expenditure of £350,000 allocated within the current capital programme as match funding for this project. 3. Authorise the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Licensing, to:  Enter into any agreements necessary to deliver the project  Take all necessary steps to work with Kent County Council to deliver the highways elements of the project  Expend the grant for the purpose of delivering public realm improvements at the Market Square Dover

1. Summary 1.1 In January 2019 the Council submitted a bid on behalf of Dover Town Team Ltd to the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Coastal Communities Fund for improving access and public realm at the Market Square and Old Town from the St James development in Dover. The objective of the project being to repurpose Dover’s historic Market Square as a hub connecting the local community and tourists alike with the town, and the proposals were subject to public consultation in 2018. A grant of £2.44m was awarded on 1st October 2019. The project itself is considered a non local authority project by the funder MHCLG, but the grant will be

Dover District Council 250 paid to the Council who are acting as the accountable body for the project under powers contained in section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003. The Council will therefore lead and administer the project to enable and deliver the physical works, liaising with the Town Team as the grant applicant. An associated programme of seasonal events and activities in the Market Square and Old Town will be delivered by the Town Team.

1.2 As part of the application the Council committed to providing a funding contribution of £500k, £350k of which is allocated within the current year’s budget. A £150k has been requested through the 2020/21 Mid Term Capital P bidding process.

2. Introduction and Background

2.1 On 15th January 2018 Cabinet resolved to work with the Dover Town Team to enable a resubmission of an improvement scheme centred on the Market Square through any relevant future funding programmes, as part of a wider objective of supporting a comprehensive approach to capture benefits and opportunities that the St James town centre regeneration scheme will bring to the locality.

2.2 Dover Town Team had previously prepared a submission to the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Coastal Community Fund for improvements to the town centre in 2017, which was seen as the first phase of a wider improvement in the town centre. Unfortunately, while being received with positivity, the scheme did not have sufficient assurance to attract funding. Key issues included the need to demonstrate partnership working, planning consent, highway approvals, land ownership and the economic case.

2.3 Following receipt of advice from the MHCLG and the Town Team, the bid was reviewed and resubmitted in 2018 by the Council on behalf of the Town Team. The following were included in the bid: plans, letters of support from the MP, Stagecoach and KCC Public Transport, topographical survey, road safety audit, activity timetable, capital cost plan, business plan, transport review, Dover public realm corridor studies, public realm fabric and infrastructure options, Dover Market Square Valuing Urban Realm Toolkit (VURT) assessment.

2.4 As part of the application the Council committed to providing a funding contribution of £500k, £350k of which is allocated within the current year’s budget. A further £150k has been requested through the Mid Term Capital Plan (MTCP) bidding process and is therefore subject to approval by Full Council in March 2020. Should the MTCP bid not be approved, then the project specification will be reviewed to identify cost savings that will reduce the budget by £150k. Initial discussions with the Council’s Quantity Surveyor have established this will be possible and MHCLG has agreed the approach provided that the objectives and outcomes of the project are not adversely affected.

2.5 Following a substantially over subscribed and competitive response to the Coastal Community Fund Programme, MHCLG notified the Town Team that the application was successful in September 2019. The offer of match funding was central to the decision to award funding to the project. A formal response from the Town Team is now required to complete the ‘Starting your grant’ form that will trigger payment of the first tranche of funding to DDC. Subject to Cabinet approval of the project, this letter will be submitted early in 2020.

2.6 The Town Team has established an ‘Oversight Group’ for the purpose of providing advice to the Market Square refurbishment project, comprising three of the company’s directors. Monthly meetings will be held between the Oversight Group, Council

251 portfolio holders and the project delivery team, to review progress, share information and seek feedback. The relationship between the Council and the Town Team will be formalised through execution of a partnership agreement, which will set out a decision- making process for the project and address matters such as procurement arrangements.

2.7 The Council will be responsible for reporting on project progress to MHCLG’s monitoring contractor Groundworks. This will be achieved by preparing a standard format report each October and April throughout the project period.

2.8 Next steps include a review of the project programme, submission of a report to the Joint Transportation Board (JTB), securing any necessary statutory consents and procurement of construction contractor. A further report to Cabinet will be required before appointing contractors. The project concept has been already subject to public consultation, but further engagement is likely to be required to support any applications for statutory consent. This will also provide an opportunity to liaise with stakeholders to identify suitable access arrangements during construction. 3. Identification of Options 3.1 Option 1: To approve the project in principle, permit the Council to receive the grant of £2.44m and act as accountable body to MHCLG in relation on behalf of Dover Town Team and undertake the works to enable and deliver the project This is the preferred option as it will enable the Council to deliver part of a wider objective of supporting a comprehensive approach to capture benefits and opportunities brought forward by the St James town centre regeneration scheme. In addition, it will assist with place making by enhancing the locality, facilitating and encouraging more footfall and complimentary investment into the area. It will also support the recent highway improvements undertaken elsewhere in Biggin Street while improving the ambience for residents, businesses and visitors alike. 3.2 Option 2: Not to approve the project in principle and to decline to receive the grant of £2.44m and act as accountable body to MHCLG in relation on behalf of Dover Town Team This option is not recommended because the current appearance and functionality of the Market Square does not meet the aspirations of the Council, residents, businesses and visitors alike. It would also send out the wrong message to Government in relation to other funding bids that have been progressed in the current Brexit related environment. 4. Resource Implications

4.1 The grant of £2.44m plus £350k match funding already allocated in the current capital programme and £150k additional funding from DDC resources which is subject to the approval of the 2020/21 MTCP is forecast to be sufficient to cover the costs of delivering the project. Given that the Council will be the accountable body and will manage the project, it will be possible to refine the specification, if necessary, to meet the budget.

4.2 The longer-term cost implication concerns maintenance of the fountain. It is anticipated this cost can be absorbed within the Corporate Property Maintenance Budget, given that the previous fountain was maintained using this budget. However, given the constrained budget environment, estimated maintenance costs will be obtained prior to commissioning the works and a contribution will be sought from the Town Team and / or Dover Town Council.

252 4.3 As with any major project there is a risk of tenders coming in higher than budgeted resulting in a capital overspend. The budget will be closely monitored throughout the project and any requirements for additional resources will be reported to Members as appropriate.

5. Corporate Implications

5.1 Comment from the Section 151 Officer: Accountancy has been consulted and has no further comment. (DL)

5.2 Comment from the Solicitor to the Council: The Head of Governance has been consulted during the preparation of this report and has no further comment to make. (BD & LM)

5.3 Comment from the Equalities Officer: This report does not specifically highlight any equality implications however in discharging their duties members are required to comply with the public sector equality duty as set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15.

6. Appendices

None. 7. Background Papers None.

Contact Officer: Emma-Jane Allen

253 Agenda Item No 10

Subject: COUNCIL TAX SUPPORT SCHEME 2020/21

Meeting and Date: Cabinet – 2 December 2019 Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 9 December 2019 Cabinet – 13 January 2020 Council – 29 January 2020 Report of: Mike Davis, Strategic Director (Corporate Resources)

Portfolio Holder: Councillor Stephen Manion, Portfolio Holder for Finance and Governance

Decision Type: Non-Key

Classification: Unrestricted

Purpose of the report: To introduce a new banded Council Tax Support Scheme for 2020/21.

Recommendation: It is recommended that:

1. Cabinet recommends to Council the adoption of the revised Council Tax Support Scheme as set out in this report. 2. Council approves adoption of the revised Council Tax Support Scheme (including the Exceptional Hardship Scheme) as set out in this report as Option C.

1. Summary

1.1 The operation of Universal Credit, with frequent changes in entitlement based on changes in income from month to month, does not integrate well with the Council’s current Council Tax Support Scheme where entitlement is based on an exact assessment of claimant income. As UC changes each month, so does the level of CTS to be awarded. This requires a recalculation of Council Tax payable, a rescheduling of Council Tax payments and a resubmission of Direct Debit requests to the banks.

1.2 This process has a number of problematic outcomes:

(a) Uncertainty for the claimant

(b) Direct debit deadlines missed and payments not made correctly

(c) Arrears generated and recovery action required

(d) Undue administrative effort, taking resources away from assisting claimants on more constructive work.

1.3 The proposed changes address these issues and are cost neutral.

2. Background

2.1 As the roll out of UC by the DWP continues, with the managed migration process (also referred to as “Move to UC”) scheduled to be completed by December 2023, the issues highlighted in the summary above will be exacerbated.

Dover District Council 254 2.2 The proposed new scheme will introduce a banding system which will provide more certainty and stability and greatly reduce the frequent recalculation of CTS, reduce arrears and recovery and release administrative time.

2.3 The proposed scheme has also been modelled to be cost neutral (no savings or extra costs of CTS), to minimise the impact on “winners and losers”, to ensure losses are proportionate to CTS (and other benefits) being received and to provide a hardship scheme to mitigate the effects and assist transition. Consultation on the changes has been undertaken and the outcome was support for the changes.

2.4 The proposed new CTS scheme was first raised when Cabinet received a report from the Strategic Director of Resources on 5 August setting out proposals for changes to the CTS scheme, and the reasoning behind them. That report is attached for reference as Appendix 11.

2.5 CTS was introduced in 2013 to replace the national Council Tax Benefit scheme. Support for people needing help to pay their council tax was devolved to local government, and when Council Tax Benefit was abolished the funding provided to local authorities for CTS was subject to a 10% reduction from the previous amount paid under Council Tax Benefit. The amount included within central government Revenue Support Grant (RSG) funding to DDC has not been separately identified since 2013 and since then, central government has reduced its RSG funding virtually to nil and so the government provides no direct support for the CTS scheme. Expenditure on the CTS scheme has remained largely static and the costs fall on the Council and local Council Tax payers.

2.6 Whilst CTS is a local discount, the rules around pension age customers are nationally defined and the local authority has no discretion to vary that element of the scheme. However the scheme for working age customers is not nationally defined and each local authority has full discretion over the design of its scheme. This means that where there is a need to change the scheme, that change can only affect working age recipients.

2.7 Every year the following year’s CTS scheme must be agreed by Full Council by 11 March, to come in to effect from 1 April. In the event that a new scheme is not agreed, the previous year’s scheme will roll forward to the next year.

2.8 In the light of the issues set out in the summary above, DDC needs to review our CTS scheme to assess whether it is fit for purpose with the challenges and financial burdens that Universal Credit (UC) brings to the ongoing administration of CTS.

2.9 This report sets out:

(a) The current CTS Scheme

(b) The drivers for Change

(c) The proposed new CTS Scheme

(d) Consultation on the proposed new CTS Scheme

(e) Projected impact on claimants

1 For brevity the appendices to that report are not included, but the whole report remains available on the Council’s web site.

255 (f) Proposed mitigations

(g) Identification of options

(h) Evaluation of options

(i) Resource implications

(j) Equalities assessment

(k) Corporate implications

3. The Current CTS Scheme

3.1 The current Dover District Council scheme closely mirrors the former national Council Tax Benefit scheme and is administered in a similar way (and often at the same time) as an award of Housing Benefit (HB). In 2018-19 Dover District Council awarded £8.4m in CTS on behalf of all precepting bodies. The cost to Dover District Council of those awards was £865,000 which reflects DDC’s share of Council Tax. 3.2 In the Dover district, working age claimants must pay at least 10% of their council tax liability (the same percentage applies in Canterbury and Thanet). This is amongst the most generous schemes and is applied to one of the lowest Council Tax levels in the county. The contribution from CTS recipients in East Kent is therefore the lowest in the county and is towards the lower end of the scale nationally. In the majority of Kent districts, customers are required to pay at least 20% of council tax. In 2018-19, Dover was one of around 40 local authorities with a minimum council tax payment of 10% or less, with more than 200 local authorities charging over 10% and some over 30%.

3.3 For Dover district in 2019-20, 10% of council tax for a band D property is £182 and the estimated costs of the scheme (shared by all preceptors in proportion to their share of the council tax) are: (a) Working Age recipients: £4,475,172

(b) Pension age recipients: £3,833,175

(c) Total cost all preceptors: £8,308,347

3.4 DDC currently operates a tapered scheme, which means that any change, however small, in a claimant’s income causes their entitlement to CTS to change and the Council Tax bill to be recalculated. These repeated recalculations and repeated re- billings (which can happen to many claimants several times a year) can be confusing for claimants and are administratively burdensome.

4. Drivers for Change

4.1 The original report, attached as Appendix 1, sets out the main drivers for change. These are:

(a) Simplifying the scheme to make it easier for claimants to understand and claim

(b) Use bandings to reduce the number of changes in entitlement (often generated by relatively small changes in income), and therefore reduce the

256 number of recalculated council tax bills and payment schedules, that claimants will experience

(c) Easier for claimants to budget and therefore avoid arrears and recovery action.

(d) Protection of council tax collection

5. The Proposed new CTS Scheme Framework

5.1 The proposal is to implement a new scheme that addresses the drivers for change outlined above but is financially neutral for the council (no increased costs or savings) and that keeps the total cost of the scheme the same.

5.2 The proposed new scheme is a banded scheme. CTS recipients would be awarded CTS based on the ranges of income and their entitlement would only be amended if the income increases or decreases beyond the range of their current band. The banded scheme proposal, along with the other proposed changes, were the focus of the public consultation.

5.3 A banded scheme would reduce the number of CTS changes to entitlement and improve opportunities for billing and collection. Although the Council still needs to review each change this simplifies the assessment process for officers, treating CTS more as a discount and moving away from it being a benefit with traditional benefit rules.

5.4 A banded scheme is more transparent and predictable to claimants and would also enable them to more effectively budget their payments as the scheme would operate using a simpler formula that is easier to understand.

5.5 The proposed income bands are set by considering banded earnings based on the number of hours worked at the National Living Wage (NLW)2. The income bands are in a 4x5 grid and awards are set at a maximum 90% down to a minimum 30% at 15% intervals (90, 75, 60, 45, 30).

5.6 The grid is divided into four columns with different figures for the following household groups: single, couple, families/single parents with one child, families/single parents with two or more children and is set out below.

Weekly Income and Council Tax Discount Band

Single Couple Family/single Family/single % discount person parent with 1 parent with 2+ on council child children tax bill £ £ £ £ %

band 1 0 to 82.10 0 to 122.10 0 to 172.10 0 to 222.10 90 income range

2 The weekly income bands in the table below may appear to be oddly precise, but they are multiples of the NLW and the complete values, including pence, are shown.

257 band 2 82.11 to 122.11 to 172.11 to 222.11 to 75 income 123.15 163.15 213.15 263.15 range

band 3 123.16 to 163.16 to 213.16 to 263.16 to 60 income 164.20 204.20 254.20 304.20 range

band 4 164.21 to 204.21 to 254.21 to 304.21 to 45 income 205.25 245.25 295.25 345.25 range

band 5 205.26 to 245.26 to 295.26 to 345.26 to 30 income 246.30 286.30 336.30 386.30 range

5.7 The main elements of the scheme to continue unchanged, and the other proposed changes are set out in the paragraphs below.

5.8 The main elements in the existing CTS scheme to continue unchanged in the new scheme are:

(a) 90% is the maximum discount available;

(b) Capital held is limited to £6,000 (no entitlement to CTS if capital exceeds this limit);

(c) CTS is restricted to Band D levels (properties banded E-H only receive support equivalent to D);

(d) Child Benefit and child maintenance are fully disregarded3 to protect lone parents/ families;

(e) the housing element of UC is disregarded; and

(f) war pensions and war disablement pensions are disregarded.

5.9 The other proposed changes to the scheme are:

(a) to introduce a standard £10 a week non-dependant deduction (for each adult other than a partner living in the household);

(b) to set a self-employed minimum income floor of 35hrs x NLW (removing the current 16hrs floor and aligning with the UC floor);

(c) to apply a standard earnings disregard of £25 a week for all customers (so all the calculations above exclude the first £25 a week of earnings); and

3 “Disregarded” means “not taken into account”, so someone in receipt of Child Benefit, maintenance, a war pension etc will not have their CTS reduced as a result. It is therefore a benefit to those claimants.

258 (d) to replace disability premiums like-for-like, to protect those with disabilities and prevent any losses.

5.10 In addition, an important procedural change, which will benefit claimants, is that when an application for UC is notified to the Council by the DWP, that will be deemed by the Council to be an application for CTS. This will remove the need for customers to apply to the DWP for UC and then to apply separately to the council for CTS. This will simplify the process for customers and make sure that take up of CTS is maximised.

6. Consultation of the proposed new CTS Scheme

6.1 Public consultation took place between 19 August and 30 September 2019. A letter was sent to every working age CTS claimant, and also to a randomly selected 5% of council tax payers4. All the major council tax preceptors were contacted, with no negative comments being received, as well as parish councils and local welfare agencies. The consultation was available on the council’s website for the duration of the consultation period.

6.2 A total of 233 responses were received, with 60% of those being from a household where someone was already receiving CTS.

6.3 The table below sets out the responses. A full report can be found at Appendix 2. Proposed change Agree Disagree Don’t know No Reply Do you agree with 48.9% 18.5% 30.9% 1.7% the proposed changes to the scheme?

6.4 As can be seen from these results, respondents were generally in favour of all the proposed changes, with more than twice as many agreeing to the proposal than disagreed.

6.5 Questions were also asked about covering the costs of the changes by either increasing Council Tax or by reducing the funding for other services:

Proposed change No Yes No Reply Increase Council Tax 69.5% 6.4% 24.1% Cut other services 52.8% 19.7% 27.5%

6.6 From this we can infer there was overwhelming support for maintaining the existing service provision within the current budget.

7. Projected impact on Claimants

7.1 One of the aims of the new scheme design was to minimise the level of change between the old and new schemes. It is forecast that the proposed changes would mean that, as at November 2019:

4 A total of 7,040 letters were sent. 4,982 to Council Tax Support working age claimants and 2,058 to the randomly selected 5% of Council tax payers.

259 ● 4,159 working age recipients (66%) would see no change in the amount of CTS they receive ● 1,178 (18.5%) would see an increase ● 993 (15.5%) would see a reduction 7.2 For those positively affected, the average weekly gain would be £4.17, with the highest increase being £19.38 a week. For 63% of those positively affected the gain will be £5 or less.

7.3 For those negatively affected, the average weekly loss would be £4.76 and the highest £27.77 a week. For 62% of those negatively affected the loss will be £5 or less. A more detailed analysis of the impacts is provided in Appendix 7.

7.4 It was apparent from the consultation that the proposed changes to the scheme that are seen to be ‘positive’ changes (such as the total disregard of Carers Allowance, and the income allowance replacing lost disability premiums) generated a positive response from respondents. Proposed changes seen as ‘negative’ generated a less favourable response, and specific comments. For more detail please see Appendix 2.

7.5 Two proposed changes generating some concern were; ● Limiting support to a maximum of two children (through the income grid), and ● Implementing a single self-employed minimum income floor (at 35hrs x national living wage) 7.6 The proposed scheme broadly aligns with the current rules for UC5. For the two-child limit, due consideration has been made to that within the Equalities Impact Assessment (at Appendix 3). Additionally, a separate document setting out the reasons for this proposed change can be found at Appendix 4. A similar document for the proposed change to self-employed minimum income floor can be found at Appendix 5.

8. Proposed Mitigations

8.1 The council recognises that if the new scheme is implemented some people will see a reduction in their CTS. For this reason, additional support will be available through an Exceptional Hardship Policy. The draft policy is attached at Appendix 6.6

8.2 The council will ensure that the EHP fund is readily available for claimants to apply. This fund will be available to offer relief for those claimants who experience hardship as a result of changes to the scheme. The cost to the council of any relief offered in 2020/21 via the EHP fund is approximately 10% of the overall cost, with the remainder being borne by the county council.

5 The DDC / EKS proposal also affects claimants with children born before 06.04.17, to help simplify the scheme. To help explain this rationale we have provided further information relating to that in Appendix 4.

6 Para (2) 7 Schedule 1A Local Government Finance Act 1992 requires a council tax reduction scheme to specify “the procedure by which a person can apply to the authority for a reduction under section 13A(1)(c). This is the further power to reduce liability “ to such extent (or, if the amount has been reduced under paragraph (a) or (b), such further extent) as the billing authority for the area in which the dwelling is situated thinks fit.” This admits of a further reduction in liability in appropriate cases which is additional to that available under the Council Tax Support Scheme and the (EHP) which forms part of it.

260 9. Identification of Options

9.1 There are three options:

(a) Do not approve the new scheme. Maintain the current scheme.

(b) Implement an alternative scheme to that recommended.

(c) Approve the new scheme (including the Exceptional Hardship Scheme)

10. Evaluation of Options

10.1 Option a - Do not approve the new scheme. Maintain the current scheme.

10.2 As this would be a decision to retain the current scheme, it would ‘lock in’ the existing issues created by Universal Credit, which would be exacerbated as the roll-out of UC continues.

10.3 If changes are not to be made to the CTS scheme to simplify it more claimants are likely to fall into arrears. In addition to the difficulties and distress this will cause for the claimants, this would also increase administrative costs, and collection rates for Council Tax are likely to fall, with more time spent on administering the scheme and less time available for Council Tax recovery.

10.4 This will reduce the resources this council and the preceptors will have available to fund services at a time when they are already having to manage difficult budget reductions due to central government funding cuts and increasing demands.

10.5 For these reasons, this option is not considered viable and is not recommended.

10.6 Option b – Implement an Alternative Scheme to that Recommended

10.7 The proposed scheme has been designed to meet the drivers for change, while making it simple and more predictable for claimants particularly as Universal Credit rolls out, minimising the impacts on claimants, providing a hardship scheme and ensuring the costs of the CTS scheme remain the same.

10.8 Detailed modelling of options has been undertaken and no alternative options have been identified that provide a better solution than the recommended scheme, Option c.

10.9 For these reasons, the option of an alternative scheme is not considered viable and is not recommended.

10.10 Option c - Approve the new scheme (including the Exceptional Hardship Scheme)

10.11 This will maximise the opportunity to meet the drivers for change set out earlier in this report. This option will make the scheme easier to understand, simpler to administer, and give claimants more chance to manage their finances effectively. It would help maintain Council Tax collection rates.

10.12 For those reasons, it is recommended that Cabinet seek Council’s approval of this option.

11. Resource Implications

261 11.1 For 2019-20 the total costs of the CTS scheme are estimated to be £8.3m, of which DDC meets 10%.

11.2 The costs of the 2020-21 scheme will depend upon the claimant level and so can only be forecast based on estimated take-up. However, for an equivalent level and spread of claimants, the new CTS scheme changes are expected to be cost neutral and the overall costs are expected to be the same as the current scheme.

12. Equalities Assessment

12.1 An Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) is attached as Appendix 3 for consideration. This has been undertaken following the public consultation and has considered all responses received. The main points arising from the assessment at this stage are:

(a) Age - the proposed changes only apply to working age customers as those of pension age are fully protected.

(b) Disability - by disregarding some income types, and replacing disability premiums with 100% for people with disabilities, and carers, the result is that their entitlement to Council Tax Support is protected or increased. (c) Other groups - the new scheme may disadvantage some customers with more than two children. None of the details that form this proposal directly or specifically target or solely affect any one of the protected characteristics or any other identifiable groups. A supplementary document setting out matters considered under this proposal is attached as Appendix 4 to this report.

13. Corporate Implications 13.1 Comment from the Section 151 Officer: The Section 151 Officer has been involved in the production of this report and has nothing further to add. (MD)

13.2 Comment from the Solicitor to the Council: The Solicitor to the Council has been consulted in the preparation of this report and has no further comments to make.

13.3 Comment from the Equalities Officer: Following public consultation it is noted that an Equality Impact Assessment has been carried out which has resulted in no significant issues arising from this assessment. The main points arising out of assessment are outlined at paragraph 11.1.

13.4 In discharging their responsibilities, Members are required to comply with the public sector equality duty as set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15.

14. Appendices

Appendix 1 – DDC Council Tax Support Scheme 2020/21 Cabinet Report 5/8/19

Appendix 2 – Council Tax Support 2020/21 Consultation Analysis

Appendix 3 – Equalities Impact Assessment

Appendix 4 – Two-Child Policy Analysis

Appendix 5 – Self Employed Minimum Income Floor Policy

262 Appendix 6 – Exceptional Hardship Scheme

Appendix 7 – Impact Update - November 2019.

15. Background Papers

See Appendices.

Contact Officers:

Mike Davis, Strategic Director, DDC.

Mark Gillmore, Revenues and Benefits Manager, Civica.

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263 Appendix 1

Subject: Council Tax Support Scheme 2020/21 consultation

Meeting and Date: Cabinet – 5th August 2019

Report of: Mike Davis, Strategic Director of Resources

Portfolio Holder: Cllr Manion, Portfolio Holder for Finance and Governance Key Decision Type: Unrestricted Classification:

Purpose of the report: To start consultation on the proposed Council Tax Support Scheme for 2020/21 as set out in the report

Recommendation: It is recommended that Cabinet:

1. approve consultation on the introduction of the proposed new Council Tax Support Scheme for 2020/21 as set out in Section 6 of this report; and

2. delegate approval of the consultation material to the Strategic Director of resources in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Governance.

1. Summary 1.1 This report updates on the progress made on the review of the Council Tax Support Scheme (CTS) in liaison with other Kent authorities and proposes consultation on a new scheme for 2020/21.

1.2 The introduction of Universal Credit, with its frequent adjustments due to changes in claimant income is making the existing scheme increasingly complex for claimants and also complex and expensive to administer by the Council. The proposed simplified scheme for consultation is cost neutral, administratively simpler and should maintain take up by those eligible to receive support.

2. Introduction and Background 2.1 CTS is a means tested and locally defined Council Tax discount scheme introduced by Government in 2013 to replace Council Tax Benefit. The current Dover District Scheme7 closely mirrors the former Council Tax Benefit and is administered in a similar way (and often at the same time) as an award of Housing Benefit. In 2018/19 Dover District Council awarded £8.4m in Council Tax Reduction on behalf of all precepting bodies. The cost to Dover District Council of those awards was £890,4008

7 Dover, Canterbury and Thanet operate virtually identical schemes across East Kent. These schemes are the most generous in Kent to claimants, providing the highest levels of discount. 8 Dover District Council only retains around 10% of Council Tax, hence the bulk of the costs of the scheme is borne by the other preceptors, and mainly by Kent County Council.

264 2.2 Whilst CTS is a local discount, the rules around pension age customers are nationally defined and mirror the old Council Tax Benefit. The local authority has no discretion to vary that element of the scheme.

2.3 However the scheme for working age customers is not nationally defined and each local authority has full discretion over the design of its scheme. This means that where there is a need to change the scheme, that change can only affect working age recipients.

2.4 Each year the CTS scheme must be agreed by Full Council by 11 March to come in to effect from 1 April of that year. In the event that a new scheme is not agreed, the previous year’s scheme will roll forward to the next year.

2.5 When Council Tax Benefit was abolished in 2013, funding for CTS was added to the central government funding the Council receives, but was subject to an arbitrary 10% reduction from the previous amount paid under Council Tax Benefit. The amount included within central government funding has not been separately identified by central government since 2013 and since then, central government has reduced its funding considerably, whilst expenditure on the CTS scheme has remained largely static, so the cost of the CTS is largely borne by other Council Tax payers.

2.6 In the Dover district, working age claimants must pay at least 10% of their Council Tax liability (the same percentage applies in Thanet and Canterbury). The contribution from CTS recipients in east Kent is the lowest in the county, and is towards the lower end of the scale nationally. In the majority of Kent districts, customers are required to pay at least 20% of Council Tax. In 2018/19, DDC was one of around 40 local authorities with a minimum Council Tax payment of 10% or less, with more than 200 local authorities with a minimum over 10%, some with 30%+.

2.7 For DDC in 2019/20, 10% of Council Tax for a band D property is £181 and the estimated costs of the scheme (shared by all preceptors in proportion to their share of the Council Tax) are:

 Working Age recipients: £4,530,000  Pension age recipients: £3,870,000  Total cost all preceptors: £8,400,000

2.8 The scheme is underpinned by a Kent-wide agreement, which recognises that all the Kent districts (as the billing authorities) will seek to have a common platform. In return, the major precepting authorities (Fire, Police and KCC) agree to collectively pay to each district council an administration fee each year, for three years, to assist with the costs of delivering and managing the scheme. DDC currently receives £164,000 a year under this arrangement. This agreement is due to be renewed for a further three years from April 2020.

2.9 There is a need to review our CTS scheme to assess whether it is fit for purpose with the challenges and financial burdens that Universal Credit (UC) brings to the ongoing administration of CTS. We currently have a tapered scheme, which means that any change, however small, in a claimant’s income causes their entitlement to change and the Council Tax bill to be recalculated and then new instalments calculated over the remaining year.

2.10 These pressures will only increase once the UC roll-out accelerates with the managed migration of claimants on legacy benefits (currently due to complete nationally by

265 December 2023). Therefore we need to have a new CTS that combines with UC in a fairer and more efficient way.

3. Drivers for change

3.1 UC is being rolled out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to working age people who are either unemployed or in work on low incomes. It is replacing the following six working age benefits and is paid as a single monthly payment:

● Child Tax Credit ● Housing Benefit ● Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) ● Income Support ● Income-based Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) ● Working Tax Credit

3.2 Dover Jobcentre Plus went live with UC Full Service in May 2017 This means that any new working age claimants that move into the area or any existing legacy benefit (as per the list above) claimants that have a qualifying change in their circumstances must make a claim for UC. This does not affect any other existing claimants yet, but they will eventually move on to UC in what DWP call managed migration.

3.3 Existing claimants currently receiving Housing Benefit and the other benefits listed above are referred to as legacy benefit claimants. These claimants will move on to UC as part of the managed migration once the timetable for this is confirmed by the DWP. We do not yet know when this will happen but it is due to be completed nationally by December 2023 (there is a six-month contingency built in to DWP plans, so the end point could in fact be June 2024), rather than the original national target date of 2017 for UC.

3.4 Research in areas where UC has already rolled out has identified three key trends:

● low take up of customers in receipt of UC applying for CTS; ● high numbers of change in circumstances - approximately 40% of UC cases will have an adjustment each month; and ● Council Tax collection difficulties are increased with the multiple demand notices being issued.

3.5 National trends indicate on average UC customers receive at least eight change notifications in a year. Under the existing scheme, each change to UC entitlement income would produce a change to CTS entitlement, which then requires a new Council Tax demand notice for the customer, amending their Council Tax instalments on a regular basis and making it difficult to collect Council Tax via Direct Debit.

4. Impact on residents

4.1 Multiple changes for the customer in receipt of UC result in multiple changes for the customer in their CTS award. Using the existing scheme, which is a calculation on tapered income, any small change to income can amend the CTS award.

4.2 Frequent instalment changes can make it difficult for a customer to use Direct Debit as payment method due to the lead in times that the council needs to advise the customer of a change before taking payment. Multiple demand notices can also be confusing for residents.

266 4.3 Frequent changes can also provide the customer with difficulties in budgeting as they would not have a regular payment amount known for their Council Tax. This can lead to difficulties in paying which leads to further action and potential costs to vulnerable residents.

4.4 Whereas previously customers applied for CTS at the same time as applying for housing benefit from the council, they are now applying for UC with the DWP and are not always aware that they also need to apply for CTS with the council (although the council has been working with Job Centre Plus to remind UC claimants). As a result, some customers who should receive CTS are instead being chased for payment of full Council Tax, which they cannot afford to pay.

5. Impact on the council

5.1 Multiple changes also have a significant negative impact on administration and billing for the local authority in areas where UC has already rolled out. Each change that results in a new demand notice will need to be administered by an officer and the demand notice will need to be produced, either by post or email, and sent to the charge payer.

5.2 If a resident has a monthly change it may not be possible to collect payments via Direct Debit due to the frequent changes. This has been recognised nationally where collection rates for CTS cases have reduced significantly. The worst reported figures are 55% collection and this would be a significant decrease on our current performance and a negative impact on collection and recovery teams as other payment methods are more expensive and additional recovery would be required to collect outstanding amounts. This burden is borne by those who do pay.

5.3 If a customer who is entitled to CTS does not apply for it then the council would have to bill them for their full Council Tax bill and would send reminder and recovery letters to them. It is much better administratively for CTS to be applied to a taxpayer’s account as soon as they are entitled to receive it so that unnecessary recovery action is not instigated.

6. Proposed new scheme framework

6.1 The intention is to propose a new scheme for consultation that addresses the drivers for change outlined above but that keeps the total cost of the scheme the same.

6.2 The proposed new scheme is a banded scheme - CTS recipients would be awarded CTS based on the ranges of income and their entitlement would only be amended if the income increases or decreases beyond the range of their current band.

6.3 There is a country-wide move towards income-banded schemes as a result of the challenges and costs associated with UC. A total of 28 local authorities have this type of scheme in place for 2019/20 and many more are in the process of adopting this type of scheme for 2020/21. Examples locally include Folkestone and Hythe District Council, Sevenoaks District Council and Dartford Borough Council, which have all introduced banded schemes from 1 April 2019.

6.4 A banded scheme would reduce the number of CTS changes to entitlement and improve opportunities for billing and collection. Whilst the Council still needs to review each change this simplifies the assessment process for officers, treating CTS more as a discount and moving away from it being a benefit with traditional benefit rules.

267 6.5 A banded scheme is more transparent to residents and would also enable them to more effectively budget their payments as the scheme would operate using a simpler formula that will be easier to understand.

6.6 An income-banded scheme replaces benefit withdrawal tapers with a series of “plateaus and cliff-edges”. This means that variations in earnings that do not cause the claimant to cross an income band can be ignored, reducing administration. Across the councils that have adopted or are intending to adopt this type of scheme, there is no universal approach or agreed set of figures. We are proposing to adopt five income bands for four household types and to set our figures to be as generous as possible within the financial requirements of a cost-neutral scheme, and to minimise the number of customers who see a change in their level of CTS.

6.7 Where an applicant is in receipt of a relevant benefit such as income support, job seekers allowance (income based) and employment and support allowance (income related) they will continue to receive the maximum discount of 90%. All other discount levels are based on the applicant’s (and partner’s if relevant) net income.

6.8 The proposed income bands are set at National Living Wage (NLW). The income bands are in a 4x5 grid and awards are set at a maximum 90% down to a minimum 30% at 15% intervals (90, 75, 60, 45, 30).

6.9 The grid is divided into four columns with different figures for the following household groups: single, couple, families/single parents with one child, families/single parents with two or more children.

6.10 Proposed weekly income bands and CTS discounts by household group

Single Couple Family/single Family/single discount on person parent with 1 parent with 2+ Council Tax child children bill £ £ £ £ %

band 1 income 0 to 82.10 0 to 122.10 0 to 172.10 0 to 222.10 90 range

band 2 82.11 to 122.11 to 172.11 to 222.11 to income 75 123.15 163.15 213.15 263.15 range

band 3 123.16 to 163.16 to 213.16 to 263.16 to income 60 164.20 204.20 254.20 304.20 range

band 4 164.21 to 204.21 to 254.21 to 304.21 to income 45 205.25 245.25 295.25 345.25 range

268 Single Couple Family/single Family/single discount on person parent with 1 parent with 2+ Council Tax child children bill £ £ £ £ %

band 5 205.26 to 245.26 to 295.26 to 345.26 to income 30 246.30 286.30 336.30 386.30 range

6.11 The amounts above are based on a calculation of hours multiplied by the National Living Wage (NLW) aged 25 and over rate, which is £8.21 per hour. The amounts would need to be inflated each year to take account of increases in the NLW.

6.12 Then, a standard amount (£40) is added for couples and for single parents, and for children (£50 per child, up to a maximum of 2 children).

6.13 The hours for each band start at 10 hours for 90% band, 15 hours for 75% band, 20 hours for 60% band, 25 hours for 45% band, and finally 30 hours for 30% band.

6.14 Worked examples

6.15 Single person column, 90% support (band 1) = 10 hours x NLW (£8.21) = £82.10

6.16 Single person column, 75% support (band 2) = 15 hours x NLW (£8.21) = £123.15.

6.17 Family/single parent with one child column, 60% support (band 3) = 20 hours x NLW (£8.21) = £164.20, plus £40 (because they are not the only person in the family unit), plus £50 (because they have one child) = £254.20.

6.18 Family/single parent with two children column, 30% support (band 5) = 30 hours x NLW (£8.21) = £246.30, plus £40, plus £100 (because they have 2 children) = £386.30.

6.19 The proposed scheme is also comprised of the following existing and new elements.

6.20 Elements in the existing CTS scheme to continue in new scheme:

● 90% is the maximum discount available; ● Capital held is limited to £6,000 (no entitlement to CTS if capital exceeds this limit); ● CTS is restricted to Band D levels (properties banded E-H only receive support equivalent to D); ● Child Benefit and child maintenance are fully disregarded to protect lone parents/ families; ● the housing element of UC is disregarded; and ● war pensions and war disablement pensions are disregarded.

6.21 Proposed changes to the scheme:

269 ● to introduce a standard £10 a week non-dependant deduction (for each adult other than a partner living in the household); ● to set a self-employed minimum income floor of 35hrs x NLW (removing the current 16hrs floor and aligning with the UC floor); ● to apply a standard earnings disregard of £25 a week for all customers (so all the calculations above exclude the first £25 a week of earnings); and ● to replace disability premiums like-for-like to protect those with disabilities and prevent any losses.

6.22 In addition, when a customer applies for UC, when the council is notified of that by the DWP that will be deemed to be an application for CTS. This will remove the need for customers to apply to the DWP for UC and then to apply separately to the council for CTS. This will simplify the process for customers and make sure that take up of CTS is maximised.

7. Impact of the proposed new scheme

7.1 The total cost of current scheme in 2018/19 was £8,400,509. The total forecast cost of the new scheme is £8,405,011 (additional cost of £4,502 or 0.05%).

7.2 The working age element of CTS in 2018/19 cost £4,530,304. The forecast working age CTS cost is £4,558,424 (additional cost of £28,120 or 0.6%).

7.3 These are estimates at a point in time and based on the proposed changes, which are subject to consultation. As UC is rolled out to more residents in the district it is expected the overall cost of the scheme will reduce back to 2018/19 levels and so the proposed changes should be broadly financially neutral for the Council and the preceptors.

7.4 Projected impact on customers

7.5 One of the aims of the new scheme design was to minimise the level of change between the old and new schemes. It is forecast that the proposed changes would mean that:

● 3,537 working age recipients (64%) would see no change in the amount of CTS they receive ● 1,116 (20%) would see an increase ● 867 (16%) would see a reduction

7.6 For those positively affected, the average weekly gain would be £4, with the highest increase being £20 a week. For 63% the gain will be £5 or less. Further details are set out in the tables below.

270 Weekly Total Number Gain (£) affected

15-20 3

10-15 96

5-10 312

0-5 705

Household type Number affected

Couple one or both over 18 45

Family one or both over 18 43

Lone parent aged over 18 209

Single person aged less than 25 2

Single person aged over 25 115

UC claimant 659

Passported Claimants 43

7.7 For those negatively affected, the average weekly loss would be £5 and the highest £29 a week. For 63% the loss will be £5 or less. Further details are set out in the tables below. Recipients negatively affected by the changes will be eligible to apply for the Council’s Exceptional Hardship Payment fund (EHP), which was introduced in April 2017 and is money allocated specifically to support those who have been affected by changes to CTS schemes.9

7.8 Weekly Total Number Loss (£) affected

9 Para (2) 7 Schedule 1A Local Government Finance Act 1992 requires a council tax reduction scheme to specify “the procedure by which a person can apply to the authority for a reduction under section 13A(1)(c). This is the further power to reduce liability “ to such extent (or, if the amount has been reduced under paragraph (a) or (b), such further extent) as the billing authority for the area in which the dwelling is situated thinks fit.”

271 Weekly Total Number Loss (£) affected

25-30 5

20-25 11

15-20 25

10-15 66

5-10 217

0-5 543

7.9 Household type Number affected

Couple one or both over 18 4

Family one or both over 18 214

Lone parent aged over 18 100

Single person aged less than 25 0

Single person aged over 25 12

UC claimant 506

Passported Claims 31

8. Consultation planned or undertaken

8.1 There will be a six to eight week consultation, provisionally to take place over July/August/September. As well as an open consultation on the website, all current recipients of working age CTS will receive a letter inviting them to respond to the consultation as will a sample of Council Taxpayers across the district. The Council will also be consulting with interested organisations locally such as the CAB and also needs to formally consult with the preceptors.

9. Identification of Options

272 9.1 Option 1. A decision to not consult on a new scheme would effectively be a decision to retain the current scheme.

9.2 Option 2. Alternatively the committee could support elements of the proposed new scheme for consultation but decide to amend others. This would require a remodelling exercise to understand how any amendments impact on customers and on the Council.

10. Evaluation of Options Option 1. If changes are not to be made to the CTS scheme to simplify the scheme and hence contain administrative costs, then collection rates for Council Tax are likely to fall, as more time will be spent on administering the scheme and less time will be available for Council Tax recovery. This will reduce the resources this council and the preceptors will have available to fund services at a time when they are already having to manage difficult budget reductions due to central government funding cuts. There are three other options to consider to meet the funding shortfall:

(a) Increase the level of Council Tax beyond that assumed in the four-year financial plan (b) Use council reserves to fund the scheme (c) Make reductions to services over and above the savings already identified in the financial plan

These are not currently recommended options, but for completeness they should be included in the consultation.

10.1 Option 2. The recommended option is to consult on the proposed banded scheme for CTS for the reasons set out under section 6 above - the proposed simplified scheme would result in fewer changes for customers as well as limiting the increase in administrative costs for the Council. Under the proposed scheme for consultation 87% of current CTS recipients would either see no change or an increase in their level of CTS.

A comprehensive consultation is planned and the results of this be fed back to this committee for consideration in the autumn.

11. Resource Implications

11.1 The costs of the new scheme in terms of CTS awarded are set out above. If after consultation the scheme is approved, there will be one-off costs for software upgrades and these costs would be reported when the final scheme is proposed for adoption. The cost of developing and implementing the scheme is being contained by Civica within their contract price.

12. Corporate Implications

12.1 Comment from the Section 151 Officer: The s151 Officer has been consulted in the production of this report and has no further comments to make (MD).

12.2 Comment from the Solicitor to the Council:

273 12.3 Comment from the Equalities Officer: This report does not specifically highlight any equality implications however in discharging their duties members are required to comply with the public sector equality duty as set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15. EKS have conducted a Stage 1 Equalities Impact Assessment for the proposed scheme and a copy is attached at Annex 1.

13. Background Papers

13.1 Modelling of alternative schemes held by Civica.

14. Attachments

14.1 Annex 1 – Equalities Impact Assessment for the CTS

Contact Officer: Mike Davis, Strategic Director of Resources

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274 Appendix 2

Council Tax Support scheme 2020/21 Consultation Questionnaire – Dover

Number of responses: 233

Q1. Do you agree with the proposed changes to the CTS set out in this consultation?

Yes 114 48.9% No 43 18.5% Don't know 72 30.9% No reply 4 1.7%

Q2 If you disagree what alternatives or changes to the proposals would you prefer?

A max of 50%discount. It is not appropriate for more discount to be obtained via this manner. A system which is fair to everyone - even those who end up paying for other's benefits. To people who are in employment and who pay their fair share of taxes etc, it is annoying when they see that while they struggle with their income and expenditure balance, they are subsidizing people who are on benefit leading a very comfortable life and can still afford the latest iphone, visit nail parlours / tattooists / hairdressers, frequently use takeaways, smoke, drink, have Fathers not contributing to their child's upkeep, claiming disability while still being capable of manual work, claim while doing 'jobs on the side', etc etc. I am sure there are the needy who deserve society's support, but there are an awful lot who screw the system for all they can get and have no intention of financing their own life choices and paying their way. All pensioners regardless of income should have a 50% discount per household! As a part time worker and single person I receive only 25% discount , your scheme looks like it is only concerned with unemployment or low paid. As usual these people are the people that benefit the most as these are the people that have the new cars and 50 inch tv's. The increase should be more than25% As a widow I think it's unfair to take into consideration any income related legacy, often this is needed to pay debts funeral costs etc Deal Town Council has discussed the consultation and feel that the scheme as proposed is appropriate in principle. Deal Town Councillors feel strongly that

275 provision should be made for existing rebate recipients to have no loss or reduction in their discount. Discount for pensioners, not means tested, whatever the income Foster carers should be exempt from council tax and this is not even mentioned I agree with 1,3,4,5 & 6: However not 2 and 7 No 2 is quite drastic and will have big impact in finding the money to pay double. NB: for those over 60 its v. difficult to find new work due to age prejudice. Also in Dover/East Kent there are few job opportunities. Many jobs are not advertised and go to friends and family or arranged via foreign workers agencies who do not recruit the British. No 7 There will be many in start up phase which could last 2 yrs' where they will be earning less than national living wage but trying to make a go of it. Markets are tough and money is tight generally and new business in East Kent will be uphill work for quite some time. This may discourage some from trying to start up a business. I agree with changes 1 to 6 however not 7. on 7 market is tough and self employed may be trying to start up business and sticking with it but not earning more than national living wage. You should not assume this. I agree with simplifying the scheme. Income grid is a good idea and simple to administer, however if the main purpose is to save more money from the CTS pot, then I would prefer that all discounts are set to a maximum of 85%, meanings all households would have to pay at least 15% of their bill. This is more in line with the surrounding local authorities. I do not agree with the income being set at 35hrs x national living wage for all self employed applicants. If this were to go ahead, I would suggest a settling in period of 18 months whilst the business is set up, before expecting them to earn 35hours a week in profitable wage. Just because the government do it, doesn’t mean we have to! I agree with some of the changes but not with others. The income grid seems like a good idea as the more you earn the more you can afford to pay. However it does not encourage those who work minimum hours earning less money to work more hours and earn more of their own money. It would be an idea to group together the middle and low earners and cap the discount at say 75%. This way if the low earners were to increase their income of their own back then would not loose out on CTS. They would remain at 75% CTS regardless instead of dropping from 90% to 75%. The proposed scheme holds no incentive which encourages people to work. The only other change I don't really agree with is disregarding carers allowance as income. Although they face a challenging role carers receive a lot of money in benefit to be a carer. This is a fair income and can often be more than who those that work full time earn. I Don't see any reason as to why this should be disregarded. I agree with the careers allowance side of this but I don’t understand about the disabled part are you including dla as an income if you are it's wrong, make the elderly pay as well I am a care in the community applicant and have a live in career and I really don't understand how this new scheme will work and what the increase will be for my live in career.

276 I am currently Self-employed and I am trying my best to work more hours and earn extra but at the moment it is not happening. My income is very low, I am behind on my Council Tax payments but I can not get any help towards my Council Tax. I would like to see that Council Tax Support should be available for people if they are self-employed as long as they are showing they are trying to find more work. I am self employed but not earning the Universal Credits minimum income floor. I'd love to expand my business but I will get no help whatsoever to do this so the alternative seems that I have to give up. Surely it would be fairer if actual income was used for the calculations. I am self employed, earning below the minimum income floor. Why should I be treated differently to those 'employed' and earning below the minimum income floor. Currently paying full council tax (-25% discount as living alone in owned property) I disagree with s/emp level of 35 hours I’m s/emp.... This enables me to be working when both my children are at school, I’m home for them in half terms and before and after school, also checking on my elderly mother is essential ; how much more do you expect me to stretch???? You already presume I can work 16hours per week! I cant 52 weeks of the year! No holiday pay, No sick pay No benefit other than paying my way and looking after family. Everyone has different circumstances, stream lining over this will cause more problems to those who already try their best. Thank you for asking my opinion, and there you have it. I do not understand it for my personal circumstances. It looks to me like my current 90% allowance will reduce dramatically to 25%. There is no way I would be able to afford that. And there is no way I'm going to prison because I can not afford to pay my council tax. If this happens I will kill myself. I don’t agree with this change because there are people who work on minimum wage and are still required to pay the full amount of council tax more so people with families that are already struggling an for the majority of us as a community are very worried about the uncertainty of these new changes how are some people expected to live on very low incomes I believe in my own personal opinion I think helping families with young dependants under the age of 5 should be substantial an begin to question why this system has become so broken an leaving extremely vulnerable people in a very worse of situation. An truly think that families with young dependants single parents are going to suffer more as they may not be in the position to go out to work until that child becomes of age to either start school an that is where some of the problems are going to occur. I don’t disagree or agree, however being a UC claimant I do understand that the recalculation part of it is silly. Having been affected by it for the last year. I would like the council to use which ever proposal is less likely to push my family and myself into further poverty and debt. I don’t really understand it. I get carers allowance so not sure if it will be better for me or worse. I think people on benefits will be worse off

277 I work as self employed so I don’t have to claim income support and I work to fit around school hours. I work on average 11 hours a week as some weeks and times of the year are quieter or busier. I’m already being penalised by the current system rule that assumes because I am self employed I must be working a minimum of 16 hours. If this goes up to a min of 36 hours I won’t get any help at all and may as well not work. I would advocate (#1) having a CTS support of 90% of the bill, beyond which 20p/£ is payable on ‘excess income’. This should also apply for non- dependants (#2), like myself, to pay 20p/£ on ‘excess income’ beyond the £4p/w minimum currently payable. Any income disregards (#4) should be similar to the legacy system or UC as appropriate. I am happy with (#3), a CTS claim should be included in Universal Credit claims, (#5) for carers allowance and (#6) for disability premiums, regardless of any changes to the CTS scheme. The (#7) MIF from UC should not form part of the CTS scheme, claimants should be assessed based upon actual incomes, not estimates. I'm a single disabled person living on my own as long as everything is easy to understand it should be ok I'm between Yes and Don't know, as I like the fact that the new scheme is less complicated easy to understand but don't know how it really affects vulnerable people. I'm self employed and on very low income but get no help what's so ever. I think self employed people need help Is section one covering more help for working single parents only? Please include people in my situation who are single parents who find it difficult to work and juggle having to be a carer to a child with disabilities. One of my two children I have had to home school due to current situation with lack of school nhs and correct benefit support. Finding child care is also hard due to our situation. I already struggle financially as it is. It a big Jump in cost if I'm right 120 to go up to 500 odd I think it's too much .I thought the government change the rules so each council keep the all council tax instead of a percentage were is it all going .but I'm sure u will put it up no matter what It appears from your single person discount table that anyone earning over around £200 net per week will no longer receive the single person discount on their council tax. There is no explanation for this in your notes and no advantages or drawbacks listed, either, so it is unclear. I don't think single person households who work full time should have any discount withdrawn because they do not use the same level of facilities as a multiple person household. If I have misunderstood your proposal regarding single person households and the level of council tax relief, then can you please clarify this because your grid and explanatory notes are not clear. It is really hard to understand I am not sure how this will personally affect me and my son? It’s fine as it currently is. Keep it the same as your changes will put lives at risk as there will be too many mistakes and people won't be able to live

278 Lone occupants of which I am one will not get the 25% discount, if or one have to do extra hours at work to keep my head above water, this will now give me an additional need for overtime to pay my council tax bill, I don't get any help other than this and feel that because I bring home a wage topped up by overtime, that I wear myself out for, I am being penalised, this will lead to people getting g into more debt or making themselves ill stressing out about how they will pay it. Making sure lone parents aren't penalised. Mostly yes but you’re still going to penalise disabled people of working age. My household will lose out as I am single working mum with 4 kids. No because you still don’t help the low earning families , you just want to more money to line your cooperate pockets No changes. No one currently on CTS would financially be better off with any of the proposed changes. Make admin changes but don't reduce the discounts available. Simplify, but don't make higher demands. Q1 does not allow for partial agreement with most of what is proposed. It is also quite a complex set of proposals. Are you implying that these are to be introduced as a package? Review proposal 7 re: self-employed people to take account of zero hours contracts. How many people may be affected by this? RW GEORGE Sceptical about the whole self employment universal credit arrangements after a year ie MIF. Hobby self employed is still hard work and maintains skills and gets you interviews. Any figures based on assumptions are unworkable, worrying and demoralising. The alternatives are so complicated I have no idea. Even getting into the questionnaire was difficult. The changes proposed still sound complex and still mean some people will fall through the net and be unsupported or worse off. I am a resident, so it is not my job to talk about changes! YOU are supposedly the experts and are paid by public money to come up with fair and appropriate proposals. Also, while I acknowledge finances are a priority, it would nice to think that once in a while Dover District Council were capable of kindness and empathy. The income base levels are not low enough - a net of £0 per week should get 100% discount. The income grid is incoherent. If someone currently has ESA or JSA benefit of £73 and their rent of £100 is paid direct to landlord they receive 90% of rent. But I suspect you will attempt to rip of claimants if they are moved onto Universal Credit as this would make the £73 benefit and £100 rent cost I suspect you would illegally and unlawfully say they have a weekly income of £173 when they do NOT, they still only have a weekly income of £73 as £100 of the £173 is rent benefit. You need to ensure the only income part is the actual income of the benefit and does NOT include the rent part so it's not £173 week's income but it is only £73 income and they receive 90% CTS and not as I suspect

279 45%, see your grid you need to ensure rent benefit payment costs are NOT included in weekly net income when person moves to Universal Credit. The new grid system may work for some but it increases my payment by too much The treatment of some self employed people who work really hard but don’t always get paid properly or on time is really not helpful, you are assuming they are all earning loads when it is not so easy to get extra business The trouble is when a person is self employed you never have a static fixed amount of income. This is even more difficult when there is only one person working as you never know what costs are coming your way. The wording is confusing, the finances are worrying and illegible and when this happens, it usually means that the Council needs more money by any means available. I understand the necessity for more finances but every year Dover loses more and more e.g. children's play areas, funding for schools, dreadful road surfaces, Gateway offices, the list goes on. If all this bunkum means the Council needs more money then just say so without confusion. I have just started with Universal Credit and apart from the application forms being repetitive and badly worded, don't seem to be to bad but it is what happens to the application when DWP, Universal Credit and the Council get around to processing it. The admin cost is more likely to be caused by personnel making mistakes within the system and now you're thinking of changing the system again, good luck with that. There should be no financial changes for people who currently receive CTS. If you make the new claimants who get Universal credit an easier system then I suppose that would be ok. This scheme penalises families who are working and does not make clear the impact of future council tax increases for council tax payers who do not receive a subsidy. Furthermore, families who are not working do not seem to be affected and (in my opinion) this will only fuel the cycle of welfare dependence by subsidising low incomes to working families and failing to give an incentive to find work for individuals who already receive a multitude of state benefits. Those on disability benefit should not have to pay as struggling on universal credit is hard enough to live without the added stress of council tax payments. What I have just tried to read on my small mobile phone screen, as I do not own a computer and have no one who can help me, is way way way too complicated for me to understand all of this!!!!! All I can say, is, like myself, everyone who qualifies for some Council Tax Support, needs to be judged on their own individual situation... Will put more poor people into poverty do not agree with this new plan Would like it to stay the same as don’t have much income as it is You should keep to the system you already have, there was a cost incurred when choosing the current system, now there's another cost for households for a 'new' system because of Universal Credit being rolled out across the region. If KCC are short of funds it should be asking central government for assistance, not pressurising more and more households in the region, central government

280 pushed UC onto people and central government should have the full cost of doing so.

Q3 Do you think we should choose any of the following options rather than the proposed changes to the scheme? Please select one answer for each source of funding.

Yes No Don't No reply know Increase the level of 15 162 31 25 Council Tax to cover the 6.4% 69.5% 13.3% 10.7% additional administration costs Find the additional 46 123 45 19 administration costs by 19.7% 52.8% 19.3% 8.2% cutting other council services

Q4 If you think there should be cuts to other council services, which services should that be?

Additional admin costs should be absorbed otherwise let’s see reductions in staff at the library for example (when I visit there it seems to have a generous amount of staff with little to do). Put parking charges on the car park at the council office this might produce funding at the same time may encourage staff to use public transport. Administration costs Anything not required Ask for more money from Central Government or take it off those who CAN afford to pay! Hard working people and Disabled who CANNOT work should NOT be hit again! Can’t say as don’t know enough about them Cap the wage bills Complex administration services such as setting up this questionnaire Council office staff who persist in sending the same letter in one day to the said person more than once at the same time cutting cost plus make letter more easily to understand Councillors allowances and trips Councillors wages. Paid to much. That money could be spent else where. They don’t need anymore than national minimum living wage like the rest of us. Cuts to revenue spent in Dover with monies reallocated to Sandwich Area Do not know.

281 Far too much is spent by DDC, paying the salaries of the top 10 executives, cut down on the amount of senior management. From other areas a lot of money is wasted Give households the opportunity to take their household rubbish & waste - with the exception of food waste to the disposal sites & be awarded a discount for doing so. Current waste services trucks & operatives cause waste & general litter on a collection day . By house-holders doing it it will be far neater & tidier than it currently is. Giving money to help illegal immigrants while failing to help those who have paid the council tax Here's an Idea, why not put all the non working migrants into employment with DDC, using them to maintain roads, parks, public areas, schools etc. Do not tell me that you cannot implement such a scheme because DWP are constantly pushing for British people to find employment which I think is Racist against the indigenous population of this country. Migrants should pay for what they use, I have to so what's the difference. I have seen prof of a Migrant receiving £590 a WEEK with NO rent or TAX. The administration cost of processing all these migrants with an Interpreter must have a high cost so give them employment, it works in Australia. Once our country is full to capacity, what happens then. I could not live independently if things changed. I don't know but a little on each would be better than all on one I have read and understand you need to cover admin costs please if you do increase tax do so to the wealthy and not the poor. I know a lot of cuts have already been made. What other council services could be cut should be considered. I really don’t think that DDC should be asking us (the DDC ‘Constituents’) such important things like this I am completely confused, so I can NOT give you my opinions!!! What I can say though, is that like all Councils, DDC are very cash strapped, so it’s totally fair to expect DDC to keep all their out goings to a minimum BUT hopefully NOT affect those in society who are vulnerable, like myself - who really need financial assistance I am widowed, physically Registered disabled and very poorly with physical and mental health problems So, PLEASE do not stop helping people like me! I try to ‘survive’ on Disability Benefits BUT completely rely on my Council Tax Support relief So, whatever ‘you’ have to do, PLEASE don’t make cuts to those who REALLY need help Thank You (in hope) I think all elected councillors should not be paid allowances has this cost thousand of pounds which could go to help cover cost I think services such as shorter opening times of libraries and other council buildings would benefit and release more funds. I think there are plenty of funds available, it is liquid gold that is scooped off before it gets to any services! There seem to be little accountability. I think there should be greater efficiency in the running of the current council services. For example, if work practices used within the private sector were implemented - particularly with the procurement process, then money could be

282 saved. Suppliers could be benchmarked to ensure best value for money and, if not already done so, there could be closer collaboration with other local authorities to obtain economies of scale on goods and services. I understand that you need to find the money from somewhere but I don't know how or where the relevant required money can or should come from. I would rather pay a little bit more council tax than having less quality services for essentials eg; rubbish collection, public environment..... If you would LOWER the cost of parking in many areas more people would park for LONGER and less illegally therefore reducing the amount of supervision needed to combat illegal parking and more money for you in the long run Immigration housing costs and benefits are unfairly high in Dover as it’s the port of entry. Start to think outside the norm to raise income as a council. One example would be fine all the lorries that park in the lay-bys along the A2/M20 corridor. Because there drivers hours have expired. Get rid of parking charges encourage more commerce in Dover. Let out the empty buildings rate free to encourage start ups .... the list goes on Immigration illegal in Channel Its not our fault you have introduced an unworkably complicated system. Less money to local councils for events. Local councillors buy champagne at their meetings. Libraries (Including mobile libraries) , Parks and Gardens, Social Care, Education, Councillor Expense Allowances, Public Toilets. N/A NA No cuts - just pay to those who actually deserve this support and make savings by stopping payment to those who don't No cuts, just don’t give out as much in CTS, make the cap lower No cuts. No floral displays in public garden spaces. No street decorations in summer and winter. No services should be cut because they are at an all time low as it is. Overpaid, excessive number of councillors claiming excessive expenses Police Removal of public toilets - many people abuse facilities or introduce paid public toilets to help pay towards maintenance (Eastbourne as an example). Introduce more residential parking in roads around the town centre/pay per hour. Road sweepers as my road is never done. Transport planning Libraries Highways Road sweeping appears to be useless and could be removed. The sweepers usually cannot get to the kerbs due to parked cars. As a homeowner I am happy to keep my frontage clear as and when I can access it and I suggest other

283 residents could spend a few minutes a month clearing their kerbs if they want to keep their area tidy. At the moment a lot of streets have grass growing in the kerbs which is evidence that the formal road sweeping is not working. Services are already limited in the dover area. Cuts would make things worse. Services are already not meeting the needs of the area Shut the public toilets and sell them off. Social housing, subsidised services etc. Stop charging residents the interest on the loans you took out LOBO we never asked for and never took out .. want , my money back . stop using council tax to fund your golden pensions ... we are on to you . Stop paying the council leaders so much money!! It's disgusting the amount they get paid! Stop wasting monies on corporate lunches and dining. Street lighting The council has a duty to the people of Dover district, not to people being sent down here by London boroughs and not people arriving illegally from France. Just one minor costs £70,000 pa in fostering fees etc. I never hear Dover Council tell us how much the new arrivals cost us. Stop looking after people not originating from Kent and save millions £. The money that goes to mps, expenses, police chief, plus drop your business rents so people will actually fill up the empty shops and pay into the system The Payments to council staff notably at the most senior levels has been generous year on year with pension payments maintained or increased. This seems unfair and ridiculous in an area of low employment and low skilled opportunities. If you can't improve the area for ALL then pay should not be increased nor pensions. Council workers should be motivated better to work productively on improving the services and the area for less. Negotiate better with providers. Too much is wasted on bad deals. Give me a paying job at senior level and I will show you. Top heavy wages, people over the 150,000 mark You will be paying less CTS so you don’t need to make cuts

Q5 If you have any further comments or questions to make regarding the CTS scheme that you haven't had an opportunity to raise elsewhere, please use the space below.

As a 64 year old, disabled, widow...not much of the proposed change will affect me? However, anything that makes the system easier to understand would be welcome. I can't imagine how some families work out what the can/can't claim - even with the new proposals. As an average person we don't know enough to comment As an OAP who is relatively well off I believe that the older and wealthier members of our community who can often afford expensive holidays abroad

284 and pass on their estates to their off-spring can well be expected to contribute a little more for the good of the younger generations. This will be hard to sell and will need to be means tested, not just worked from the rateable value of their home. Many old people want to live in their homes to the end and are asset rich but cash poor. Also they will need to be promised something for future redemption, possibly help with care in old age, etc. Collect in the money now on the promise of future assistance. The old adage of not killing the golden goose. As I'm a claimant with 1 grown up son who contributes and a severely disabled daughter who I care for I’m not quite sure with the way things have been set out how the new system would effect us Been a carer is hard and what little money we are able to get through carers allowance is taken into consideration where council tax, housing benefit and universal credits are concerned. This made things harder for those unable to work on top. I think you not taking this into consideration will massively help those in this circumstance as some have no choice but to become carers which is not an easy job. So reducing stress like money issues will help greatly. Also maybe stop threatening court action from payment been few days late as money may be paid later than can be given. Can’t comment as I am not knowledgeable enough as I am happy for the council to make these decisions on my behalf Carefully adhere to my comments of NOT including the rent element payment on universal credit, only the actual benefit so £73 universal credit and £100 rent = £173 but it's NOT £173 it's only £73 as now the rent is not included in calculation. Change 1 looks the fairest to me Change 1 would be a huge hit to me. I am on EESA and currently get 90% discount but new change would reduce that 45% and cost me £891.15 a year!! A huge increase from the £120 pa in paying now. No incentive for anyone on low pay to earn more money. No one gains financially - everyone will be paying more - apart from asylum seekers and other new arrivals. Didn't the council tax used to be claimed with the rent rebate before Universal Credit was introduced. Each case needs to be looked at carefully and consideration given to people who cannot work because of medical reasons. Some people can't help being on a benefit, some people have worked all their lives and only now do they need to apply for some help when they need it. You spend your life working and contributing but when you need some help its really hard to get that assistance. Foster carers should be exempt from paying council tax hope all migrants have to pay council tax and not keep living of all of us that have to pay I agree in most part with the changes but am concerned that as a single parent working 16 hours with 3 children I could be worse off how does this work if 2 of my children are twins? my children’s ages are 3 (twins boy girl) and a 6 yr old girl. it seems unfair to be 'capped' at 2 children like UC when they were born

285 before these new rules you want to apply and even before the UC credit rules. please can I have more of an explanation or will there be an issue were these circumstances are looked at? I would appreciate a personal response to the matter of multiple births to this 2 children issue my email is [email protected] I already find it distasteful that the council have actively pressured UC claimants to accumulate an advancement of one months rent in case of problems with their claim in the future that may affect their ability to pay their rent on time, so to add your proposed nonsense to supposedly make the system easier and fairer to understand BECAUSE of UC is a joke, KCC is responsible for losing tens of millions of pounds yet always calls on the hard pressed to balance the books. I am available to hire if you would like to hear anymore of my ideas ..... I am delighted you are disregarding carer’s allowance. I have always felt it extremely unfair that it was taken into regard I apologise for not being able to look at this questionnaire sooner - I received the letter about 12 days ago I don’t own a computer, so reading everything (and trying to understand it all - which I can’t!) and then having to type my answers, using my small mobile phone screen IS extremely difficult I know you can send out a paper version, but I can’t get out to a Post Box easily, to send it back! I’m in the middle of trying to Sell my house + since receiving your letter, I’ve had the BIG tasks of renewing my disabled Blue Badge AND attending my ESA Benefit Assessment in Canterbury And, due to my very poor health, all these things AND this questionnaire, are all NOT easy for me to tackle... (+ I have no one to help me) It was extremely difficult finding this questionnaire also! I had to call DDC in the end! And even then, the very helpful lady gave me the wrong information! Luckily, she called me back - and I’ve tried my best to tackle this - BUT it’s too complicated - sorry (10/09/19) I can't see any problem with the current system. I claim benefits because I am too unwell to work, therefore my income is severely limited and any help I can get with day to day expenses is more than welcome and I can't see why the process of working out my payments should be problematic. Just another job for someone setting up another complicated system? I do not find the current scheme complicated. I don’t think child benefit should be included in your weekly earnings ,because as the name suggests it should be spent on the child for clothes, food etc not on council tax. I feel that the Council penalises the low income working families regardless how many hours they work. They expect to work 35 or more hours with a minimum wage. That doesn't happen in the real world..... I fully support making it easier but I do not want to be worse off because of it or messed about. I guarantee if you make changes then you will be responsible for deaths as people struggle now and couldn't afford to wait6-8 weeks if there is a mistake

286 I really don't understand what these changes mean for me as although I am of working age I am disabled and will not be fit to work again. I didn't see anything in these proposals that cover this. Will my benefits stay the same or will I be further penalised for being disabled. I really need it explained better. I'm a full time carer for my son but also help my parents as both are getting older and have illness where they need help so I need to be Available 24/7. Will I have to pay more if the new s home comes I I think for single people and low income families this is going to help them I watch my mum at times struggle as she is now on her own after my dad passed away and she has a lovely house in Whitfield but pays a lot out in council tax but has a low income and at her age she should be slowing down but is having to work full time and do over time just to live and pay her bills so I know this would really help her out I think it could work well and obviously easier for everyone to understand, so good on whoever devised the changes I think making people aware very clearly that there is a hardship fund and how apply. And maybe raising the amount a person can apply for (and pay back less if this is applicable) depending on their situation. I am concerned about the part where there is a standard payment for a non dependant adult, like an adult offspring. If the adult offspring had a disability this could mean they are unable to contribute anything, or very little, to the household. This must be taken into consideration. Possibly if they are disabled that the standard is not included, or changeable in amount? Or the spiral of poverty would be very serious in cases. I think that this new Tax system is a massive get out of jail free card for DDC, it looks complex, confusing with hidden agendas, so, when it all goes wrong you can say well it's your own fault because you voted for it. We didn't get a vote for Universal Credit and people lost there homes, with broken families, it was even on the news about the catastrophic financial effect on British families because of the incompetence of a few people without any indigenous humanitarian understanding. Do I really think that common people like me will have an input on something so fragile as Council Tax, really you shouldn't be asking the general public unless you regard my view as more professional and unbiased than your own, anyway you will do what ever you want weather we like or not. I think what is being proposed is the right course of action. What I totally disagree with is your assertion in the opening explanation that it has to be complex to be fair. This is of course utter nonsense as anyone who has worked in business will tell you. If one wants one's business to grow and prosper, imagine telling one's clients yes, sorry, my pricing strategy is complex but it has to be complex to be fair. Don't think so. I would like to see a simplification of CTS statements. They currently include the amount of support, but should also include the amounts payable and the total bill. The support scheme should also work according to a claimants payment frequency. Some claimants are paid weekly or fortnightly, in the case of UC it’s monthly. A claimant should receive their statement at the same time as their payment, so they can see how much they are required to pay every month. To resolve the issue of fluctuating bills, the council should ignore

287 income increases below a certain threshold (e.g. £25pw). This is similar to the rules for WTC. If UC is equated with a job we all need training days like the staff who still get it wrong. I had to change my rent date and am now paying extra pro rata which is leaving me short for a few months. We are not told what we may get and advised to budget accordingly when we go on it. We have to pretend we have money for the month which we used for the last month according the UC statements. I also had to fight against a penalty charge for the dentist which was poor dentistry anyway (chipped already) because the form does not say last complete assessment period and the criteria could actually be put on there not go to www... I worry about anything being matched to UC. Increasing the council effects public sector workers like me and my wife. We are nhs and have a combined wage of £60k, it make sound good but after tax, pension, childcare and usual living costs we just stay afloat. Increasing our council tax is unreasonable as we already get taxed to the hilt to support welfare, we both strongly support welfare but it is in the middle that get hit the hardest. Should DDC cut services? I think austerity has cut too many services already and DDC like the NHS has made tremendous cuts but also managed to maintain good services. DDC is often criticised as a council but we see an innovative council that performs well considering the local economic issues. This scheme will support people struggling, ease the process for the disabled, this is a considerate scheme and demonstrates a real social conscience. Could the increases required to accommodate the plans be taken from high earners, big business? council tax payers could all pay slightly more. Thanks It is good that the carers allowance will be disregarded. It is jolly good you are considering helping the carers with the proposal to disregard their carers allowance. Hope you are able implement this! It is very unfair and punitive on the genuine self-employed. It seems very unfair to penalise single people who work full time by removing the single person's discount for those who earn above your cut off point, but still below average earnings. Some of us have to spend so many hours commuting and working that we rarely spend any time at home to be able to avail ourselves of some of the council services you offer - e.g. libraries because we're never at home when they're open. Make the elderly start paying why should they get everything free. What about the disabled they don't ask to be disabled and unable to work yet you give it to them and make them suffer Making further cuts to other council services which are already under strain is not the answer. making things simpler but ensuring the support scheme benefits reach the right people should in itself mean admin cost savings can be used to support the scheme itself and maybe even the other council tax services. I would fully support any changes that makes life simpler for the claimants. N?A No comments and questions.

288 Pay less for those who don’t work but leave the ones who can’t work alone. Take into account that people have higher travel cost to work as bus and train fairs are constantly going up also fuel prices and parking are so high. I pay to use the Park and ride, am also taxed to drive my car, taxed on my fuel. Etc. People with an income of £0 - £82.10 should NOT have to pay any Council Tax. The discount level should be 100% not 90%. Reduce the levels of expensive 'management' within the council administration & with the savings employ more direct labour to carry out work in the community & then get rid of the contractors/sub contractors. A major regime change & management structure is needed. With SERVICE to the community being the main aim - not profiteering by contractors!! The new scheme looks like a fairer and easier to understand change to council tax, my only worry would be people on lower wages could be worse off? The people in charge should not have any pay increase and no bonuses. Introduce part time working for the administration departments and job share. This would get more people who have limited time back into part time work. The proposed scheme would mean that as a single disabled person my council tax benefit discount entitlement would decrease by around 30% meaning I would have to pay an extra £30 a month. This is unacceptable. As a disabled person I already struggle to pay bills and rent. This would make my financial situation much more difficult and even put my life in danger during the winter months due to substituting heating bills for council tax payments. I have a chronic lung condition and this would poorly affect my quality of life. I am appalled by this proposed scheme and Sincerely hope it does not come to fruition. The system should be aligned with universal credit, that makes sense to me. However, what you are proposing is complicated, although you have explained clearly how it should work. The whole of DDC allocation of funds is heavily weighted towards Dover !!!! There should not be cuts to other services or changes to this scheme until the council can prove no one will lose out. I do not believe your wording ''will become more expensive to run''. Why? Where is your evidence to prove the current scheme is more expensive to run? If it's an expensive way of running the scheme why are you only suggesting changes now? You also contradict yourselves, you claim at the beginning of your background notes that it isn't about funding or reducing the amount spent on the scheme but then proceed to mention every couple of lines, that either the current scheme is too expensive or the proposed changes will save money! Either you are spending the same or you are not. Be honest. Either you support residents are you don't. Once again I underline the fact that it is the Council's duty to prove their case and come up with proposals that work and are in budget. Some of your employees are paid fortunes of money to be the experts in finance and budgeting. to be honest I find it all really complicated as do most people but if what you are proposing is easier then I think that will be better Try to use less paper and send out fewer letters, that would save money.

289 unsure how this will affect someone with learning disability on income support allowance and disabled living allowance What about part-time workers? Will the 16 hours per week still apply? The self employed rule makes no provision for holidays (those employed by companies receive paid holiday, some up to five weeks). As it stands the ruling assumes a self-employed person works 52 weeks a year! Would be good to see how the claimants application form would look . For example are the forms difficult to fill in , to make a claim. you also need to disclose where the money goes in the large portion of a council tax. ie - my bill shows small amount to local but over £ 900 to central council . undisclosed funds ... You can't simply raise taxes anymore to raise funds. People only have a certain amount of money. There has to be a limit. I am on low income anyway and find that with relying on benefits finding the shortfall a struggle. Also being basically housebound I find I do not use a lot of services I am contributing to. Contact is a problem. I have no internet or telephone and rely on post. I find that assuming everyone has internet access very frustrating.

Q6 Are you, or someone in your household, receiving CTS at this time?

Yes 140 60.1% No 67 28.8% Don't know/Not 15 6.4% sure No reply 11 4.7%

Q7 What is your sex?

Male 93 39.9% Female 116 49.8% Prefer not to say 14 6.0% No reply 10 4.3%

290 Q8 Age

1.3% 3 18-24 25-34 20 8.6% 35-44 31 13.3% 45-54 51 21.9% 55-64 85 36.5% 65-74 22 9.4% 75-84 3 1.3% 85+ - - Prefer not to say 8 3.4% No reply 10 4.3%

Q9 Disability: Are your day to day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months?

Yes 94 40.3% No 108 46.4% Don't know/Not 4 1.7% sure Prefer not to say 16 6.9% No reply 11 4.7%

Q10 Ethnic Origin: What is your ethnic group?

Prefer not to say 19 8.2% British 194 83.3% Irish - - Gypsy or Irish Traveller - - Any other White background 6 2.6% White & Black African - - White & Black Caribbean - - White & Asian - - Any other multi mixed background 2 0.9% Pakistani - -

291 Indian - - Bangladeshi 1 0.4% Chinese - - Any other Asian background 2 0.9% African 1 0.4% Caribbean - - Any other Black background - - Arab - - Other – please specify below: - - No reply 8 3.4%

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DDC Equalities Impact Assessment - Stage 1 - CTS scheme 2020-21

Date of initial assessment 28/06/2019 Proposal to be assessed The Council Tax Support scheme for 2020-21 New or existing policy or function? Existing External (i.e. public-facing) or internal? External Statutory or non-statutory? Statutory Your name Mark Gillmore Your job title Revenues & Benefits Manager Your contact telephone number 01227 862389 Decision maker (e.g. Full Council, Community Full Council Committee, Management Team etc.) Estimated proposal deadline 31/03/2020

Please outline your proposal, The Aims, Objectives and Expected Outcomes: including: Since 1st April 2013, the Council has maintained a local Council Tax ● Aims and objectives Support scheme (CTS). This replaced the national Council Tax Benefit ● Key actions scheme, which ended on 31st March 2013. Council Tax Support helps ● Expected outcomes provide support to Council Tax payers who have a low income. It ● Who will be affected supports the taxpayers by providing a reduction in the actual amount of and how Council Tax payable. ● How many people will be affected The Council has the ability to determine the level of support given to working age applicants only. The scheme for pension age applicants is determined by Central Government and therefore the ability of the Council to vary that part of the scheme is limited and can only enhance the national scheme in any event.

When Council Tax Support was first introduced, Central Government provided a specified level of grant, which was approximately 10% lower than the amounts previously given (pre 1st April 2013). 293 Dover District Council This has now been replaced by a general duty to provide a scheme and funding is not separately identified within the grants given to the Council.

After the original consultation, the Council decided to introduce a Council Tax Reduction scheme that differed from the original Council Tax Benefit in that instead of granting a maximum level of support of 100% it would limit the maximum support to 95%. In April 2017 (the current scheme) the maximum level of support was limited to 90%.

The Proposed Scheme for 2020/21 It has now been decided by the Council that a full review should be undertaken as to the effectiveness of the current Council Tax Support scheme and a public consultation will be undertaken to gather views as to whether the current scheme should be changed.

The Council is minded to make changes the working age scheme to ensure that it is fit for purpose with the challenges and financial burdens that UC brings to the ongoing administration of CTS. We currently have a tapered scheme which means that any change (however small) in a claimant’s income causes their entitlement to change and the Council Tax bill to be recalculated. There is a need to have a scheme that deals with UC in a fairer and more efficient way.

These pressures will only increase once the UC roll-out accelerates with the managed migration of claimants on legacy benefits (currently due to complete by December 2023).

An income banded scheme replaces benefit withdrawal tapers with a series of plateaus and cliff-edges. This means that variations in earnings that do not cause the claimant to cross an income band can be ignored, reducing administration. Across the LAs that have or are intending to adopt this type of scheme there is no universal approach or agreed set of figures. We are proposing to adopt five income bands for four household types and to set our figures as generous as possible within financial requirements of a cost-neutral scheme. 294 As a result the figures in our income bands are set at National Living Wage (NLW) rates with an additional 20% premium for each figure. The income bands are in a 4x5 grid and awards are set at a maximum 90% down to a minimum 30% at 15% intervals (90, 75, 60, 45, 30).

It should be noted that the changes, if made, would only apply to the working age scheme although the consultation will be open to all Council Tax payers.

The main proposals of the scheme are detailed in the committee report. Any changes if adopted will be effective from 1st April 2020.

What relevant data or Scope of the Equality Impact Assessment information is currently It should be noted that Pensioners will continue to be protected under available about the the rules prescribed by Central Government. These broadly replicate the customers who may use this Council Tax Benefit scheme, which existed prior to 1st April 2013. service or could be affected? Please give details; for example Central Government has not been prescriptive in how it does this but “x% of customers are female” or points to the Council’s existing responsibilities including the Child “x% of customers are aged over Poverty Act 2010, the Disabled Person Act 1986 and the Housing Act 60” 1996 as well as the public sector equality duty in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010.

Decision-makers are reminded of the requirement under the Public Sector Equality Duty (s149 of the Equality Act 2010) to have due regard to (i) eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act, (ii) advance equality of opportunity between people from different groups, and (iii) foster good relations between people from different groups.

Pension age claimants have not been included in the analysis as they are protected. 295 Disability and Carer Characteristics By disregarding some incomes and replacing disability premiums to 100% for people with disabilities and carers results in their entitlement to Council Tax Support being protected or increased.

Sex and Age Characteristics • Eligibility for Council Tax Support is not based on a person’s sex or age.

We do not collect information about the following characteristics from claimants as it is not relevant to the calculation of council tax reductions: • Religion or belief • Sexual orientation • Gender reassignment • Marital or civil partnership status • Pregnancy or maternity We anticipate a neutral impact on these protected characteristics.

Is the decision relevant to the aims of the Public Sector Equality Duty, which are listed below? Guidance on the aims can be found in the EHRC’s PSED Technical Guidance

Aim Yes/No Explanation Eliminate discrimination, harassment No and victimisation Advance equality of opportunity between No persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it Foster good relations between persons No who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it 296 Assess the relevance of the proposal to people with different protected characteristics, and assess the impact of the proposal on people with different protected characteristics.

Your explanation should make it clear who the assessment applies to within each protected characteristic. For example, a proposal may have high relevance for young people but low relevance for older people; it may have a positive impact on women but a neutral impact on men.

Protected characteristic Relevance to Impact of proposal proposal Positive/Neutral/Ne Explanation High/Medium/Low/ gative None Age Low Neutral This proposal affects those of working age only

Disability Medium Positive By disregarding some incomes and replacing disability premiums to 100% for people with disabilities and carers results in their entitlement to Council Tax Support being protected or increased

Gender reassignment None Neutral Sex None Neutral Marriage/ civil None Neutral partnership Pregnancy and None Neutral maternity Race None Neutral Religion or belief None Neutral Sexual orientation None Neutral

Other groups: for Medium Positive By disregarding some incomes example – low income/ and replacing disability people living in rural premiums to 100% for people 297 areas/ single parents/ with disabilities and carers carers and the cared results in their entitlement to for/ past offenders/ Council Tax Support being long-term unemployed/ protected or increased. Please housebound/ history of note that the new scheme may domestic abuse/ people disadvantage some claimants who don’t speak with more than two children. English as a first None of the details that form this language/ People proposal directly or specifically without computer target or solely affect any one of access etc. the protected characteristics or any other identifiable groups.

Are you going to make any Actions to mitigate any identified impacts changes to your proposal as a Claimants negatively affected by the changes will be eligible to result of these findings, in order to apply for the Council’s Exceptional Hardship Payment fund (EHP) mitigate any potential negative which was introduced in April 2017 and is money allocated impacts identified? specifically to support those who have been affected by changes If yes, what are they? to CTS schemes. If no, why not? The design of the Exceptional Hardship Payment fund is that it will allow any claimant to apply for additional support. It will examine their overall circumstances; examine both income and expenditure with a view to determining whether exceptional hardship exists. Under the scheme, claimants will potentially be able to receive additional support up to the full level of their Council Tax.

Is there any potential negative It will affect those with protected characteristics as well as those impact which cannot be minimised without. Whilst negative impacts can be minimised or removed or removed? If so, can it be with the Exceptional Hardship Payment fund, the funding will be justified? (for example, on the finite and therefore will not be able to mitigate negative impacts for grounds of promoting equality of all those affected. It can be justified as those most affected will opportunity for another protected have support available and people will be affected irrespective of characteristic) whether or not they have protected characteristics. 298 What additional information would The necessary information is available and will be analysed increase your understanding thoroughly to ensure that the potential impacts of this proposal are about the potential impact? fully understood and communicated. None of the details that form this proposal directly or specifically target or solely affect any one of the protected characteristics.

DDC EIA Stage 2 - CTS scheme 2020-21

Name of Policy/Strategy/Service/Function Proposal: The Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2020/21

Date of second stage assessment: 31/10/2019

The Aims, Objectives and Expected Outcomes: Council Tax Reduction (referred to locally as Council Tax Support (CTS)) is a means tested, locally defined Council Tax discount and replaced Council Tax Benefit in April 2013. The current Dover District Council scheme closely mirrors the former Council Tax Benefit and is administered in a similar way (and often at the same time) as an award of Housing Benefit. Whilst CTS is a local discount, the rules around pension age customers are nationally defined and the local authority has no discretion to vary that element of the scheme. However the scheme for working age customers is not nationally defined and each local authority has full discretion over the design of its scheme. This means that where there is a need to change the scheme, that change can only affect working age recipients.

Changes since 2013 Since the introduction of Council Tax Reduction, the overall scheme adopted by the Council has remained broadly the same; primarily introducing a minimum payment for all claimants of working age, with only applicable amounts and non-dependant charges being uprated as well as minor changes being made to mirror changes to Housing Benefit and Universal Credit.

The Proposed Scheme for 2020/21 It has now been decided by the Council that a full review should be undertaken at to the effectiveness of the current Council Tax Reduction scheme and a public consultation has been undertaken to gather views as to whether the current scheme should be changed. A summary of the results of the consultation are provided separately. There is a need to review our CTS scheme to assess whether it is fit for purpose with the challenges and financial burdens that Universal Credit (UC) brings to the ongoing administration of CTS. We currently have a tapered scheme, which means that any change, however small, in a 299 claimant’s income causes their entitlement to change and the Council Tax bill to be recalculated. There is a need to have a scheme that deals with UC in a fairer and more efficient way. These pressures will only increase once the UC roll-out accelerates with the managed migration of claimants on legacy benefits (currently due to complete nationally by December 2023). It should be noted that the changes, if made, would only apply to the working age scheme.

The proposed changes to the scheme are as follows. Any changes if adopted will be effective from 1st April 2020: 1. introducing an income ‘grid’ scheme for all working age applicants replacing the current means tested approach which was based on the previous Council Tax Benefit scheme. The grid will be limited to a maximum of two dependants. 2. Introducing a standard non-dependant deduction of £10 per week. This means that some households with an adult other than a partner (such as an adult son or daughter) will have £10 per week deducted from the amount of help they receive. Currently the amount deducted varies, with some deductions higher than £10 per week and others lower. 3. Changing the claiming process for all applicants who receive Universal Credit. 4. Removing the current earnings disregards and replacing them with a standard disregard of £25 a week. Earnings disregards are an amount of money that are not counted when working out the amount of help households receive. Currently this amount of money varies, with some lower than £25 a week and others higher. 5. Disregarding Carer’s Allowance which is currently taken into account as income. 6. Replacing any lost disability premiums in the current scheme with an equivalent income allowance. 7. Setting a minimum income floor for all self-employed applicants at 35 hours per week multiplied by the National Living Wage to fully align with Universal Credit. The Council also consulted on whether they should maintain the current scheme for working age applicants or whether it should consider the following alternatives: continuing with the current scheme, reducing funding to other council services to pay for extra running costs, using the council’s reserves to keep the current scheme.

Scope of the Equality Impact Assessment The following identifies the potential impact on claimants and particular groups of claimants. It should be noted that Pensioners will continue to be protected under the rules prescribed by Central Government. These broadly replicate Council Tax Benefit scheme, which existed prior to 1st April 2013. Central Government has not been prescriptive in how it does this but points to the Council’s existing responsibilities including the Child Poverty Act 2010, the Disabled Person Act 1986 and the Housing Act 1996 as well as the public sector equality duty in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. Decision-makers are reminded of the requirement under the Public Sector Equality Duty (s149 of the Equality Act 2010) to have due regard to (i) eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act, (ii) advance equality of opportunity between people from different groups, and (iii) foster good relations between people from different groups. Pension age claimants have not been included in the analysis as they are protected. 300 Data has been analysed for those protected characteristics where we hold data: disability, carers, children The review has found that: • 47% of claimants have a disability. • 17% of claimants have a carer in the household. • 36% of claimants have two children or less in the household. • 13% of claimants have more than two children in the household.

Disability and Carer Characteristics Disregarding Carer’s Allowance and replacing disability premiums to 100% for people with disabilities and carers results in their entitlement to Council Tax Support being protected or increased.

Sex and Age Characteristics • Eligibility for Council Tax Support is not based on a person’s sex or age. This proposal affects those of working age only. We do not collect information about the following characteristics from claimants as it is not relevant to the calculation of council tax reductions: • Religion or belief • Sexual orientation • Gender reassignment • Marital or civil partnership status • Pregnancy or maternity* *We anticipate a neutral impact on these protected characteristics. The exception to this is that claimants within the ‘Pregnancy or maternity’ grouping may be impacted by the limiting of support to two children if the addition(s) to the household result in there being more than two children in the household. The impact is neutral rather than negative because this group will not experience a reduction in their existing benefit as a result of any additional children, they will not receive additional support that they would do if the scheme did not change. Please refer to the separate ‘Two child policy justification’ document for further details about the reasoning behind this change.

Actions to mitigate any identified impacts The Council has an Exceptional Hardship Policy to assist persons who have applied for Council Tax Support and who are facing ‘exceptional hardship’. This is to provide a further financial contribution where an applicant is in receipt of Council Tax Support but the level of support being paid by the Council does not meet their full Council Tax liability. We recognise the importance of protecting our most vulnerable customers. This policy is to ensure that we protect and support those most in need. The Exceptional Hardship Fund is intended to help in cases of exceptional financial hardship.

Current Council Tax Support caseload overview 2019 301 Working All Disability No Carer Non More than Two No Age Claimants Disability Carer two children children or children less

Number of 5,448 2,539 2,909 943 4,505 718 1,947 2,783 claimants

Proportion 100% 47% 53% 17% 83% 13% 36% 51% of claimants 302 Appendix 4 Two-child policy in Council Tax Support scheme Purpose This document seeks to explain the proposal to apply a two-child limit within the council’s Council Tax Support (CTS) scheme from 1 April 2020.

Background The council is seeking to redesign the existing CTS scheme. Various measures are being proposed and have been consulted upon. One of these measures is to apply a limit on the number of children that will be ‘paid for’ within the scheme. Currently, all children are effectively ‘paid for’ within the scheme.

What is being proposed? The proposed CTS scheme will be fundamentally different from the existing scheme. The existing scheme operates in a very similar way to how the previous Council Tax Benefit (CTB) scheme worked – via a series of allowances, and premiums, which created the claimant’s ‘Applicable Amount’. From this income was deducted (subject to various disregarded amounts), and then a ‘taper’ applied to the difference, which resulted in the claimant’s weekly CTS entitlement. Each child attracted an additional allowance. The proposed CTS scheme applies a limit on the number of children for which an allowance is made. This limit will not be applied by a direct removal of an amount for each child, rather the limit is applied by setting a maximum ‘allowable income’ which then dictates how much CTS a person can receive. The maximum allowable income is set via a table of amounts, where those amounts ‘end’ at families with two children. It therefore follows that any families with three or more children do not receive a higher ‘allowable income’.

Why is this ‘limit’ being proposed? What has become known as the Two-Child Policy was among a package of welfare reforms announced at the July 2015 Budget. From April 2017 support provided to families through tax credits, Housing Benefit, or Universal Credit (UC) has been limited to two children. It was argued that this policy would put claimants in the same position as working households when considering the financial costs of having another child. In the July 2015 Budget (para 1.145) it was stated that: On top of Child Benefit for every child, an out of work family with 5 children can currently claim over £14,000 a year in tax credits alone. The government believes that those in receipt of tax credits should face the same financial choices about having children as those supporting themselves in work’. The proposed CTS scheme is being simplified, and in some aspects aligned to Universal Credit (UC). As stated above, within UC a two-child limit already applies.

What is the justification for this proposed two-child limit? There is a national policy of restricting support to two children (as outlined above). The proposal is not aimed as an ‘anti-family’ measure. It is being considered to align the local CTS scheme with national policy. We have sought to ensure that this proposal also aligns with the local caseload. Analysis has shown where families are receiving CTS with an element for children, the median number of children within those families is 2. Having established that this national policy is also reflective in the local caseload this is a justifiable number of children at which to introduce the proposed limit.

Won’t this discriminate against families with large numbers of children? Our financial modelling does indicate that those families with large numbers of children will be adversely affected. The reason for this is because those families receive allowances for each child within the other state benefits that they may be receiving.

Dover District Council 303 It should be noted that the average annual household income for these cases exceeds the 2018 UK average household income of £28,400* in the majority of cases (ONS 2018 average household income - disposable income after direct taxes: Income Tax, National Insurance and Council Tax).

Also, families with at least one parent in work are not affected by the benefit cap so they are not impacted by this aspect of welfare reform.

For example, a family with 6 children is currently forecasted to receive £29 per week less in CTS under the proposed new scheme. However, they receive £450 per week in benefit income and their total annual income is nearly £40,000.

We have undertaken research into the 20 families with more than 2 children who will lose the most under the proposed new scheme. Our analysis shows that whilst the sums being ‘lost’ are not insignificant, the amount of weekly income that those families receive is significantly above ‘average wage’ levels.

CTS No. of Total weekly Earned Benefit Annual weekly children income weekly weekly income Impact income income

-£29 6 £761 £223 £538 £39,558

-£28 6 £742 £461 £282 £38,607

-£28 3 £632 £0 £632 £32,887

-£27 7 £556 £117 £439 £28,909

-£25 8 £907 £264 £643 £47,142

-£25 6 £525 £179 £347 £27,324

-£25 4 £475 £200 £275 £24,720

-£24 5 £514 £111 £402 £26,720

-£24 9 £897 £264 £633 £46,639

-£24 4 £491 £226 £265 £25,538

-£24 6 £542 £220 £322 £28,186

-£24 4 £515 £184 £331 £26,756

304 CTS No. of Total weekly Earned Benefit Annual weekly children income weekly weekly income Impact income income

-£23 4 £520 £178 £342 £27,031

-£22 4 £584 £190 £394 £30,388

-£21 6 £596 £264 £332 £30,993

-£21 6 £579 £215 £364 £30,132

-£19 4 £451 £223 £228 £23,461

-£19 4 £446 £164 £282 £23,199

-£18 5 £532 £161 £371 £27,645

-£18 3 £480 £226 £254 £24,941

*Earned and Benefit may not equal Total due to rounding with the removal of decimals/ pence The current average wage for employed earners is £507 p/w, before tax and other deductions https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemploye etypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/september2019

An important point to bear in mind is that whilst state benefits are effectively paid as ‘net’ amounts, those in employment receive wages earned as ‘gross’ amounts. This means that for someone in employment to receive the equivalent amount of income as someone receiving state benefits, their wages would need to be significantly higher to be paid the same amount. Large families will continue to receive Child Benefit for each and every child in their household, and all of this Child Benefit is disregarded as income in the CTS scheme. The proposed measure should not be viewed solely in isolation – in fact, it is a by-product of the ‘allowable income’ measure (as described above). In fact, some families with one child, or even couples with no children, can find themselves entitled to no CTS, because their weekly income is too high.

Local caseload impact table of the proposed two child limit Dover District Council

Number of cases where award has reduced 269

Number of cases where award has increased 135

Number of cases where award is unchanged 314

305 Dover District Council

Average reduction of award where award has -£8.32 decreased

Average increase of award where award is higher £1.91

Average weekly liability in cases with 3 or more £25.24 children

Average reduction as a percentage of average liability 32.97%

Average increase as a percentage of average liability 7.56%

One thing to note about these figures is that currently those receiving Income Support, Income Related Employment and Support Allowance and income based Jobseeker's Allowance are being protected from the effect of the change. Once they are migrated then they are likely to be negatively impacted in the same way existing Universal Credits are. There are 287 who are on these benefits.

Is there any additional support available to those affected? The Council has an Exceptional Hardship Policy to assist persons who have applied for Council Tax Support and who are facing ‘exceptional hardship’. This is to provide a further financial contribution where an applicant is in receipt of Council Tax Support but the level of support being paid by the Council does not meet their full Council Tax liability. We recognise the importance of protecting our most vulnerable customers. This policy is to ensure that we protect and support those most in need. The Exceptional Hardship Fund is intended to help in cases of exceptional financial hardship.

Summary To summarise, these cases previously had high applicable amounts due to the number of children which allowed them to have full eligible CTS or high amounts of CTS. Under the proposed new scheme, when placed into the Family with 2 children category of the income grid their level of eligible income means that they are not entitled or entitled to a much reduced amount.

This aligns both with the national policy to align the behaviours, financial implications and decision-making of working and non-working households with children, as well as with the local caseload insight that demonstrates that the average number of children within CTS recipient households is 2.

The expectation of the taxpayer would be that working and non-working households should be treated comparably and subject to the same decision-making when considering the financial implications of increasing the size of the household with additional children before determining whether or not they had the sufficient level of income to do so (clearly they are exceptional and extenuating circumstances that sit outside of this rationale and these would be eligible to apply for additional support from the Council’s Exceptional Hardship Fund). Parents within households that support themselves solely through work would not usually see their wages increase simply because of the addition of a new child in their family.

306 Appendix 5 Self-employed minimum income floor

Purpose This document seeks to explain the proposal to apply a single minimum income floor for claimants with self-employment as their sole or primary income within the council’s Council Tax Support (CTS) scheme from 1 April 2020.

Background The council is seeking to redesign the existing CTS scheme. Various measures are being proposed and have been consulted upon. One of these measures is to have a single, full-time equivalent minimum income floor that replicates and aligns with Universal Credit. Currently, there are two minimum income floors within the scheme, one full-time (at 35 hrs x National Living Wage [ NLW]) and one part-time (at 16 hrs x NLW).

What is a minimum income floor? The minimum income floor (MIF) in Universal Credit is an assumed level of earnings (working 35 hours at applicable wage) for those that are gainfully self-employed, based on what the Government would expect an employed person to receive in similar circumstances. ‘Gainfully’ stipulates that self-employment in a trade, profession or vocation should be their main occupation. It must also be organised, developed, regular, and carried out in expectation of profit.

It is calculated using the minimum wage for their age group (NLW if over 25, NMW if under 25) multiplied by the number of hours they are expected to look for and be available for work. If their self-employed earnings are below the MIF, the MIF will be used to work out their UC award instead of their actual earnings.

What is being proposed? The proposed CTS scheme change applies to self-employed claimants who are earning below the full-time equivalent of someone who is in employment (35 hours at NLW).

Why is this change being proposed? The proposed CTS scheme is being simplified, and in some aspects aligned to Universal Credit (UC). As stated above, within UC a single Minimum Income Floor already applies.

What is the justification for this proposed change? It is being considered to align the local CTS scheme with national policy.

Won’t this discriminate against the self-employed? Recent case law (Parkin v SSWP) from September 2019 has determined that the minimum income floor is not unlawful and does not discriminate against the self-employed. Whilst the Judge established that the MIF does result in a difference in treatment between the self- employed and the employed, this is because they are not in relevantly analogous circumstances.

The Judge held that the MIF was not manifestly without reasonable foundation (MWRF) as it cohered with the aim of encouraging those with persistently low self-employed earnings to carefully consider whether they should continue to be gainfully self-employed. For similar reasons, the Judge rejected the common law irrationality challenge. The Secretary of State has had the necessary due regard for the equality objectives in formulating the MIF as she was entitled to assess the equality impacts of the scheme of UC (including the MIF) as a whole. Accordingly, the claim for judicial review was dismissed. “One of its [the minimum income floor] primary aims is to influence behaviour, by giving claimants incentives either to enter employment, or to take up self-employment, but only where

307 self-employment enables them to be self-sufficient in the long term.” - Justice Laing (Parkin v SSWP)

Local caseload impact table of the proposed single minimum income floor

Percentage Number of total

Number of self-employed cases 27 100.00%

Cases whose first year of self-employment ends after 2 7.41% 31/03/2020

Number of cases currently using full time minimum income 21 77.78% floor

Number of cases using part time minimum income floor and 4 14.81% will be impacted by the proposed change

The current self-employed caseload as detailed in the table above has been split into three categories. The first who are currently in their first year of self-employment and that isn't due to change until the next financial year, so their award will be whatever the scheme is at that point.

The next are those who are currently having the full time minimum income floor applied, so there award will only be adjusted by the changes to minimum wage and will not be affected by the proposed change based on their current circumstances.

And the last are those who are currently on the part time minimum income floor, so would be impacted by the change to the scheme. The minimum income floor for a full time person is £262.31 (net) The minimum income floor for a part time person is £131.36 (net)

This means that the change would have the effect of potentially increasing a person’s applicable income by £130.95.

This may not always be the amount of the increase as their part time work currently maybe above the £131.36 per week amount. That level of increase in weekly income is likely to result in a steep reduction in award.

Is there any additional support available to those affected? The Council has an Exceptional Hardship Policy to assist persons who have applied for Council Tax Support and who are facing ‘exceptional hardship’. This is to provide a further financial contribution where an applicant is in receipt of Council Tax Support but the level of support being paid by the Council does not meet their full Council Tax liability. We recognise the importance of protecting our most vulnerable customers. This policy is to ensure that we protect and support those most in need. The Exceptional Hardship Fund is intended to help in cases of exceptional financial hardship.

308 Summary To summarise, when a self-employed claimant earning below the minimum income floor is assessed according to the proposed new single minimum income floor they are not entitled or entitled to a much reduced amount. This aligns both with the national policy to align the behaviours, financial implications and decision-making of employed and self-employed households.

The expectation of the taxpayer would be that claimants choosing self-employment as their main employment should be treated comparably and subject to the same decision-making when considering the financial implications and viability of their chosen employment. Claimants should be responsible for determining whether or not they have the sufficient level of income from it to sustain themselves rather than being subsidised by the taxpayer if the self-employment is not profitable.

The aim of this proposed change is not to encourage a claimant in unprofitable self- employment to give up all employment, but rather, to give up that unprofitable self-employment as their main employment, and to look for better paid work.

309 Appendix 6

EKS Council Tax Support Exceptional Hardship Scheme 2020 / 2021

Working in partnership with Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council and Thanet District Council.

Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council and Thanet District Council have entered into a shared service agreement to allow joint working in the Customer Services, ICT, Benefits, Council Tax and Business Rates sections.

Where 'EK Services' and 'EKS' are mentioned this refers to the shared service between Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council and Thanet District Council.

Where references are made to ‘EK Services Officers’ these services are now being delivered by Civica UK Limited. Civica UK Limited provides benefit services, income collection services, council tax and business rates administration and collection services and customer contact services to the council.

310 1.0 Background

1.1 An Exceptional Hardship Policy has been developed by EK Services, and approved by Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council and Thanet District Council, to assist persons who have applied for Council Tax Support and who are facing ‘exceptional hardship’. This is to provide a further reduction in Council Tax liability where an applicant is in receipt of Council Tax Support but the level of support being allowed by the Council does not meet their full Council Tax liability. We recognise the importance of protecting our most vulnerable customers.. This policy is to ensure that we protect and support those most in need. The Exceptional Hardship Scheme is intended to help in cases of exceptional financial hardship.

1.2 The main features of the policy are as follows:

● The operation of the Scheme will be at the total discretion of the Council; ● The policy will be applied by EK Services on behalf of the Council; ● Exceptional Hardship falls within s13(A)(1a) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and forms part of the Council Tax Support scheme; ● Exceptional Hardship reductions will only be available for a Council Tax liability for the current financial year and will not be available for any other debt other than the current financial year’s outstanding Council Tax; Exceptional Hardship must have been proven to have existed throughout the whole of the period requested and will only be backdated to the start of the financial year in which the claim is made; ● A pre-requisite to receive a reduction is that an application for Council Tax Support has been made; ● Exceptional Hardship reductions are designed as short-term help to the applicant only and will only be made for up to one financial year at a time; ● All applicants will be expected to engage with the Council and undertake the full application process. Failure to do so may mean that no reduction will be made.

2.0 Exceptional Hardship and Equalities

2.1 The creation of an Exceptional Hardship Policy facility meets the Council’s obligations under the Equality Act 2010.

2.2 The Council recognises the impact the changes to our Council Tax Support Scheme will have on our most vulnerable residents as well as those that have been disproportionately affected by the changes made in 2020. This policy therefore has an essential role in protecting from exceptional hardship those applicants most in need.

3.0 Purpose of this policy

3.1 The purpose of this policy document is to specify how EK Services will operate the scheme, to detail the application process, and indicate a number of factors which will be considered when deciding if an Exceptional Hardship reduction can be made.

3.2 Each case will be treated on its own merits and all applicants will be treated fairly and equally.

4.0 The Exceptional Hardship Process

4.1 As part of the process of applying for additional support, applicants must be willing to undertake all of the following:

311 ● Make a separate application for a reduction under the Scheme . Where a joint Council Tax bill has been issued, the application must be made in joint names; ● Provide full details of their income and expenditure; ● Where a person is self-employed or a director of a private limited company, provide details of their business including supplying business accounts; ● Engage with and accept assistance from or third party debt advice agencies, and the council, to enable them to manage their finances more effectively - including the termination of non-essential expenditure and assessment of the potential for additional paid employment where applicable; ● Identify potential changes in payment methods and arrangements to assist them; ● Assist the Council to minimise liability by ensuring that all discounts, exemptions and reductions are properly granted; and ● Maximise their income through the application for other welfare benefits, cancellation of non-essential contracts and outgoings and by identifying the most economical tariffs for the supply of utilities and services generally.

4.2 Through the operation of this policy the Council will look to assist those in exceptional financial hardship by:

● Allowing a short period of time for someone to adjust to unforeseen short-term circumstances and to enable them to “bridge the gap” during this time, whilst the applicant seeks alternative solutions; ● Helping applicants through personal crises and difficult events that affect their finances; ● Helping those applicants who are trying to help themselves financially; ● Helping applicants disproportionately impacted by the Council Tax Support scheme introduced in April 2020, and ● Encouraging applicants to engage with Jobcentre Plus to obtain and sustain employment.

4.3 An Exceptional Hardship reduction will not be considered in the following circumstances:

● Where the full Council Tax liability is being met by Council Tax Support; ● Where the request for assistance is made for any other reason, other than to reduce Council Tax liability; ● Where the Council considers that there are unnecessary expenses/debts etc. and that the applicant has not taken reasonable steps to reduce them; ● Where the request covers arrears of Council Tax caused through the failure of the applicant to notify changes in circumstances in a timely manner or where the applicant has failed to act correctly or honestly; ● Where the request is to cover previous years’ Council Tax arrears; ● Where the applicant(s) is considered to have access to other assets that could be used to pay the Council Tax; or ● The applicant has not tried all other reasonable means to address the shortfall before making this application.

5.0 The award of an Exceptional Hardship Reduction

5.1 The Council will decide whether or not to make an Exceptional Hardshipreduction, and how much any reduction might be. When making this decision the Council will consider:

● The shortfall between Council Tax Support and Council Tax liability;

312 ● Whether the applicant has engaged with the Exceptional Hardship process; ● The personal circumstances, age and medical circumstances (including ill health and disabilities) of the applicant, their partner, any dependants and any other occupants of the applicant’s home; ● The difficulty experienced by the applicant, which prohibits them from being able to meet their Council Tax liability, and the length of time this difficulty will exist; ● The income and expenditure of the applicant, their partner and any dependants or other occupants of the applicant’s home; ● All income received by the applicant, their partner and any member of their household irrespective of whether the income may be disregarded under the Council Tax Support Scheme; ● Any savings or capital that might be held by the applicant, their partner and any member of their household irrespective of whether the capital may be disregarded under the Council Tax Support Scheme; ● Other debts outstanding for the applicant and their partner; ● The exceptional nature of the applicant’s and/or their family’s circumstances that impact on finances, and ● The financial circumstances of the customer at the time the Council Tax charge or arrears accrued. The above list is not exhaustive and other relevant factors and special circumstances may be considered.

5.2 An award of Exceptional Hardship reduction does not guarantee that a further reduction will be made at a later date, even if the applicant’s circumstances have not changed.

5.3 An Exceptional Hardship reduction may be less than the difference between the Council Tax liability and the amount of Council Tax Support paid. The application may be refused if the authority feels that, in its opinion, the applicant is not suffering ‘exceptional hardship’ or where the applicant has failed to comply with the Exceptional Hardship process.

6.0 Publicity

6.1 The Council will make a copy of this policy available for inspection and will be published on the Council’s website.

7.0 Claiming an Exceptional Hardship Reduction

7.1 An applicant must make a claim for an Exceptional Hardship award by submitting an application to the Council. The application form is available on the Council’s website.

7.2 The application form must be fully completed and supporting information or evidence provided, as reasonably requested by the Council.

7.3 In most cases the person who claims the Exceptional Hardship award will be the person entitled to Council Tax Support. However, a claim can be accepted from someone acting on another’s behalf, such as an appointee, if it is considered reasonable.

8.0 Changes in circumstances

313 8.1 The Council may revise an award of Exceptional Hardship where the applicant’s circumstances have changed which either increases or reduces their Council Tax Support entitlement.

9.0 Duties of the applicant and the applicant’s household

9.1 A person claiming an Exceptional Hardship payment is required to:

● Provide the Council with such information as it may require to make a decision; and

● Tell the Council of any changes in circumstances that may be relevant to their ongoing claim within 21 days of the change

10.0 The award and duration of an Exceptional Hardship Reduction

10.1 Both the amount and the duration of the reduction are determined at the discretion of the Council, and will be done so on the basis of the evidence supplied and the circumstances of the claim.

10.2 The start date and duration of any reduction will be determined by the Council. The maximum length of the award will be limited to the financial year in which the claim is received.

10.3 In all cases an exceptional hardship award will end in the following circumstances:

● At the end of the financial year or a time specified by the Council; ● The liability to pay ends. ● The property becomes empty or unoccupied ● The customer enters any form of bankruptcy proceedings ● The customer’s financial circumstances change. The customer must inform the Council of any changes to their circumstances within 21 days

11.0 Payment

11.1 Any Exceptional Hardship reduction will be made direct onto the taxpayer’s Council Tax account, thereby reducing the amount of Council Tax payable.

12.0 Overpaid Exceptional Hardship Reductions

12.1 Exceptional Hardship reductions allowed in excess of entitlement will generally be recovered directly from the applicant’s council tax account, thus increasing the amount of council tax due and payable.

13.0 Notification of an award

13.1 The Council will notify the resident of the outcome of their application for an Exceptional Hardshipreduction .

14.0 Appeals

14.1 Exceptional Hardship reductions are granted under S13A(1a) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as part of the Council Tax Support scheme, as such the normal Council Tax appeal process applies and an appeal can be made at any time. The initial appeal should be made to the Council who will review any decision. Ultimately any decision can be considered by an independent Valuation Tribunal.

314 15.0 Fraud

15.1 The Council is committed to protect public funds and ensure reductions are awarded to the people who are rightfully eligible to them.

15.2 An applicant who tries to fraudulently claim an Exceptional Hardship reduction by falsely declaring their circumstances, providing a false statement or evidence in support of their application, may have committed an offence under The Fraud Act 2006.

15.3 Where the Council suspects that such a fraud may have been committed, this matter will be investigated as appropriate and may lead to criminal proceedings being instigated.

16.0 Complaints

16.1 The Council’s ‘Complaints Procedure’ (available on the Councils website) will be applied in the event of any complaint received about the application of this policy.

17.0 Policy Review

17.1 This policy will be reviewed on an annual basis and updated as appropriate to ensure it remains fit for purpose. However, a review may take place sooner should there be any significant changes in legislation.

18.0 Aditional Assistance

18.1 Section 13A(1)(c) makes provision for the Council to make further reductions in Council liability which are additional to those available under the Council Tax Support Schceme and the Exceptional Hardship Scheme which forms part of it. Applications for further relief under this provision should be made in writing to East Kent Services setting out the circumstances relied on and will be assessed on a case by case basis. It is expected that further reductions under this provision would only be made in the most compelling of circumstances.

315 Appendix 7 Impact Update – DDC

As at November 2019

Total Working Age CTS caseload: 6,331 (incl. Pending and Cancelled claims)

No change (Claimant Unaffected)

No change: 4,159 or 66% Working Age caseload unaffected

Positive change (Claimant Gain)

Positive change: 1,178 or 18.5% Working Age caseload positively affected Benefit entitlement weekly gain (Average +£4.17 / Highest +£19.38 / Lowest +£0.01)

Weekly Total Gain (£) No. Affected

20+ 0

15-20 3

10-15 88

5-10 355

0-5 732

Household type No. Affected

Couple one or both over 18 47

Family one or both over 18 39

Lone parent aged over 18 202

Single person aged less than 25 2

Single person aged over 25 105

UC claimant 776

Information not held 7

316 Negative change (Claimant Loss)

Claimants negatively affected by the changes will be eligible to apply for the Council’s Exceptional Hardship Payment fund (EHP) which was introduced in April 2017 and is money allocated specifically to support those who have been affected by changes to CTS schemes.

Negative change: 993 or 15.5% Working Age caseload negatively affected Benefit entitlement weekly loss (Average -£4.76 / Highest -£27.77 / Lowest -£0.01)

Weekly Total Loss (£) No. Affected

30+ 0

25-30 2

20-25 1

15-20 19

10-15 68

5-10 286

0-5 617

Household type No. Affected

Couple one or both over 18 5

Family one or both over 18 202

Lone parent aged over 18 81

Single person aged less than 25 0

Single person aged over 25 16

UC claimant 614

Information not held 75

317 Agenda Item No 11

Cabinet is requested to approve the appointment of Councillor Trevor Bartlett, Leader of the Council, to the following outside bodies (in replacement of Councillor Keith Morris). It is also requested to approve the appointment of Councillor M J Holloway (Deputy Leader) as a substitute to South East England Councils.

Outside Body East Kent Spatial Development Company Kent Forum Local Enterprise Partnership & Board Local Government Association – General Assembly South East England Councils (Sub: Councillor M J Holloway (Deputy Leader))

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