Granville Cliff Estate
Correspondence address: PO Box 145 Whitstable, Kent, CT5 4GW
To whom it may concern:
Re Granville Cliff Estate
- The Granville Cliff Estate Company Ltd owns the roads, banks and beaches on the Granville Cliff Estate.
- The roads include Allan Road, Bowyer Road, Hodgson Road, St Mary’s Grove and Preston Parade.
- The Company does not trade and was essentially set up to maintain the private status of the Estate.
- The Residents Association runs the Company affairs.
- Currently, householders pay an annual charge of £100.00 towards the costs of maintaining the Estate.
- A new build levy of £5000 is made to residents who wish to demolish and rebuild houses on the Estate.
- Any property requiring planning permission to extend or alter their existing property is subject to an additional charge for the use of the Estate roads and Company land by Contractors employed to discharge the work on behalf of the householder.
- The householder will pay the fee before work commences.
- The Granville Cliff Estate Company requires a Health and Safety Plan for work being carried out on the Estate. This should include method statements on how the work will be planned and executed, arrangements for transport of materials, bearing in mind the Estate roads have a 10 ton weight limit. Car parking arrangements for workers vans and cars with a view to limit inconvenience to other residents and knowing the road is a single carriageway,
- Arrangements for reinstating damaged grass verges and Company land at the completion of the contract, photos should be taken before the work commences, and all verges should be repaired at the contractors expense.
- A permit to work is required for utility Companies to excavate or carry out work on the Estate roads. Project managers should use the web site to request a permit in advance of any work proposed.
- Any building works and alterations to existing properties on the Granville Cliff Estate which require planning permission from Canterbury City Council will be subject to a building charge for the extra use of Company roads and land by contractors vehicles and deliveries.
- If you are renting a property on the Estate, you are expected to keep to the rules of the Granville Cliff Estate Residents Association, and comply with requests with regard to parking of vehicles on estate roads. Please refrain from parking on the grass cliff on Preston Parade.
- If more details of the financial standing of the company and copies of accounts for last three years and any other information is required a charge of £75.00 will be applied and a request in writing should be made to our PO box number in Whitstable.
Please phone for further information, numbers are on the contacts page.
25th November 2012
Updated 11th November 2015
