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The King Ethelbert School Canterbury Road Birchington Kent CT7 9BL

BNG/TH/26/0229Biodiversity Net GainAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan pursuant to application F/TH/25/1036 for the erection of a 2 storey classroom building with plant room to roof with hard and soft landscaping, erection of canopies with external seating and bike storage following demolition of existing temporary buildings, reflection rooms and science block

Received
4 March 2026
Decision due
30 April 2026
Ward
Birchington South
Agent
Lee Evans Partnership LLP
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 30 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (2)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at The King Ethelbert School Canterbury Road Birchington Kent CT7 9BL. Thanet has handled 5,142 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Birchington South. We hold 723 applications in total for the CT7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CT7 9BL
Application type
Biodiversity Net Gain
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birchington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 March 2026
Consultation start
9 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lee Evans Partnership LLP
Agent address
St John's Lane Canterbury CT1 2QQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Mar

    Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan pursuant to application F/TH/25/1036

    This applicationPendingDischarge of conditionsBNG/TH/26/0229
  2. 2026
    4 Mar

    Application for approval of Condition 6 (Remediation Scheme) and 9 (Archaeology) attached to Planning…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideCON/TH/26/0225

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