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Brooksend Service Station Canterbury Road BIRCHINGTON Kent CT7 0JW

CD/TH/19/1629Certificate of Lawful Devpt - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 January 2020

Council decision: Refuse CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed use as hand car wash

Received
27 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thanet Villages
Agent
KUDOS Architectural Design & Surveying
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application at Brooksend Service Station Canterbury Road BIRCHINGTON Kent CT7 0JW. Thanet has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Thanet Villages. We hold 723 applications in total for the CT7 postcode area.

78% of outline applications at Thanet District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT7 0JW
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Devpt - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Monkton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2019
Consultation expiry
25 December 2019
Consultation end
25 December 2019
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2019
Neighbour consultation end
25 December 2019
Last date for comments
25 December 2019
Target decision date
22 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
KUDOS Architectural Design & Surveying
Agent address
Gillian House 38 Osborne Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 2AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    10 Sep

    Installation of an above ground diesel tank to the front of the site

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/24/1067
  2. 2024
    1 Feb

    Change of use from vehicle repair workshop (Use Class B2) to restaurant (Class E) together with alterations…

    PendingFull Planning PermissionF/TH/24/0110
  3. 2020
    6 Feb

    Change of use from petrol station, car sales and workshops to hand car wash and valeting station with coffee…

    PendingFull Planning PermissionF/TH/20/0165
  4. 2018
    19 May

    Installation of 2No. underground fuel tanks

    WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionF/TH/18/0726
  5. 2018
    18 May

    Installation of new shopfronts, access slope and steps, part change of use of workshop to retail to…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/18/0725
  6. 2018
    12 Apr

    Erection and display of 5No. internally illuminated fascia signs to canopy and 1No. internally illuminated…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentA/TH/18/0523

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