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The Knot 20 Beach Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AD

CD/TH/21/1532Certificate of Lawful Devpt - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 13 December 2021

Council decision: Refuse CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for the proposed change of use from class sui generis (micropub) to EA (bridal shop)

Received
28 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Knot 20 Beach Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AD. Thanet has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 6 days longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Westgate-on-Sea. We hold 617 applications in total for the CT8 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
CT8 8AD
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Devpt - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2021
Target decision date
20 December 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Westgate On Sea East Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    5 Nov

    Part retrospective change of use from Public House and the erection of a three storey extension to rear to…

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/18/1529
  2. 2018
    27 Mar

    Application for approval of condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission F/TH/17/0899

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/18/0438
  3. 2017
    30 Nov

    Variation of conditions 2 and 14 of planning permission F/TH/16/0423

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/TH/17/1729
  4. 2017
    19 Oct

    Application for part approval of condition 3 (Materials) and 5 (Construction Environmental Management Plan)…

    Conditions Part ApproveDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/17/1553
  5. 2017
    20 Jun

    Change of use from Public House to 4No 1 bedroom flats, 3No 2 bedroom flats, 1No 3 bedroom flat and 3 letting…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/17/0899
  6. 2017
    8 May

    Application for approval of conditions 5 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 9 (Protection Scheme)…

    Conditions Part ApproveDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/17/0657

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