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The Oval Bandstand Eastern Esplanade Margate Kent CT9 2HL

CON/TH/25/0367ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 July 2025

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

Proposal

Application for approval of Conditions 5 (Landscaping), 6 (Ecological Enhancement Features) (Part Discharge), 7 (Landscape Management Plan) and 8 (Sedum Roof Details) attached to Planning Permission F/TH/23/1614 for the part retrospective application for a part change of use of the toilet block & store room (The Oval Pavilion) to an events bar and a cafe together with external alterations; use of amphitheatre for outdoor cinema/market/concert/sports/dance or theatre; external terrace for seating and access ramps, hand-rails within the bandstand amphitheatre; part demolition of sections of external wall to facilitate step-free access; installation of a timber fence and gates within the bandstand amphitheatre; installation of shipping containers to provide multiple retail/commercial/storage spaces and associated equipment and works; installation of a demountable perimeter fence, gates to amphitheatre auditorium for a temporary time period (31 December 2026); installation of street furniture; creation of a wellness garden with outdoor gym and associated equipment and works, erection of a greenhouse, perimeter fence and gate within the existing garden maintenance area.

Received
26 March 2025
Ward
Cliftonville West
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 98 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Oval Bandstand Eastern Esplanade Margate Kent CT9 2HL. Thanet has handled 565 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 7 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Cliftonville West. We hold 1,298 applications in total for the CT9 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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
CT9 2HL
Application type
Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2025
Consultation expiry
1 July 2025
Consultation start
10 June 2025
Consultation end
1 July 2025
Last date for comments
1 July 2025
Target decision date
9 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
25/00011/8WEEK
Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

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: Clifftop Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Cliftonville 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    26 Mar

    Application for approval of Conditions 5 (Landscaping), 6 (Ecological Enhancement Features) (Part Discharge)…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/25/0367
  2. 2025
    21 Jan

    Variation of conditions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of planning permission F/TH/23/1614

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/TH/25/0068
  3. 2023
    6 Dec

    Part retrospective application for a part change of use of the toilet block & store room (The Oval Pavilion)…

    PendingFull Planning PermissionPart ofF/TH/23/1614

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