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24 Westbury Road, Westgate-On-Sea, Kent, CT8 8QX

F/TH/04/0507Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 December 2004

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of retail unit at ground floor with residential flat above, to 3No. self-contained residential one-bedroom flats and erection of extension to rear elevation

Received
26 April 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 24 Westbury Road, Westgate-On-Sea, Kent, CT8 8QX. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 220 days, 21 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 617 applications in total for the CT8 postcode area.

87% of full 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 8QX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2004
Target decision date
3 December 2004
Decision issued
3 December 2004

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16

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 South 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

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© 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    6 Jun

    Installation of solar panels to rear roof slope

    ApprovedHouseholderFH/TH/19/0786

Source: Thanet

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