Sarre Business Centre, Canterbury Road, Sarre, Birchington, CT7 0JZ
Approved on 21 April 2011
Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee
Proposal
Change of use of 3 No. agricultural buildings to office use, and 1 No. agricultural building to storage use, together with external alterations and single storey extension.
- Received
- 18 January 2011
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Agent
- Clague LLP
- ReceivedReceived18 Jan
- ValidatedValidated25 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date22 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Sarre Business Centre, Canterbury Road, Sarre, Birchington, CT7 0JZ. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 3 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 723 applications in total for the CT7 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
- CT7 0JZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 February 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2011
- Consultation start
- 28 February 2011
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 March 2011
- Target decision date
- 22 April 2011
- Committee meeting
- 20 April 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Clague LLP
- Agent address
- 62 Burgate Canterbury Kent CT1 2BH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 March 2011
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Thanet
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