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

F/TH/17/0899Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 5 September 2017

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from Public House to 4No 1 bedroom flats, 3No 2 bedroom flats, 1No 3 bedroom flat and 3 letting rooms with associated parking, bin and cycle stores, together with micro pub on the ground floor and the erection of 2 and 3 storey rear extensions and alterations to the existing roof.

Received: 20 June 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 5
Council: Thanet District Council
Ward: Westgate-on-Sea

ReceivedReceived20 Jun
ValidatedValidated11 Jul
Consult.Consultation10 Aug
TargetTarget Date22 Aug
DecidedDecided5 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Knot 20 Beach Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AD. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 7 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.

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 8AD
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 July 2017
Consultation expiry: 18 August 2017
Consultation start: 20 July 2017
Consultation end: 10 August 2017
Neighbour consultation start: 17 July 2017
Neighbour consultation end: 7 August 2017
Last date for comments: 18 August 2017
Target decision date: 22 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent: Clague
Architect profile: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: 62 Burgate Canterbury CT1 2BH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 28 July 2017
Advertisement expiry: 18 August 2017

Additional information

Documents: 27

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Westgate On Sea East Conservation Area
Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

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Associated applications

2018
27 Mar
Application for approval of condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission F/TH/17/0899
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/18/0438
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…
This applicationApprovedFullF/TH/17/0899

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Thanet

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