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Lockwoods Yard The Grove Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AS

F/TH/18/0549Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 October 2018

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of part two storey/part three storey/part four storey 1200 sqm extension of light industrial use (Class B1) to the Eastern and Northern perimeters with associated parking and landscaping together with the demolition of the existing paint store.

Received
18 April 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
Agent
Bluefin Design Ltd
  1. Received18 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 171 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Lockwoods Yard The Grove Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AS. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 16 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 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 8AS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2018
Consultation expiry
15 June 2018
Consultation start
9 May 2018
Consultation end
30 May 2018
Neighbour consultation start
9 May 2018
Neighbour consultation end
30 May 2018
Last date for comments
15 June 2018
Target decision date
22 June 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bluefin Design Ltd
Architect profile
BLUEFIN DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
11 Philip Hse Heneage St LONDON E1 5LW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 May 2018
Advertisement expiry
15 June 2018

Additional information

Documents
61

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.

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