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Westgate Fire Station Osbourn Avenue Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NH

F/TH/18/1073Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 10 October 2018

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a 13.84m training tower

Received
27 July 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 75 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Westgate Fire Station Osbourn Avenue Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NH. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 5 days longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8NH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2018
Consultation expiry
20 August 2018
Consultation start
30 July 2018
Consultation end
20 August 2018
Neighbour consultation start
30 July 2018
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2018
Last date for comments
3 September 2018
Target decision date
21 September 2018

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Westgate On Sea South Conservation AreaNext to the site
  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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