St Peters Prestbytery 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NW

F/TH/19/0663Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 19 November 2020

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of a four storey building for a mixed use development comprising 751 sq m of commercial office use on the ground floor (use class B1) together with 2No one-bedroom, 8No two-bedroom and 4No three-bedroom apartments on first, second and third floors (use class C3) with associated parking, access and landscaping following demolition of existing building.

Received: 15 May 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 9
Council: Thanet District Council
Ward: Westgate-on-Sea

ReceivedReceived15 May
ValidatedValidated29 May
Consult.Consultation14 May
TargetTarget Date28 Aug
DecidedDecided19 Nov

Decided in 540 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at St Peters Prestbytery 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NW. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 554 days, 69 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 12 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 8NW
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 May 2019
Consultation expiry: 3 August 2020
Consultation start: 23 April 2020
Consultation end: 14 May 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 27 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 3 August 2020
Last date for comments: 3 August 2020
Target decision date: 28 August 2019
Committee meeting: 5 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Innovation House Discovery Park Innovation Way Sandwich Kent CT13 9FF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 June 2019
Advertisement expiry: 5 July 2019

Additional information

Documents: 69

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 Area
Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site · +4 more
Brownfield land register: St Peters Prestbytery 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On SeaRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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2019
15 May
Erection of a four storey building for a mixed use development comprising 751 sq m of commercial office use…
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12 other applications at this property, newest first.

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