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15 Sea Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SA

F/TH/20/0434Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 July 2020

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 of planning consent F/TH/14/0300 Change of use from hotel (Use Class C1) to House in Multiple Occupation and 4no. 2-bed flats, with ancillary offices to allow for change of operator to a non-specified management organisation

Received
25 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 105 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15 Sea Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SA. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 5 weeks 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 8SA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2020
Consultation expiry
8 May 2020
Consultation start
1 April 2020
Consultation end
22 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
1 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2020
Last date for comments
18 June 2020
Target decision date
21 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Major Close Whitstable CT5

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 April 2020
Advertisement expiry
8 May 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

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 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Thanet

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