St Peters Prestbytery 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NW
Approved on 17 December 2020
Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use from a church (Use class F1) to a shop (Use Class E) for a temporary period of 12 months
- Received
- 28 August 2020
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Westgate-on-Sea
- ReceivedReceived28 Aug
- ValidatedValidated3 Sep
- Consult.Consultation8 Oct
- TargetTarget Date29 Oct
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 105 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use 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 111 days, 6 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
- Small
- Parish
- Westgate Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 September 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 27 November 2020
- Consultation start
- 17 September 2020
- Consultation end
- 8 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 November 2020
- Last date for comments
- 27 November 2020
- Target decision date
- 29 October 2020
- Committee meeting
- 16 December 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 November 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 November 2020
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
13 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Apr
1 No. Holm Oak (T16) Crown raise to provide 5 metre height clearance over the car park. 1 No. Holm Oak (T38)…
ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/26/0345 - 20262 Apr
M/TPO/3 (1952) - 1 No. Holm Oak (T4) - Fell M/TPO/3 (1952) 1 No. Holm Oak (T8) - Reduce height of central…
ApprovedTree Works TPOTPO/TH/26/0344 - 202514 Aug
Tree no 5 - Holm oak ; Cut back crown on southern side by circa 8.75m Tree no 6: Holm oak ; Cut back crown on…
WithdrawnTree Works TPOTPO/TH/25/0893 - 202524 Apr
T19 -T28 - Corsican Pine and Holm Oak - Prune to provide 5m height clearance over the access track T33…
ApprovedTree Works Conservation AreaTCA/TH/25/0485 - 202419 Aug
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/22/0649
RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)F/TH/24/0978 - 20243 Jun
Erection and display of hoarding signs to front boundary and 1no stack board to Minster Road boundary
ApprovedAdvertisement consentA/TH/24/0644 - 202424 May
Application for approval of Condition 9 (Landscaping) attached to Planning Permission F/TH/22/0649
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/24/0603 - 202414 Mar
M/TPO/3(1952) - 1No Holm Oak (T5) - Cut back crown on southern side by approx 5.5m, 1No Holm Oak (T7) - Cut…
PendingTree Works TPOTPO/TH/24/0300 - 202413 Feb
Application for approval of Conditions 3 (Archaeology), 6 (Materials), 17 (Construction Management Plan), 19…
PendingDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/24/0152 - 202327 Oct
Application for approval of Conditions 3 (Archaeology) and 20 (Acoustics) attached to Planning Permission…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/23/1423 - 20226 May
Erection of part 3 storey / part 4 storey building to provide 35 Retirement Living apartments for older…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/22/0649 - 201915 May
Erection of a four storey building for a mixed use development comprising 751 sq m of commercial office use…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/19/0663 - 20182 Jan
Change of use of church and dwelling to Offices (Use Class B1) together with cladding to front elevation and…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/18/0005
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