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3 The Knot 20 Beach Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AD

F/TH/21/0148Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 24 June 2021

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of Microbrewery to flexible use comprising Education Facility F1(a), Medical Facility E(e) and Public House and Microbrewery (Sui Generis)

Received
3 February 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
Agent
Planning Insight
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 133 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3 The Knot 20 Beach Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AD. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 10 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 8AD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2021
Consultation expiry
21 June 2021
Consultation start
23 February 2021
Consultation end
16 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
14 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
21 June 2021
Last date for comments
21 June 2021
Target decision date
8 April 2021
Committee meeting
23 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Insight
Agent address
31-35 Kirby Street London EC1N 8TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 March 2021
Advertisement expiry
26 March 2021

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Westgate On Sea East Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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