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Adjacent Fire Station Canterbury Road Margate Kent CT8 8NF

F/TH/21/1286Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 January 2022

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a replacement 20.0m monopole supporting 3 no. replacement antennas and 3 no. additional antennas following the removal of the existing 15m monopole supporting 3 no. antennas, together with the installation of 1no equipment cabinet and ancillary development thereto including the installation of 3 no. Remote Radio Heads (RRHs) and 1no. GPS module.

Received
11 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 68 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Adjacent Fire Station Canterbury Road Margate Kent CT8 8NF. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 152 days, 12 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 8NF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2021
Consultation expiry
22 December 2021
Consultation start
1 December 2021
Consultation end
22 December 2021
Neighbour consultation start
18 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
9 December 2021
Last date for comments
24 December 2021
Target decision date
29 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Clarke Telecom
Agent address
Unit E Madison Place Northampton Road MANCHESTER M40 5AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
25

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.

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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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    27 Jul

    Erection of a 13.84m training tower

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/18/1073

Source: Thanet

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