21 Station Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8RB
Refused on 16 January 2023
Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from cafe/ancillary space and dwelling at ground and first floors to cafe and dwelling at ground and first floor floor together with the creation of a two bedroom dwelling in the rear part of the first floor and the erection of a second floor flat roof extension
- Received
- 14 November 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Westgate-on-Sea
- ReceivedReceived14 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation27 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 21 Station Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8RB. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 8RB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westgate Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 November 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 30 December 2022
- Consultation start
- 6 December 2022
- Consultation end
- 27 December 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 November 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 December 2022
- Last date for comments
- 30 December 2022
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Alistair J Burgess
- Agent address
- 5 Wilkie Road Birchington Kent CT7 9HE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 December 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 December 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Westgate On Sea Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
- Brownfield land register: Land Rear Of 27 Station RoadRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Thanet
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