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30 Northdown Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2RW

F/TH/23/0035Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 7 March 2023

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor and basement to 2 bed self contained flat together with alterations to the front elevation with the removal of existing shopfront and the erection of railings, and erection of cycle store to rear

Received
9 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Cliftonville West
Agent
E.K.Drawing Service Ltd.
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 30 Northdown Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2RW. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 13 days quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Cliftonville West. We hold 1,298 applications in total for the CT9 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
CT9 2RW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2023
Consultation expiry
17 February 2023
Consultation start
13 January 2023
Consultation end
3 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
13 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 February 2023
Last date for comments
3 March 2023
Target decision date
9 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
E.K.Drawing Service Ltd.
Agent address
23 Swinburne Avenue Broadstairs CT10 2DP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 January 2023
Advertisement expiry
17 February 2023

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Northdown Road Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Margate 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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