Unit 8 Westmount House 220 - 228 Northdown Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2RP
Approved on 30 May 2023
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of 2No single storey extensions to facilitate change of use of service courtyard to gym studio and store for use in association with existing gym together with reconfiguration of existing fire escape
- Received
- 9 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Cliftonville West
- ReceivedReceived9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated5 Apr
- Consult.Consultation8 May
- TargetTarget Date31 May
- DecidedDecided30 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 8 Westmount House 220 - 228 Northdown Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2RP. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 12 days 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 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 2RP
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Civil Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 19 May 2023
- Consultation start
- 17 April 2023
- Consultation end
- 8 May 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 April 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 May 2023
- Last date for comments
- 19 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 31 May 2023
- Decision issued
- 31 May 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Toronto Street Toronto Square Leeds LS1 2HJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 April 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 May 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Northdown Road Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Cliftonville ED
- Brownfield land register: Thornton Bobby Ltd 240 - 242 Northdown Road MargateRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- 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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Source: Thanet
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