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51 - 55 Northdown Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2RJ

F/TH/23/0688Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 31 August 2023

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from residential and retail to create six self-contained apartments at ground, first and second floors comprising 3No. bedsits, 2No. 1bed, 1No. 2 bed units, together with rear extension and alterations to existing shop frontages

Received
18 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Cliftonville West
Agent
South East Architectural Services Ltd.
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.21 Jul
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 92 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 51 - 55 Northdown Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2RJ. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 5 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 2RJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2023
Consultation expiry
21 July 2023
Consultation start
7 July 2023
Consultation end
21 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 July 2023
Last date for comments
21 July 2023
Target decision date
26 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
South East Architectural Services Ltd.
Architect profile
SOUTH EAST ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
105 Mortimer Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Northdown Road Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Margate ED
  • Brownfield land register: 67 - 69 Northdown Road MargateRegister 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.

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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