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Urban Fitness Unit 8 Westmount House 220 - 228 Northdown Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2RP

F/TH/23/1132Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 October 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of lower ground floor extensions together with change of use of service courtyard to gym studio and store for use in association with existing gym and reconfiguration of existing entrance staircase and fire escape

Received
19 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Cliftonville West
Agent
Bowman Riley Architects
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Urban Fitness 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 72 days. 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
15 September 2023
Consultation expiry
27 October 2023
Consultation start
20 September 2023
Consultation end
11 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 October 2023
Last date for comments
27 October 2023
Target decision date
10 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bowman Riley Architects
Agent address
Bowman Riley Architects Toronto Square Toronto Street Leeds LS1 2HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
27 October 2023

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
1

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: Cliftonville 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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