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Gate Quays Units 5, 5A And 6 Marine Gardens Margate Kent CT9 1UP

F/TH/24/0694Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 24 March 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to 2No 2 bedroom flats and 1No 1 bedroom flat together with alterations to the rear windows and doors and installation of an external disabled access ramp

Received
12 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Margate Central
Agent
The Duncan and Graham Partnership
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 228 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Gate Quays Units 5, 5A And 6 Marine Gardens Margate Kent CT9 1UP. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 285 days, 31 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Margate Central. 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 1UP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2024
Consultation expiry
13 September 2024
Consultation start
19 August 2024
Consultation end
2 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
2 September 2024
Last date for comments
13 September 2024
Target decision date
3 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Duncan and Graham Partnership
Agent address
8 Cecil Square Margate CT9 1BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 August 2024
Advertisement expiry
13 September 2024

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Margate Conservation Area
  • Listed building: The Beano Cafe & Family RestaurantOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Margate ED
  • Brownfield land register: ro 7_10 Marine Gdns - 5 DwellingsRegister 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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