Brooksend Service Station Canterbury Road Birchington Kent CT7 0JW
Approved on 16 October 2025
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of an above ground diesel tank to the front of the site
- Received
- 10 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Thanet Villages
- Agent
- The Rural Planning Practice
- ReceivedReceived10 Sep
- ValidatedValidated1 Oct
- Consult.Consultation8 Nov
- TargetTarget Date26 Nov
- DecidedDecided16 Oct
Decided in 380 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Brooksend Service Station Canterbury Road Birchington Kent CT7 0JW. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 401 days, 47 weeks 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 86 applications across Thanet Villages. We hold 723 applications in total for the CT7 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
- CT7 0JW
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Monkton Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 11 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 18 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 8 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 22 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 November 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Rural Planning Practice
- Agent address
- 53-55 High Street Cranbrook TN17 3EE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20241 Feb
Change of use from vehicle repair workshop (Use Class B2) to restaurant (Class E) together with alterations…
PendingFull Planning PermissionF/TH/24/0110 - 20206 Feb
Change of use from petrol station, car sales and workshops to hand car wash and valeting station with coffee…
PendingFull Planning PermissionF/TH/20/0165 - 201927 Nov
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed use as hand car wash
RefusedCertificate of Lawful Devpt - ProposedCD/TH/19/1629 - 201819 May
Installation of 2No. underground fuel tanks
WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionF/TH/18/0726 - 201818 May
Installation of new shopfronts, access slope and steps, part change of use of workshop to retail to…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/18/0725 - 201812 Apr
Erection and display of 5No. internally illuminated fascia signs to canopy and 1No. internally illuminated…
ApprovedAdvertisement consentA/TH/18/0523
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