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74 - 76 High Street Margate Kent CT9 1DT

F/TH/24/1274Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 14 January 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of first floor and second floor from retail (use class E) to 1no. 1 bed and 1no. 2 bed flats together with replacement of windows and installation of 4no. air conditioning units (part retrospective)

Received
1 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Margate Central
Agent
South East Architectural Services Ltd.
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 64 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 74 - 76 High Street Margate Kent CT9 1DT. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 days longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1DT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2024
Consultation expiry
20 December 2024
Consultation start
15 November 2024
Consultation end
6 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
19 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
10 December 2024
Last date for comments
20 December 2024
Target decision date
6 January 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 November 2024
Advertisement expiry
20 December 2024

Additional information

Documents
16
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: Margate Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 64 and 66, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Margate ED
  • Brownfield land register: Offices At First Second And Third Floor 80 High streetRegister site at or near this address · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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