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The Oval Bandstand Eastern Esplanade Margate Kent CT9 2HL

F/TH/25/0068Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 May 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Variation of conditions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of planning permission F/TH/23/1614 for the "Part retrospective application for a part change of use of the toilet block & store room (The Oval Pavilion) to an events bar and a cafe together with external alterations; use of amphitheatre for outdoor cinema/market/concert/sports/dance or theatre; external terrace for seating and access ramps, hand-rails within the bandstand amphitheatre; part demolition of sections of external wall to facilitate step-free access; installation of a timber fence and gates within the bandstand amphitheatre; installation of shipping containers to provide multiple retail/commercial/storage spaces and associated equipment and works; installation of a demountable perimeter fence, gates to amphitheatre auditorium for a temporary time period (31 December 2026); installation of street furniture; creation of a wellness garden with outdoor gym and associated equipment and works, erection of a greenhouse, perimeter fence and gate within the existing garden maintenance area." to allow retention of shipping containers, cladding to shipping containers (within 12 months of decision date), provide a landscape management plan (within 9 months of decision date), details of sedum roofs (within 9 months of decision date) and an outdoor lighting scheme (within 9 months of decision date), together with alterations to restrictions on playing music and operating hours

Received
21 January 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Cliftonville West
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 115 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Oval Bandstand Eastern Esplanade Margate Kent CT9 2HL. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 7 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 2HL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2025
Consultation expiry
20 May 2025
Consultation start
13 May 2025
Consultation end
20 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
12 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 May 2025
Last date for comments
20 May 2025
Target decision date
28 April 2025
Committee meeting
21 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
7 March 2025

Additional information

Documents
13

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: Clifftop 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.

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