The Oval Bandstand Eastern Esplanade Margate Kent CT9 2HL
Approved on 22 May 2025
Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee
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
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Cliftonville West
- ReceivedReceived21 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation20 May
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided22 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
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.
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Associated applications
- 202526 Mar
Application for approval of Conditions 5 (Landscaping), 6 (Ecological Enhancement Features) (Part Discharge)…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/25/0367 - 202521 Jan
Variation of conditions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of planning permission F/TH/23/1614
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/TH/25/0068 - 20236 Dec
Part retrospective application for a part change of use of the toilet block & store room (The Oval Pavilion)…
PendingFull Planning PermissionPart ofF/TH/23/1614
Source: Thanet
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