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29 - 31 Harbour Street Ramsgate Kent CT11 8HA

F/TH/25/0150Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 October 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground and basement level from existing cafe and associated kitchen (Use Class E) to event space (Sui Generis) (Retrospective)

Received
7 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Central Harbour
Agent
Fabric Architecture
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target9 May
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 220 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29 - 31 Harbour Street Ramsgate Kent CT11 8HA. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 255 days, 26 weeks 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 75 applications across Central Harbour. We hold 1,207 applications in total for the CT11 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
CT11 8HA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ramsgate Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2025
Consultation expiry
25 April 2025
Consultation start
4 April 2025
Consultation end
25 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 April 2025
Last date for comments
25 April 2025
Target decision date
9 May 2025
Decision issued
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fabric Architecture
Agent address
The Basement 1 High Street St Lawerence Ramsgate Kent CT11 0QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 April 2025
Advertisement expiry
25 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
22

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: Ramsgate Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Ramsgate ED
  • Brownfield land register: 1D Devonshire GardensRegister 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    7 Feb

    Change of use of ground and basement level from existing cafe and associated kitchen (Use Class E) to event…

    This applicationApprovedFullF/TH/25/0150
  2. 2025
    7 Feb

    Application for Listed Building Consent for the installation of bar at ground floor level and installation of…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideL/TH/25/0151

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