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36 - 42 Marine Terrace Margate Kent CT9 1XJ

F/TH/25/0638Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 August 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from bingo hall (Sui Generis) to childrens soft play area (Sui Generis)

Received
2 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Margate Central
Agent
Alan Jones Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 48 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 36 - 42 Marine Terrace Margate Kent CT9 1XJ. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 6 days quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Margate Central. We hold 1,300 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 1XJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2025
Consultation expiry
1 August 2025
Consultation start
26 June 2025
Consultation end
17 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
26 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 July 2025
Last date for comments
1 August 2025
Target decision date
13 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alan Jones Chartered Surveyors
Agent address
275 Church Street Blackpool FY1 3PB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
1 August 2025

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Margate Seafront Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Margate ED
  • Brownfield land register: 22- 23 Marine Terrace MARGATE Kent CT9 1XJRegister site at or near this address
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.

Source: Thanet

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