56 Westgate Bay Avenue Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SN
Proposal
Change of Use of ground floor 2-bed flat into 2no. 1-bed flats, including erection of single storey rear extension and rear external staircase, alterations to roof on existing rear extension, alterations to fenestration and enlargement to existing driveway
- Received
- 9 June 2025
- Decided
- 19 June 2026 · Grant Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Westgate-on-Sea
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated8 Jul
- Consult.Consultation30 Sep
- TargetTarget Date2 Sep
- DecidedDecided19 Jun
Decided in 346 days (council typically 70)
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 56 Westgate Bay Avenue Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SN. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 70 days. This one was decided in 375 days, 44 weeks longer than Thanet's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Westgate-on-Sea. We hold 607 applications in total for the CT8 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Westgate On Sea Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural 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.
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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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