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29 Eastern Esplanade Margate Kent CT9 2HL

F/TH/25/0800Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 October 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of basement to 1no 1-bed self-contained flat

Received
14 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Cliftonville West
Agent
CB Planning Agent
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29 Eastern Esplanade Margate Kent CT9 2HL. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 9 days longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2025
Consultation expiry
12 September 2025
Consultation start
7 August 2025
Consultation end
28 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 August 2025
Last date for comments
12 September 2025
Target decision date
1 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
CB Planning Agent
Agent address
Silverwood Stone Street Westenhanger Hythe CT21 4HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
12 September 2025

Additional information

Documents
25

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.

Source: Thanet

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