15 Station Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8RB
Approved on 15 October 2025
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of first and second floor from office use (Class E) to 1No. 4-bed self contained flat (Class C3)
- Received
- 29 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Westgate-on-Sea
- ReceivedReceived29 Jul
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation29 Sep
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided15 Oct
Decided in 72 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15 Station Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8RB. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 8 days longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Westgate-on-Sea. We hold 617 applications in total for the CT8 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
- CT8 8RB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westgate Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 15 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 29 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 14 Charlotte Street Broadstairs CT10 1LR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 September 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 September 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
Site 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
- Brownfield land register: Land Rear Of 27 Station RoadRegister site at or near this address
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202010 Nov
Notification of a proposed change of use of first and second floor from office use (Class E) to 1No. self…
ApprovedPrior App Office to DwellingPN06/TH/20/1501 - 202022 Jun
Notification of a proposed change of use of first and second floor from office to 1No. self contained flat
RefusedPrior App Office to DwellingPN06/TH/20/0784 - 201921 Nov
Notification of a proposed change of use of first and second floor from office to 1No. self contained flat
WithdrawnPrior App Office to DwellingPN06/TH/19/1590 - 201928 May
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for the proposed change of use of first and second floor…
WithdrawnCertificate of Lawful Devpt - ProposedCD/TH/19/0724
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