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15 - 16 Hawley Square Margate Kent CT9 1PF

F/TH/25/0905Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 29 July 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/23/1658 for the "Change of use from office space (Class E) and 2No 2 bed flats to 5No 2-bed self-contained flats together with erection of balconies to rear elevation, installation of ground floor bay windows and provision of railings at ground and first floor on the front elevation and alterations to roof to facilitate rear roof terrace, installation of windows to replace existing with internal alterations" to allow extension to roof terrace and associated alterations to location of railings (part retrospective)

Received
18 August 2025
Public comments
3
Ward
Margate Central
Agent
FDR Architects
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 329 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15 - 16 Hawley Square Margate Kent CT9 1PF. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 345 days, 39 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Margate Central. 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 1PF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Consultation expiry
29 October 2025
Consultation start
8 October 2025
Consultation end
29 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 October 2025
Last date for comments
29 October 2025
Target decision date
29 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
FDR Architects
Agent address
London Field Studios 11-17 Exmouth Place Unit 20 London E8 3RW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 September 2025
Advertisement expiry
10 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Margate Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 15 and 16, Hawley SquareOn this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Margate ED
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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