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E Saunders Ltd 241 Northdown Road Margate Kent CT9 2PL

F/TH/25/1017Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee8 conditions

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 and 5 of planning permission F/TH/24/1381 'Change of use and conversion of first and second floor from office to 2no. two-bed flats together with replacement shop fronts and alterations to side elevations, erection of ground floor extension to the side following the part demolition of the existing single storey flat roof annexe, provision of roof terraces at first floor level elevation with external access steps and replacement/alterations to fenestration and erection of increased height boundary treatments.' to replace the windows on the Eastern elevation with upvc and alter the internal layout on the ground floor to provide a wc.

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Cliftonville West
Agent
The Duncan and Graham Partnership
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 178 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at E Saunders Ltd 241 Northdown Road Margate Kent CT9 2PL. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 16 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 2PL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
30 September 2025
Consultation end
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 December 2025
Target decision date
14 November 2025
Committee meeting
17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Duncan and Graham Partnership
Architect profile
THE DUNCAN AND GRAHAM PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Agent address
3 Cecil Square Margate CT9 1BD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
31 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
15

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: Northdown Road 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    18 Sep

    Variation of condition 2 and 5 of planning permission F/TH/24/1381

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/TH/25/1017
  2. 2024
    28 Nov

    Change of use and conversion of first and second floor from office to 2no. two-bed flats together with…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart ofF/TH/24/1381

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