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168 Northdown Road Margate Kent CT9 2QN

F/TH/25/1018Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee14 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor shop (Use Class E) to Adult Gaming Centre (Sui Generis), together with erection of single storey rear extension, raising of existing rear flat roof, erection of 3.5m high walls at rear to create enclosed smoking area, changes to rear fenestration, installation of 2no. air conditioning units, replacement timber shopfront and associated alterations

Received
19 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Cliftonville West
Agent
S.I.Chartered Bldg Surveyors
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 182 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 168 Northdown Road Margate Kent CT9 2QN. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 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 2QN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Consultation expiry
23 March 2026
Consultation start
2 March 2026
Consultation end
23 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2026
Last date for comments
19 March 2026
Target decision date
14 November 2025
Committee meeting
18 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
S.I.Chartered Bldg Surveyors
Agent address
8 Jointon Road Folkestone Kent CT20 2RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
54

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
  • Brownfield land register: 178A Northdown RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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.

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.

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    19 Sep

    Change of use of ground floor shop (Use Class E) to Adult Gaming Centre (Sui Generis), together with erection…

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