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94 - 96 High Street Margate Kent CT9 1JW

F/TH/25/1075Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor from retail (Use Class E) to a Bingo hall (Sui Generis) together with alterations to the shopfront.

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Margate Central
Agent
Woods Whur 2014 Limited
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 63 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 94 - 96 High Street Margate Kent CT9 1JW. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1JW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2025
Consultation expiry
21 November 2025
Consultation start
29 October 2025
Consultation end
19 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 November 2025
Last date for comments
21 November 2025
Target decision date
9 December 2025
Decision issued
17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Woods Whur 2014 Limited
Agent address
St James House 28 Park Place Leeds LS1 2SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
21 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Margate ED
  • Brownfield land register: Shoe Express 108 High StreetRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    5 May

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/25/1075

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/TH/26/0469
  2. 2025
    7 Oct

    Change of use of the ground floor from retail (Use Class E) to a Bingo hall (Sui Generis) together with…

    This applicationApprovedFullF/TH/25/1075

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