St Peters Presbytery 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NW

F/TH/25/1102Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 22 January 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/22/0649 for the "Erection of part 3 storey / part 4 storey building to provide 35 Retirement Living apartments for older persons, with associated communal facilities, parking and landscaping." to allow relocation of main entrance and canopy, alterations to balconies to west elevation and erection of 1no dormer to south elevation, removal of pump room to west elevation and provision of water tank and booster.

Received: 14 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 9
Council: Thanet District Council
Ward: Westgate-on-Sea
Agent: The Planning Bureau Ltd.

ReceivedReceived14 Oct
ValidatedValidated27 Oct
Consult.Consultation15 Dec
TargetTarget Date26 Jan
DecidedDecided22 Jan

Decided in 87 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at St Peters Presbytery 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NW. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 4 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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 8NW
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 15 December 2025
Consultation start: 24 November 2025
Consultation end: 15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 4 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 25 November 2025
Last date for comments: 15 December 2025
Target decision date: 26 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Planning Bureau Ltd.
Agent address: Prospect Place 85 Great North Road Hatfield AL9 5DA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 November 2025
Advertisement expiry: 5 December 2025

Additional information

Documents: 29

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: Westgate On Sea South Conservation Area
Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
Brownfield land register: Land Rear Of 125A Canterbury 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.

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© 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.

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