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32 Ramsgate Road Margate Kent CT9 5RU

F/TH/25/1205Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 January 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use to 7 bed HMO for up to 8 people with associated parking and bin storage (Retrospective)

Received
6 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Salmestone
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 48 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 32 Ramsgate Road Margate Kent CT9 5RU. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 6 days 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 32 applications across Salmestone. 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 5RU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2025
Consultation expiry
30 December 2025
Consultation start
9 December 2025
Consultation end
30 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 January 2026
Target decision date
29 January 2026
Decision issued
23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
HOMZ UK
Agent address
170 Kennington Lane London SE11 5DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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. 2026
    15 Apr

    Application for approval of Condition 4 (Cycle Parking) attached to Planning Permission F/TH/25/1205

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/26/0391
  2. 2025
    6 Nov

    Change of use to 7 bed HMO for up to 8 people with associated parking and bin storage (Retrospective)

    This applicationApprovedFullF/TH/25/1205

Source: Thanet

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