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Kent Probation Service 38 - 40 Grosvenor Place Margate Kent CT9 1UW

F/TH/26/0020Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee12 conditions

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 and removal of condition 5 of planning permission F/TH/25/0626 for the 'Change of use from office use (Use Class E) to short-term residential support centre (Sui Generis) providing 8no. bedrooms, shared kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities, management office, replacement windows, doors and external alterations, with supporting landscaping and infrastructure.' to allow erection of external ramp and staircases to front following removal of approved platform lift.

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Margate Central
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 70 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Kent Probation Service 38 - 40 Grosvenor Place Margate Kent CT9 1UW. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1UW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation start
9 March 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Target decision date
6 March 2026
Committee meeting
18 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
20 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
19

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: Margate Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Margate ED
  • Brownfield land register: Shoe Express 108 High StreetRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

Source: Thanet

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