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8 College Road Margate Kent CT9 4DA

F/TH/26/0205Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/24/0816 for 'Change of use from storage (Use Class B8) to Office (Use Class E(g)(i)) following replacement of door with window, replacement of stable doors and addition of metal canopy, reinstatement of pediment to north gable end, replacement of windows with double glazed units, replacement of roof tiles together with insertion of 2no. rooflights' to allow alterations to fenestration

Received
27 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Salmestone
Agent
Studio Sam Causer
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 College Road Margate Kent CT9 4DA. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 4DA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
3 April 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Studio Sam Causer
Architect profile
STUDIO SAM CAUSER LTD.
Agent address
13 Princes Street Margate CT91NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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
    27 Feb

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/24/0816

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/TH/26/0205
  2. 2024
    9 Jul

    Change of use from storage (Use Class B8) to Office (Use Class E) following replacement of door with window…

    PendingFull Planning PermissionPart ofF/TH/24/0816

Source: Thanet

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