Sussex Court Sussex Gardens Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8BB
Approved on 26 June 2026
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
Proposal
Change of use and conversion from 2no 1-bed self-contained flats to 1no 2-bed dwelling and creation of dropped kerb
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Westgate-on-Sea
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated27 Apr
- Consult.Consultation28 May
- TargetTarget Date22 Jun
- DecidedDecided26 Jun
Decided in 60 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Sussex Court Sussex Gardens Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8BB. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 4 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8BB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westgate Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 7 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- BPK
- Agent address
- 17 Stocking Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 3DB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 June 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 21
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Westgate On Sea East Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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.
Source: Thanet
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