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94 - 96 High Street Margate Kent CT9 1JW

F/TH/26/0469Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 July 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/25/1075 for the "Change of use of the ground floor from retail (Use Class E) to a Bingo hall (Sui Generis) together with alterations to the shopfront." to allow for changes to the shopfront and change in colour of cladding of the upper floors on the front elevation

Received
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Margate Central
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 94 - 96 High Street Margate Kent CT9 1JW. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 13 days quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1JW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2026
Consultation expiry
19 June 2026
Consultation start
14 May 2026
Consultation end
4 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 June 2026
Last date for comments
19 June 2026
Target decision date
1 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 May 2026
Advertisement expiry
19 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Margate Conservation AreaNext to the site
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    5 May

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/25/1075

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/TH/26/0469
  2. 2025
    7 Oct

    Change of use of the ground floor from retail (Use Class E) to a Bingo hall (Sui Generis) together with…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart ofF/TH/25/1075

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