Homefern House Cobbs Place Margate Kent
Approved on 23 June 2026
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of solar panels to roof
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Margate Central
- Agent
- Invent Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 May
- ValidatedValidated12 May
- Consult.Consultation4 Jun
- TargetTarget Date7 Jul
- DecidedDecided23 Jun
Decided in 42 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Homefern House Cobbs Place Margate Kent. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 4 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Margate Central.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Civil Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 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
- 7 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Invent Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- INVENT ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- 24 Oxford Street Whitstable CT5 1DD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 June 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Margate Conservation AreaPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Margate ED
- Brownfield land register: Land Adjacent 1 Fort Mount MARGATE KentRegister site at or near this address · +6 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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