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Thai 8 38 Northdown Road Margate Kent CT9 2RW

F/TH/26/0763Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 28 September 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor and basement from restaurant (Use Class E) to 1no. 2-bed self-contained flat (Use Class C3), together with installation of escape window at basement level on rear elevation

Received
23 July 2026
Ward
Cliftonville West
Agent
SIFA architecture
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 66 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Thai 8 38 Northdown Road Margate Kent CT9 2RW. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 days quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Cliftonville West. 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 2RW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2026
Consultation expiry
4 September 2026
Consultation start
3 August 2026
Consultation end
24 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2026
Last date for comments
4 September 2026
Target decision date
18 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SIFA architecture
Agent address
3 St James Avenue Ramsgate CT12 6DG GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 August 2026
Advertisement expiry
4 September 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Northdown Road Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Margate 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.

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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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