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Former St Mary Magdalene Church Woodchurch Road, Birchington, Kent

F/TH/26/1052Full Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/23/1695 for the "Erection of 2no 2 bed and 2no 3 bed tourist accommodation together with landscaping and parking facilities" to allow changes their internal layouts, roof forms, elevations, fenestration and external materials, with amendments to the site layout, parking and landscaping

Received (week of)
19 October 2026
Ward
Thanet Villages
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Former St Mary Magdalene Church Woodchurch Road, Birchington, Kent. Thanet has handled 87 applications of this type. The site is in the Birchington Conservation Area conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Thanet Villages.

90% of full planning permission 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
Parish
Manston Parish Council

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Birchington Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The FountainOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Brownfield land register: Lloyds TSB 2 The Square BirchingtonRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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.

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