7 Chester Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AR
Refused on 30 April 2021
Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a first floor rear extension
- Received
- 8 March 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Westbrook
- ReceivedReceived8 Mar
- ValidatedValidated8 Mar
- Consult.Consultation5 Apr
- TargetTarget Date3 May
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 7 Chester Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AR. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 2 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Westbrook. 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 8AR
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Civil Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 March 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 16 April 2021
- Consultation start
- 15 March 2021
- Consultation end
- 5 April 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 March 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 April 2021
- Last date for comments
- 16 April 2021
- Target decision date
- 3 May 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 March 2021
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 April 2021
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 21/00033/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed with Conditions
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Westgate On Sea South 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202319 Apr
Application for approval of Condition 3 (Materials) attached to Planning Permission F/TH/21/0340
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/23/0539 - 202025 Nov
Erection of a first floor rear extension with Juliet balcony, together with insertion of rooflights to side…
RefusedHouseholderFH/TH/20/1602
Source: Thanet
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