51 Elm Grove Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8LD
Approved on 9 August 2021
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Alterations to roof from hipped to gable to facilitate loft conversion, with balcony to side elevation and rooflights to front and rear elevations, erection of single storey detached garage to side and formation of new vehicular access
- Received
- 12 June 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Westgate-on-Sea
- Agent
- Tony Michael Consulting
- ReceivedReceived12 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Jun
- Consult.Consultation5 Jul
- TargetTarget Date9 Aug
- DecidedDecided9 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 51 Elm Grove Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8LD. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 12 days quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Westgate-on-Sea. 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 8LD
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westgate Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 June 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 5 July 2021
- Consultation start
- 14 June 2021
- Consultation end
- 5 July 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 June 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 July 2021
- Last date for comments
- 23 July 2021
- Target decision date
- 9 August 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Tony Michael Consulting
- Agent address
- 23 Dumpton Park Drive Broadstairs Kent CT101RQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
- Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Source: Thanet
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