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5 The Courts Margate Kent CT9 5HP

FH/TH/25/0300Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 7 May 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory together with alterations to fenestration (retrospective)

Received
12 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westbrook
Agent
DesignPlus (Kent) Ltd
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 5 The Courts Margate Kent CT9 5HP. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Westbrook. 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 5HP
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2025
Consultation expiry
22 April 2025
Consultation start
28 March 2025
Consultation end
18 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2025
Last date for comments
25 April 2025
Target decision date
15 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
DesignPlus (Kent) Ltd
Agent address
Design Plus Kent Limited 243B Northdown Road Margate CT9 2PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

Source: Thanet

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