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2 Stephens Close Margate Kent CT9 5LZ

FH/TH/25/0831Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 4 September 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of a single storey side extension and front garage extension

Received
21 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Garlinge
Agent
Invent Architecture Ltd
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 44 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 2 Stephens Close Margate Kent CT9 5LZ. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Garlinge. 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 5LZ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2025
Consultation expiry
14 August 2025
Consultation start
24 July 2025
Consultation end
14 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
14 August 2025
Last date for comments
22 August 2025
Target decision date
16 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Invent Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
INVENT ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
24 Oxford Street Whitstable CT5 1DD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

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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