2 Smugglers Way Birchington Kent CT7 9HP
Approved on 22 December 2025
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension and erection of a double dormer to the rear following demolition of existing garage and conservatory together with the erection of a pitched roof dormer to the front elevation to facilitate a loft conversion
- Received
- 2 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- Ward
- Birchington North
- Agent
- DesignPlus (Kent) Ltd
- ReceivedReceived2 Sep
- ValidatedValidated4 Nov
- Consult.Consultation19 Dec
- TargetTarget Date30 Dec
- DecidedDecided22 Dec
Decided in 48 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 2 Smugglers Way Birchington Kent CT7 9HP. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 6 weeks longer 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 32 applications across Birchington North. We hold 723 applications in total for the CT7 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
- CT7 9HP
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Birchington Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 30 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DesignPlus (Kent) Ltd
- Agent address
- 243B Northdown Road MARGATE CT9 2PN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Source: Thanet
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