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The Forge, The Length, St Nicholas At Wade, Birchington, CT7 0PS

L/TH/05/0160Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 4 August 2005

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Listed Building consent to alter and extend building following demolition of part of existing in connection with change of use to single dwelling.

Received
7 February 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 160 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Forge, The Length, St Nicholas At Wade, Birchington, CT7 0PS. Thanet has handled 464 applications of this type. This one was decided in 178 days, 15 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 723 applications in total for the CT7 postcode area.

92% of heritage 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 0PS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2005
Consultation expiry
18 February 2005
Consultation start
1 July 2005
Target decision date
22 April 2005
Decision issued
8 August 2005

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 February 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Nicholas at Wade Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Forge HouseOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Jul

    Application for approval of Condition 8 (Mortar) attached to Planning Permission L/TH/05/0160

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/TH/26/0774
  2. 2005
    7 Feb

    Change of use of forge to single dwellinghouse, together with erection of single storey rear extension…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongsideF/TH/05/0158
  3. 2005
    7 Feb

    Application for Listed Building consent to alter and extend building following demolition of part of existing…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentL/TH/05/0160

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