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J C Rook Second Floor Offices 86 Sweyn Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2DD

PN03/TH/23/0825Prior App Shop/bank to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 August 2023

Council decision: Planning Permission RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for prior approval to change the use of second floor commercial (Use Class E) to 2No one bedroomed flats (Use Class C3)

Received
20 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Cliftonville West
Agent
Mark Carter Associates
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 52 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application at J C Rook Second Floor Offices 86 Sweyn Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2DD. Thanet has handled 341 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Cliftonville West. We hold 1,299 applications in total for the CT9 postcode area.

78% of outline 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 2DD
Application type
Prior App Shop/bank to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2023
Consultation expiry
25 July 2023
Consultation start
4 July 2023
Consultation end
25 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
25 July 2023
Last date for comments
4 August 2023
Target decision date
21 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mark Carter Associates
Agent address
Design Studio Priestfield Stadium Gillingham ME7 4DD Redfern Avenue

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Edgar Road and Sweyn Road Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Cliftonville ED
  • Brownfield land register: 86 Sweyn RdRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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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