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15 Station Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8RB

PN06/TH/20/0784Prior App Office to DwellingRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 7 September 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification of a proposed change of use of first and second floor from office to 1No. self contained flat

Received
22 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 15 Station Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8RB. Thanet has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 7 days longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Westgate-on-Sea. We hold 617 applications in total for the CT8 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
CT8 8RB
Application type
Prior App Office to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 July 2020
Consultation expiry
12 August 2020
Consultation start
22 July 2020
Consultation end
12 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start
22 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end
12 August 2020
Last date for comments
21 August 2020
Target decision date
7 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
122 Leonard Road Greatstone New Romney Kent TN28 8RZ

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: Westgate On Sea Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Brownfield land register: Land Rear Of 27 Station RoadRegister 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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