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86 Sweyn Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2DD

PN06/TH/23/1254Prior App Office to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 December 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for a proposed change of use of second floor from commercial to 1No. 2-bed self contained flat

Received
19 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Cliftonville West
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 86 Sweyn Road MARGATE Kent CT9 2DD. Thanet has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 13 days 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 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 Office to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2023
Consultation expiry
10 November 2023
Consultation start
20 October 2023
Consultation end
10 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 November 2023
Last date for comments
24 November 2023
Target decision date
11 December 2023

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Northdown Road Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Cliftonville ED
  • Brownfield land register: 86 Sweyn RdRegister site at or near this address · +4 more
  • 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

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© 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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