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Agricultural Building At Elms Farm Canterbury Road Sarre BIRCHINGTON Kent CT7 0JZ

PN08/TH/18/1189Prior App Agricultural to Office or ShopApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 October 2018

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Notification for change of use of existing agricultural building to a flexible use (Class R)

Received
22 August 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thanet Villages
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.13 Sep
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Building At Elms Farm Canterbury Road Sarre BIRCHINGTON Kent CT7 0JZ. Thanet has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 3 weeks quicker than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Thanet Villages. We hold 723 applications in total for the CT7 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
CT7 0JZ
Application type
Prior App Agricultural to Office or Shop
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sarre Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2018
Consultation expiry
13 September 2018
Consultation start
23 August 2018
Consultation end
13 September 2018
Neighbour consultation start
23 August 2018
Neighbour consultation end
13 September 2018
Last date for comments
21 September 2018
Target decision date
17 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Finns
Agent address
1 King Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9BT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

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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