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Corner Of Canterbury Road Minster Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8BP

TL/TH/24/1490TelecommunicationsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 19 March 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for prior approval for the installation of a 19.05 metre high slimline monopole with 9no. antenna apertures and 2no. 300mm dishes together with 6no. equipment cabinets and associated ancillary development

Received
23 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 86 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Corner Of Canterbury Road Minster Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8BP. Thanet has handled 11 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 2 weeks longer than Thanet's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

91% of all 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 8BP
Application type
Telecommunications
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Westgate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation expiry
14 March 2025
Consultation start
3 January 2025
Consultation end
24 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2025
Last date for comments
14 March 2025
Target decision date
17 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Waldon Telecom
Agent address
South Acre - The Walnut Yard Gelscoe Lane Diseworth, Derby DE74 2AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 March 2025

Additional information

Documents
153
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

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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