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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Thanet District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,391 approved · 112 refused · 51 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 2019 to 31 Jul 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
14 Langley Gardens Margate Kent CT9 3EB
Received 9 May 202515 Surrey Gardens Birchington Kent CT7 9SA
Received 12 May 2025Clontarf Cottage George Hill Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 3JT
Received 12 May 202528 Dumpton Park Drive Ramsgate Kent CT11 8AE
Received 12 May 20256 - 7 The Centre Margate Kent CT9 1JG
Received 12 May 202546 Station Road Birchington Kent CT7 9DQ
Received 12 May 2025Prezzo 16 - 18 Albion Street Broadstairs Kent CT10 1LU
Received 12 May 2025Prezzo 16 - 18 Albion Street Broadstairs Kent CT10 1LU
Received 12 May 2025Prezzo 16 - 18 Albion Street Broadstairs Kent CT10 1LU
Received 12 May 20256-6A Luton Avenue Broadstairs Kent CT10 2DH
Received 13 May 2025Northdown Service Station 294 - 300 Northdown Road Margate Kent CT9 3PA
Received 13 May 2025Land Adjacent 1 Mansfield Villas Windsor Road Cliffsend Kent
Received 14 May 2025Land On South Side Of Manston Court Road And West Side Of Haine Road Ramsgate Kent
Received 14 May 202536 Mark Avenue Ramsgate Kent CT11 0JS
Received 14 May 2025Former Car Storage Site Manston Road Ramsgate Kent
Received 14 May 2025St Nicholas Court Farm Court Road St Nicholas At Wade Birchington Kent CT7 0PT
Received 14 May 202548 Langdale Avenue Ramsgate Kent CT11 0PG
Received 14 May 202563 Mark Avenue Ramsgate Kent CT11 0JS
Received 14 May 2025Marine Heights 53 Beach Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8AD
Received 14 May 20258 Eastern Esplanade Broadstairs Kent CT10 1DR
Received 14 May 202524 Princes Avenue Ramsgate Kent CT12 6DW
Received 15 May 2025Flat 1 19A Granville Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 1QB
Received 15 May 2025The Corporation Of St Lawrence College College Road Ramsgate Kent CT11 7AE
Received 15 May 202525 Wellington Crescent Ramsgate Kent CT11 8JD
Received 15 May 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Thanet District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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