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Thanet District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Thanet District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,954Searchable applications
312Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 1,503 approved or refused records
112Refused applications
1,391 approved · 112 refused · 51 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information check local planning thanet (1)Local plan Page links found under local planPre-application advice Page links found under pre-application adviceConservation areas Page links found under conservation areas
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas27 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas5 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- DecidedF/TH/25/0594
Change of use from bank (Use Class E) to 2no. commercial units at basement and ground floor level and 4no. 2 bed self-contained flats at ground, first and second floor together with alterations to shopfront, repairs to sash windows and installation of doors to front
Barclays Bank 64 - 66 High Street Margate Kent CT9 1DT
Received 22 May 2025 - DecidedL/TH/25/0595
Application for listed building consent for the refurbishment and internal alterations to basement and ground floors to create 2 commercial units, installation of replacement shopfronts, application of black paint to brick work at ground floor to the front and partial side facade and insertion of door elevation together with internal alterations to create 4no. 2 bedroom apartments created on the first and second floors, blocking up of external door on side elevation at first floor
Barclays Bank 64 - 66 High Street Margate Kent CT9 1DT
Received 22 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0596
Erection of two storey front extension following demolition of existing porch and single storey extension, together with erection of fencing to front and alterations to landscaping
43 Rumfields Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 2PQ
Received 22 May 2025 - DecidedF/TH/25/0597
Replacement of existing timber and glass stairwell enclosures with aluminium curtain wall frameworks together with the addition of pitched roofs to stairwells
1 And 3 St Mildreds Gardens 14 And 16 Sea Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8TP
Received 23 May 2025 - DecidedCON/TH/25/0600
Application for approval of Condition 8 (Noise Impact Assessment) attached to Planning Permission F/TH/24/1493 for the change of use of existing bank (use class E(c)) to 1no 3 bed flat, 1no 2bed flat and 4no 1bed flats (Use Class C3) together with retention of commercial use (Class E) on part of ground floor
53 - 55 High Street Ramsgate Kent CT11 9RJ
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0601
Erection of a detached carport
Devils Elbow Monkton Road Minster Kent CT12 4EF
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedF/TH/25/0602
Installation of 2no. sets of doors to north west elevation
Unit A2 East Northdown Farm East Northdown Margate Kent CT9 3TS
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0603
Extension of existing garage to create annexe
6A Colemans Stairs Road Birchington Kent CT7 9HJ
Received 26 May 2025 - DecidedTCA/TH/25/0604
T1 - Bay tree - Fell
94A St Mildreds Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8RJ
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0605
Formation of vehicular access with hard standing together with demolition of front boundary wall
102 Beacon Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 3DQ
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0607
Erection of a single storey rear extension
34 Queens Gate Road Ramsgate Kent CT11 7RG
Received 26 May 2025 - DecidedTCA/TH/25/0608
T1 - Holly - reduce tree by up to 2 metres in height and spread reshaping tree into a uniform shape - routine maintenance , T2 - Sycamore - rear garden - repollard tree back to previous points - routine maintenance
15 Vale Square Ramsgate Kent CT11 9DF
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedPN01/TH/25/0609
Erection of single storey rear extension to extend 6m in depth, 2.4m to eaves and overall height of 3.5m
55 Augustine Road Ramsgate Kent CT12 4DQ
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0610
Alterations to roof to facilitate loft conversion and insertion of 2no. rooflights and balcony, together with reduction in rear extension, and alterations to fenestration
Casa Mare Queens Avenue Birchington Kent CT7 9QN
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0611
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission FH/TH/22/0654 for the "Erection of single storey rear extension together with erection of dormer windows to front and both side elevations, installation of rooflights and alterations to roof to facilitate loft conversion, with replacement of external cladding with tile hanging to dormer windows" to allow for the retention and repainting of the existing horizontal cladding to the dormer windows.
91 Botany Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 3SB
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedTPO/TH/25/0612
TH/TPO/12(1977) T1 - Walnut - Fell, T2 - Ash - to repollard to old points - about 6 metres of regrowth, T3 - Sycamore - redcue by 3 metres in height and 2 metres in lateral spread and T4 - Ash - reduce by 3 metres in height and 2 metres in lateral spread
Vale Square Gardens Vale Square Ramsgate Kent CT11 9DA
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0613
Erection of a single storey rear extension together with conversion of existing garage to habitable room and alterations to fenestration.
28 Alpha Road Birchington Kent CT7 9EQ
Received 27 May 2025 - DecidedCON/TH/25/0614
Application for approval for of Conditions 7 (Open Space Specification), 8 (Landscape Management Plan), 9 (Archaeology), 10 (Archaeology), 15 (Contamination) attached to Planning Permission OL/TH/14/0050 for an application for outline planning permission including access for the erection of 785 dwellings, highways infrastructure works (including single carriageway link road), primary school, small scale retail unit, community hall, public openspace
Land East And West Of Haine Road Ramsgate Kent
Received 28 May 2025 - DecidedF/TH/25/0615
Erection of 1no. two storey 3 bed detached dwelling with associated parking and garden following demolition of existing garage
Land Adjacent Devils Elbow Monkton Road Minster Kent
Received 28 May 2025 - DecidedL/TH/25/0616
Application for Listed Building Consent for the removal of railings to upper floor roof terrace, repairs to external windows and brickwork and re-cladding to south elevation, together with internal changes including reinforcing steel beams in second floor ceiling and floor and replacement of 2no. internal timber staircases
1 And 1A Victoria Parade Broadstairs Kent CT10 1QS
Received 28 May 2025 - DecidedCON/TH/25/0617
Application for approval of Condition 9 (Verification Report) attached to Planning Permission F/TH/23/1430 for the variation of condition 2 of planning permission F/TH/19/0813 for the "Erection of 24no. dwellings with associated vehicular access from Reading Street and Convent Road, pedestrian access from Astor Road, parking and landscaping" to allow alterations to design, layout and size of plots 19 and 20; alterations to design of plots 1, 3, 7 and 21; erection ofdetached garage block to serve plots 6 and 7; provision of parking space adjacent to plot 24; and partial removal of footway to provide shared surface
Land Formerly Used As Club Union Convalescent Home Reading Street Broadstairs Kent
Received 29 May 2025 - DecidedL/TH/25/0618
Application for Listed Building Consent for replacement of two windows in the rear extension with double glazed timber casement windows
36 Abbots Hill Ramsgate Kent CT11 8HN
Received 29 May 2025 - DecidedF/TH/25/0619
Alterations to shopfront to facilitate sub-division of retail unit into 2no. use class E units
Clarks 30 Westwood Cross Margate Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 2BF
Received 30 May 2025 - DecidedFH/TH/25/0620
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission FH/TH/25/0214 for the "Erection of two storey side extension together with erection of a flat roof dormer to rear elevation" to allow reduction in size of side extension and rear dormer
3 Abbey Grove Minster Kent CT12 4HB
Received 30 May 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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