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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1,391 approved · 112 refused · 51 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Ethelbert Square Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8SR
Received 4 Aug 202533 Liverpool Lawn Ramsgate Kent CT11 9HJ
Received 4 Aug 2025Juliette House 117 Canterbury Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8NW
Received 4 Aug 202559 Barrington Crescent Birchington Kent CT7 9DF
Received 5 Aug 202584 High Street Garlinge Margate Kent CT9 5LP
Received 5 Aug 2025Land North Of Ellington Way Broadstairs Kent
Received 6 Aug 2025Homebirch House 1 Hunting Gate Birchington Kent CT7 9EL
Received 6 Aug 202576 Stone Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 1EF
Received 7 Aug 2025Birchwood Plumbing And Heating Limited 20 High Street Garlinge Margate Kent CT9 5LN
Received 6 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To 8 Bairdsley Close Broadstairs Kent
Received 8 Aug 202532 Northdown Hill Broadstairs Kent CT10 3HU
Received 8 Aug 2025116 Park Avenue Birchington Kent CT7 0DL
Received 8 Aug 202527 Freemans Road Ramsgate Kent CT12 4EL
Received 8 Aug 20259 Crescent Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 3QU
Received 11 Aug 202535 Grotto Hill Margate Kent CT9 2BU
Received 11 Aug 202554 Helvellyn Avenue Ramsgate Kent CT11 0RL
Received 11 Aug 202553 - 55 High Street Ramsgate Kent CT11 9RJ
Received 11 Aug 202553 - 55 High Street Ramsgate Kent CT11 9RJ
Received 11 Aug 202513 Adelaide Gardens Ramsgate Kent CT11 9HH
Received 11 Aug 202513 Adelaide Gardens Ramsgate Kent CT11 9HH
Received 11 Aug 2025Asda Stores Limited Westwood Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 2AL
Received 11 Aug 202511 Hartsdown Road Margate Kent CT9 5QS
Received 12 Aug 20254 Crofton Road Westgate On Sea Kent CT8 8DY
Received 12 Aug 2025Montefiore Synagogue And Mausoleum Honeysuckle Road Ramsgate Kent CT11 8AA
Received 12 Aug 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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