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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1,391 approved · 112 refused · 51 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 St Johns Road Margate Kent CT9 1LU
Received 20 May 2026Hamilton Lodge Bishops Avenue Broadstairs Kent CT10 1EQ
Received 20 May 2026Land West Of New Haine Road Ramsgate Kent
Received 20 May 2026Land West Of New Haine Road Ramsgate Kent
Received 20 May 2026Powell Cotton Museum Quex Park Birchington Kent CT7 0BH
Received 21 May 2026Land Adjacent 1 Carlton Avenue Ramsgate Kent
Received 21 May 202630 Church Street Broadstairs Kent CT10 2TT
Received 21 May 202622 Epple Bay Road Birchington Kent CT7 9EN
Received 21 May 20264 Wilkie Road Birchington Kent CT7 9HE
Received 21 May 2026Garden Cottage Preston Road Ramsgate Kent CT12 5AS
Received 21 May 2026Dreamland Cinema Dreamland Leisure Complex Marine Terrace Margate Kent CT9 1XJ
Received 21 May 2026176 Westbrook Avenue Margate Kent CT9 5HN
Received 21 May 2026Updown Paddock Updown Grange 280 Ramsgate Road Margate Kent CT9 4DT
Received 21 May 20261 Oakridge Woodland Way Broadstairs Kent CT10 3QE
Received 21 May 202638 St Anthonys Way Margate Kent CT9 3RB
Received 21 May 2026101 Stone Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 1EB
Received 21 May 2026Montefiore Synagogue And Mausoleum Honeysuckle Road Ramsgate Kent CT11 8AA
Received 22 May 2026Montefiore Synagogue And Mausoleum Honeysuckle Road Ramsgate Kent CT11 8AA
Received 22 May 2026Land Adjacent 12 To 14 Fort Road Margate Kent CT9 1HF
Received 22 May 2026Land To The East Of New Haine Road Ramsgate Kent CT12 5FJ
Received 22 May 2026Open School East 39 Hawley Square Margate Kent CT9 1NZ
Received 22 May 2026Former Customs Shed West Crosswall Ramsgate Kent
Received 22 May 2026165 Grange Road Ramsgate Kent CT11 9PR
Received 22 May 202659 Cross Road Birchington Kent CT7 9HW
Received 25 May 2026Records 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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