Planning application
38 - 40 Grosvenor Place Margate Kent CT9 1UW
Works: Windows or glazing
Relates to F/TH/26/0020
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for approval of Conditions 4 (Fixings to Railings), 6 (Solar Panels) and 7 (Crime Prevention) attached to Planning Permission F/TH/26/0020 for the change of use from office use (Use Class E) to short-term residential support centre (Sui Generis) providing 8no. bedrooms, shared kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities, management office, replacement windows, doors and external alterations, with supporting landscaping and infrastructure.
As published by the council, reference CON/TH/26/0191
Application record
- Reference
- CON/TH/26/0191
- Type
- Conditions
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Received
- 25 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 26 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 1 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Margate Central
- Parish
- No Civil Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated Planning Officer
- Postcode
- CT9 1UW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Thanet register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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F/TH/26/0628 Awaiting decision
38 - 40 Grosvenor Place Margate Kent CT9 1UW
Change of use from office (Use Class E) to 11no. 1-bed self-contained flats (Use Class C3) to provide temporary accommodation and 1no. office (Use Class E), together with installation of solar panels, re-building of rear alleyway wall, creation of rear courtyard, installation of 3no air source heat pumps, alterations to fenestration, reinstatement of canopy to front elevation and erection of bin and cycle stores following demolition of outbuilding
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CON/TH/25/1053 Granted
38 - 40 Grosvenor Place Margate Kent CT9 1UW
Application for approval of Condition 3 (Foul/Surface Water Drainage) attached to Planning Permission F/TH/25/0626 for the change of use from office use (Use Class E) to short-term residential support centre (Sui Generis) providing 8no. bedrooms, shared kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities, management office, replacement windows, doors and external alterations, with supporting landscaping and infrastructure
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Feb 2026
Received by Thanet
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26 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Grant Permission
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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F/TH/26/0020 Granted
Kent Probation Service 38 - 40 Grosvenor Place Margate Kent CT9 1UW
Variation of condition 2 and removal of condition 5 of planning permission F/TH/25/0626 for the 'Change of use from office use (Use Class E) to short-term residential support centre (Sui Generis) providing 8no. bedrooms, shared kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities, management office, replacement windows, doors and external alterations, with supporting landscaping and infrastructure.' to allow erection of external ramp and staircases to front following removal of approved platform lift.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Thanet granted permission on 1 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About condition discharge and variation applications
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