Southern Water, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SITE Jutes Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 5FH Data via plota.co.uk

CON/TH/26/0612 - Conditions Pending Consideration

Proposal

Application for approval of Conditions 3 (Construction Environment Management Plan), 4 (Habitat Protection Plan and Species Protection Plans), 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement and Management Plan), 6 (Archaeology), 7 (Construction Management Plan), 9 (Water Crossings Across The Minster Stream), 10 (Sustainable Surface Water Drainage Scheme), 12 (Construction Surface Water and Groundwater Management Plan) and 17 (Lighting Strategy) attached to Planning Permission for the variation of condition 2 and 19 of planning permission for the "Installation of a grid stability facility consisting of synchronous compensators and associated electrical infrastructure, underground cabling, access tracks, drainage, and ancillary infrastructure" to allow alterations to site layout, size of amenity and GIS buildings, cable routes and erection of portable relay room cabins and gas insulated electrical equipment Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
8 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
17 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 3 Aug 2026.

The consultation period closed on 8 Jul 2026.

Documents 28

Consultation & comments 7

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF COVERING LETTER Representation/Response · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

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    Conditions variation sought for ,

    • Variationarchive

      Conditions details submitted for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 19

      • ConditionsApplication for approval of Conditions 3 (Construction Environment Management Plan), 4…This applicationCON/TH/26/0612

Site constraints 7

Article 4 direction
Birchington & Rural ED. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a, surveyed
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2; the survey is the definitive reading.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Survey report ↗
National infrastructure project 130 m away: Sea Link
The site is 130 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, awaiting the Secretary of State's decision. Also within 2 km: Richborough Connection Project (decided, 546 m); Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm (decided, 577 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 395 m away: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Thanet
Application type
Conditions
Postcode
CT12 5FH
Received
5 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
Thanet Villages
Parish
Minster Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Aardvark EM Limited

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
17 Jun 2026
Comments by
8 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Thanet
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#175 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Thanet ranks #171 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Thanet decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #103 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #122 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #171 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #196 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
50 decided
751
Total decisions
67 refused in the year to March 2026