KIOSK King George Vi Memorial Park, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 8DE Data via plota.co.uk

F/TH/26/0006 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of polycarbonate canopy to front and retention of polycarbonate canopy to side (part retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Jan 2026
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Validated
5 Jan 2026
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Consultation
9 Mar 2026
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Approved
20 Mar 2026

Approved on 20 Mar 2026 · Planning Committee Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Thanet Planning Committee on 18 Mar 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the canopies would be modest, subordinate additions supporting the café and park’s recreational use.
  • No representations were received from neighbouring occupiers.
  • The committee agreed approval subject to two conditions, with 11 votes recorded.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, consultation response, conditions and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Thanet's committee minutes of 18 Mar 2026.

Site constraints 10

Article 4 direction
Ramsgate 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Special area of conservation 33 m away: Thanet Coast
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
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.
SSSI 33 m away: Thanet Coast SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
National infrastructure project 1511 m away: Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm; Conservation area 57 m away: Ramsgate Conservation Area; Ramsgate to Whitstable 30 m away; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; Priority habitat 33 m away: Maritime cliff and slope.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT11 8DE
Received
2 Jan 2026
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Sir Moses Montefiore
Parish
Ramsgate Civil Parish
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Mar 2026
Decision
Grant Permission
Decision date
20 Mar 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
E.K.Drawing Service Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 74 days from validation, 18 days slower than Thanet's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Thanet in the last twelve months, from validation. Thanet decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
13 Jan 2026
Consultation
9 Mar 2026
Comments by
16 Mar 2026
Committee
18 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Mar 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