MANSTON AIRPORT Manston Road, East, Manston, Kent Data via plota.co.uk

F/TH/25/1367 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Temporary change of use of part of airport (Sui Generis) to a weekly market for five years. Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.

View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Sept 2026, 07:32

Application progress

✓

Received

18 Dec 2025

✓

Validated

6 Jan 2026

✓

Consultation

9 Mar 2026

✓

Approved

24 Mar 2026

Approved on 24 Mar 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Thanet Planning Committee on 18 Mar 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the temporary market would cause no significant identified harm and would be an acceptable departure from airport policy.
No neighbour responses were received, while highways and environmental health raised no objection subject to conditions.
The committee approved the officer recommendation, subject to conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public representations, speaker, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

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

Documents 9

Site constraints 3

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

National infrastructure project: Manston Airport

The site is inside the project boundary. Airport, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Sea Link (awaiting the Secretary of State's decision, about 1836 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 ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Minster (Thanet) built-up area.

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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Thanet - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Other new applications on this street

27 Oct 2026Pending

FORMER CAR STORAGE SITE Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6UA

Application for approval to discharge Condition 17 (Landscaping Management Plan)...

CON/TH/26/1100

Important details

Council: Thanet
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: CT12 5FF
Received: 18 Dec 2025
Validated: 6 Jan 2026
Ward: Thanet Villages
Parish: Minster Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Decision: Grant Permission
Decision date: 24 Mar 2026
Decision level: Planning Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Tony Michael Consulting

How this decision compares

Decided in 77 days from validation, about the council's usual 75 days. Approved, as 96% of changes of use here are.

This one77d

Council75d

UK56d

31%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

16%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 8 Jan 2026
Consultation: 9 Mar 2026
Comments by: 16 Mar 2026
Committee: 18 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Withdrawn

Manston Airport Manston Road Manston RAMSGATE Kent

Comprehensive redevelopment of the site involving the demolition of existing buildings an…

OL/TH/18/0660 10 Jul 2019

2018 Withdrawn

Manston Airport Manston Road Manston RAMSGATE Kent

Comprehensive redevelopment of the site involving the demolition of existing buildings an…

OL/TH/18/0660 10 Jul 2019

Thanet

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#175 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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