THE LOOKOUT The Harbour, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1EU Data via plota.co.uk
F/TH/25/1285 - Full Planning Permission
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Proposal
Change of use from fisherman store to retail use (use class E(a)) Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
27 Nov 2025
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Validated
7 Jan 2026
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Consultation
13 Jan 2026
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Approved
5 Mar 2026
Approved on 5 Mar 2026 · Delegated Planning Officer · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 5
Other documents 1
Site constraints 12
40 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Broadstairs Entertainment Department Office York Gate House, Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 40 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 40 with distances
- 8 mBroadstairs Entertainment Department Office York Gate HouseGrade II
- 12 mThe York GateGrade II
- 15 mWall to the North East of Flint HouseGrade II
- 21 mFlint Wall Between Flint House and No 27 Harbour StreetGrade II
- 30 mWindsor CinemaGrade II
- 31 mThe Tartar Frigate Public HouseGrade II
- 42 mFlint HouseGrade II
- 44 mArchway HouseGrade II
- 47 mAdmiralty CottageGrade II
- 51 m17, Harbour StreetGrade II
- 55 mK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Harbour OfficeGrade II
- 56 m15, Harbour StreetGrade II
- 56 mThe Look Out House and Stores, the PierGrade II
- 60 mCliff EdgeGrade II
- 60 mLawn CottageGrade II
- 60 mBleak HouseGrade II
- 63 m2 and 2a, Eldon PlaceGrade II
- 66 mThe Old Curiosity ShopGrade II
- 66 m1, Eldon PlaceGrade II
- 68 mThe ProspectGrade II
- 71 m7, Union SquareGrade II
- 76 m9, the ParadeGrade II
- 77 m1 and 2, Union SquareGrade II
- 78 m5 and 6, Union SquareGrade II
- 80 mNeptune Hall Public HouseGrade II
- 86 m48 and 50, Albion StreetGrade II
- 88 m3 and 4, Union SquareGrade II
- 89 mSt Mary's ChapelGrade II
- 95 m6, 7 and 8, Church SquareGrade II
- 98 mBarfield HouseGrade II
- 100 m3-5, Church SquareGrade II
- 106 mWash-HousesGrade II
- 108 mNumber 1 Church Road and Numbers 1 and 2 Church SquareGrade II
- 109 mFort CottagesGrade II
- 123 m26, Albion StreetGrade II
- 127 m24, Albion StreetGrade II
- 130 m22, Albion StreetGrade II
- 131 mHoly Trinity ChurchGrade II
- 132 m20, Albion StreetGrade II
- 135 m16 and 18, Albion StreetGrade II
Broadstairs Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Article 4 direction
Broadstairs 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.
Ramsgate to Whitstable about 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Special area of conservation about 54 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.
Public footpath about 20 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
SSSI about 54 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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Flood defence about 19 m from the postcode pin (beach); Inside the Broadstairs built-up area; Priority habitat about 44 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 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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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How this decision compares
Decided in 57 days from validation, 16 days faster than Thanet's median of 73 for changes of use. Approved, as 96% of changes of use here are.
This one57d
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32%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
14%go to committee
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Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 13 Jan 2026
- Consultation
- 13 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 3 Feb 2026
- Site or press notice
- 23 Jan 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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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.
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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
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