Marina office building at Customs Shed West Crosswall, Ramsgate

“The proposed development is the erection of a single storey modular building together with replacement of the windows and entrance door to existing marina office building following removal of existing modular building.”

“The doors and windows to be replaced within the existing marina office building on the site would be constructed from painted timber to match the existing doors and windows.”

“Ramsgate Harbour is the only Royal harbour in the UK, sited within the Ramsgate Conservation Area, and contains numerous listed buildings and structures.”

“The site is located at the western end of the western crosswall and currently comprises a pitched roof office building, metal fuel tank, modular building and a parking and turning area.”

“L/TH/19/0674 - Application for Listed Building Consent for the installation of quayside railings. Refused 22 August 2019 Allowed at appeal 01 July 2020”

“L/TH/99/0513 - Application for listed building consent for erection of detached single storey amenity building and dock office. Granted 22 September 1999”

“The replacement of the doors and windows in the existing building is not considered to result in any significant harm.”

“The addition of a further building in this location will result in harm to the character and appearance of the area, through the provision of an additional modern structure and physical works to the crosswall. The resulting harm is considered to be limited and this proposal would allow for the ongoing use of the harbour. It is therefore considered that the harm is outweighed and this application should be approved.”

“KCC Highways - This development proposal does not meet the criteria to warrant involvement from the Highway Authority.”

“TDC Conservation Officer - Following an evaluation of the submitted documentation, it is clear that the proposals have incorporated the comments provided at the pre-application stage.”

“The proposed building would be located on four existing parking spaces. Two of these spaces would be relocated to the front of the building. Whilst this proposal would result in the loss of two existing parking spaces, given the location of the site and the available parking around the harbour. This proposal is not considered to result in any significant harm to highway safety.”

“Paragraph 173 of the National Planning Policy Framework requires a sequential risk based approach to be applied to development at risk of flooding. Given the use of the development it is considered that there are no sequentially preferable sites available and the exception test outlined in paragraph 177 is not required for less vulnerable development.”

“Councillor Rusiecki proposed and Councillor Paul Moore seconded that the officer recommendation to APPROVE be AGREED, Subject to the following conditions:”

“When put to the vote the motion was AGREED.”

“2 The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted drawings numbered P406_GA_0.00 P-00 and P406_GA_0.10 P-00 received 07 April, 2026 and P406_BP_0.01 P-01 received 08 April 2026.”