FORMER CAR STORAGE SITE Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6UA Data via plota.co.uk

F/TH/25/0556 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of a single storey retail unit (Class E(a)) with associated parking, access and landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

14 May 2025

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Validated

20 Jun 2025

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Committee

20 May 2026

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Approved

3 Jun 2026

Approved on 3 Jun 2026 · Planning Committee Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Thanet Planning Committee on 20 May 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval after securing reptile mitigation funding, citing acceptable retail, housing, design, highway and environmental impacts.
The committee agreed to defer and delegate approval, subject to the legal agreement and conditions, by six votes to five.

Read how the committee decided The proposed store, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Thanet's committee minutes of 20 May 2026.

Documents 382

Decision & officer reports 5

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT - ANNEX 2 Report/Statement · 22 May 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT - ANNEX 1 Report/Statement · 22 May 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Report/Statement · 22 May 2026 View ↗ PDF RSA DECISIONS LOG Report/Statement · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 32

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 12 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF RAMSGATE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY Supporting/Supplementary Info · 11 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Supporting/Supplementary Info · 11 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE STRATEGY Supporting/Supplementary Info · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF PLANNING AND RETAIL STATEMENT Report/Statement · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF BNG METRIC Report/Statement · 5 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF LIGHTING IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report/Statement · 26 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 26 May 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Forms/Certificates · 5 Jun 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 312

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 28 May 2026 View ↗

PDF OBJECTION LETTER General Correspondence · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF OBJECTION Representation/Response · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPORTS Representation/Response · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 20 Jan 2026 View ↗

PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF AGENT RESPONSE General Correspondence · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗

PDF OBJECTION Representation/Response · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGNERS RESPONSE TO STAGE 1 RSA Supporting/Supplementary Info · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 4 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 4 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 4 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 3 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 30 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 30 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF OBJECTION Representation/Response · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 12 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF RESPONSE TO KCC CONSULTATION COMMENTS Supporting/Supplementary Info · 11 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 11 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 10 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 10 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 10 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 10 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 10 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORT Representation/Response · 8 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representation/Response · 17 Jul 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 2

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.

Agricultural land, grade 2

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 26 September 2026. 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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Important details

Council: Thanet
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: CT12 6UA
Received: 14 May 2025
Validated: 20 Jun 2025
Ward: Newington
Parish: Ramsgate Civil Parish
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 May 2026
Decision: Grant Permission
Decision date: 3 Jun 2026
Decision level: Planning Committee Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 348 days from validation, 255 days slower than Thanet's median of 93 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 100% of commercial and major works here are.

This one348d

Council93d

UK57d

23%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

30%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Thanet in the last twelve months, from validation. Thanet decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Committee: 20 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 5 Jun 2026

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

FORMER CAR STORAGE SITE Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6UA Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 382

Decision & officer reports 5

Statements & assessments 32

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 312

Other documents 10

Site constraints 2

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Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates