38 Hawley Square, Margate, Kent, CT9 1PH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from education (Use Class F.1) to 1no 2-bed and 1no 3-bed self contained flats (Use Class C3) and theatre venue with bar (Sui Generis), together with erection of 1.8 metre high boundary treatment to rear, erection of glazed link to rear, erection of bin stores, and alterations to fenestration (part-retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 20 Nov 2025 · Delegated decision · Last checked 9 Nov 2026
Documents 65
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 6
Plans & drawings 41
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 7
Other documents 8
Site constraints 7
Show the other 48 with distances
- 6 m28-37, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 17 mGordon HouseGrade II
- 28 m39, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 43 m40, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 44 mThe White HouseGrade II
- 45 m43 and 44, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 54 m45 and 46, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 60 m9 and 11, Addington StreetGrade II
- 61 m7, Addington StreetGrade II
- 62 mArlington HouseGrade II
- 63 mListed buildings 1094630
- 64 m26 and 27, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 65 m13, Addington StreetGrade II
- 65 m3, Addington StreetGrade II
- 67 m13, St John's RoadGrade II
- 68 m1, Addington StreetGrade II
- 71 m51, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 71 mListed buildings 1351100
- 73 m24, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 78 m22 and 23, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 86 m20 and 21, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 92 mFormer Holy Trinity HallGrade II
- 94 m4, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 94 m5 and 6, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 95 mAdult Education Centre, formerly Thanet School of ArtGrade II
- 96 mFomer Methodist ChapelGrade II
- 102 m12, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 102 m19, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 106 m13, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 106 m18a, St John's RoadGrade II
- 109 m14, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 110 m6, St John's StreetGrade II
- 112 mCinema De LuxeGrade II
- 113 m101, High StreetGrade II
- 113 m15 and 16, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 113 m18, St John's RoadGrade II
- 116 m103-109, High StreetGrade II
- 118 m99, High StreetGrade II
- 120 m16a, Hawley SquareGrade II
- 121 m6, Cecil StreetGrade II
- 123 mTheatre RoyalGrade II*
- 127 m5, Cecil StreetGrade II
- 136 m2, Cecil StreetGrade II
- 141 m48-54, Grosvenor PlaceGrade II
- 144 m3, Charlotte SquareGrade II
- 146 m17-23, Union CrescentGrade II
- 146 m14-18, Addington StreetGrade II
- 147 m56-62, Grosvenor PlaceGrade II
Checked on 9 November 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £590,000 in December 2024. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Thanet
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- CT9 1PH
- Received
- 3 Apr 2025
- Validated
- 30 Apr 2025
- Ward
- Margate Central
- Parish
- No Civil Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Fabric Architecture
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 204 days from validation, 127 days slower than Thanet's median of 77 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Thanet in the last twelve months, from validation. Thanet decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 6 Oct 2025
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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