®Planning appeal decision
18 - 21 Marine Terrace, Margate, Kent, CT9 1XJ
Planning appeal 6001022 at 18 - 21 Marine Terrace, Margate, Kent, CT9 1XJ (Thanet District Council) was dismissed on 30 January 2026 by Inspector Glassar S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Margate Conservation Area.
the erection of 2 storey extension to facilitate change of use and conversion to 8no. 2 bed flats and 5no. 1 bed flats and parking, refuse storage and cycle storage to basement level together with replacement of existing windows and doors, creation of roof terr aces to front and rear elevations and insertion of new roller shutter door and double doors to basement rear elevation
- Authority
- Thanet District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Glassar S
- Postcode
- CT9 1XJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Margate Conservation Area
- the living conditions of future residents with particular regard to outside amenity space
- highway safety
- the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Area (SPA), and Sandwich Bay and Hacklinge Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the Margate Conservation Area's character and appearance, combined with inadequate amenity space for future residents and unsecured mitigation for the SPA/SSSI, could not be outweighed by the moderate housing benefits, particularly as the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
The less than substantial harm to the heritage asset and moderate harm to living conditions of future occupiers, together with the failure to secure mitigation for the SPA/SSSI, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of nine additional housing units, building upgrading, economic benefits and brownfield reuse, resulting in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP36Policy HE02Policy QD02Policy GI04Policy TP06Policy SP29
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 135Paragraph 212Paragraph 215
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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