South East

Thanet planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

61.5%

172nd of 297

1.2 points slower than England

Granted

93.3%

128th of 297

2.8 points higher than England

Extension of time

31.1%

147th of 297

1.2 points lower than England

Decisions (12 months)

283

Thanet decided 283 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 93.3%.

61.5% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (172nd of 297 for speed).

A further 31.1% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is up from 58.4% a year earlier.

How quickly decisions are made

Thanet against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	97.4%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	98.7%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	96.6%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	94.4%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	95.2%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	94.2%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	93.9%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	92.9%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	98.7%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	93.3%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	94.0%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	96.3%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	95.9%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	96.7%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	89.4%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	90.9%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	86.8%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	86.7%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	92.9%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	87.2%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	86.7%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	86.4%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	84.4%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	81.4%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	90.3%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	79.8%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	83.7%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	89.9%	0.0%	82.1%
2015 Q1	85.5%	0.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	74.0%	7.8%	80.6%
2015 Q3	56.4%	3.6%	79.2%
2015 Q4	61.5%	0.0%	80.0%
2016 Q1	74.2%	7.9%	78.3%
2016 Q2	76.7%	5.2%	79.8%
2016 Q3	75.6%	9.2%	77.7%
2016 Q4	76.5%	19.4%	78.0%
2017 Q1	77.9%	21.1%	77.3%
2017 Q2	77.5%	20.2%	78.5%
2017 Q3	81.3%	14.6%	76.1%
2017 Q4	80.2%	16.7%	77.1%
2018 Q1	70.2%	25.0%	73.7%
2018 Q2	78.3%	18.6%	74.0%
2018 Q3	77.3%	19.1%	72.7%
2018 Q4	78.6%	20.4%	72.7%
2019 Q1	76.3%	21.9%	69.9%
2019 Q2	86.3%	13.7%	72.1%
2019 Q3	77.3%	22.7%	69.6%
2019 Q4	71.6%	24.5%	71.5%
2020 Q1	82.5%	15.8%	68.4%
2020 Q2	44.3%	54.4%	63.9%
2020 Q3	42.0%	50.7%	63.8%
2020 Q4	67.9%	26.7%	65.3%
2021 Q1	73.1%	17.2%	59.4%
2021 Q2	62.8%	32.0%	58.4%
2021 Q3	67.7%	22.8%	53.1%
2021 Q4	60.0%	29.3%	53.0%
2022 Q1	56.3%	31.3%	51.6%
2022 Q2	59.9%	13.6%	56.0%
2022 Q3	62.2%	25.2%	53.3%
2022 Q4	59.3%	28.8%	54.1%
2023 Q1	59.6%	26.9%	53.5%
2023 Q2	67.0%	24.3%	58.5%
2023 Q3	78.6%	13.6%	59.0%
2023 Q4	66.7%	25.0%	59.8%
2024 Q1	37.9%	41.4%	58.8%
2024 Q2	61.6%	29.1%	64.4%
2024 Q3	53.7%	28.0%	64.2%
2024 Q4	56.3%	27.5%	65.6%
2025 Q1	56.7%	34.3%	62.1%
2025 Q2	65.0%	30.1%	65.0%
2025 Q3	65.4%	24.4%	62.5%
2025 Q4	57.8%	37.5%	64.7%
2026 Q1	55.7%	38.6%	60.6%
2026 Q2	66.2%	25.4%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Thanet against England

Thanet
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Thanet	England
2008 Q1	87.9%	85.1%
2008 Q2	82.3%	86.1%
2008 Q3	91.2%	86.3%
2008 Q4	87.0%	85.3%
2009 Q1	82.1%	85.9%
2009 Q2	88.4%	86.8%
2009 Q3	86.9%	87.4%
2009 Q4	83.7%	86.9%
2010 Q1	93.4%	87.0%
2010 Q2	90.0%	88.0%
2010 Q3	91.7%	87.7%
2010 Q4	95.1%	87.5%
2011 Q1	91.9%	87.9%
2011 Q2	96.7%	88.5%
2011 Q3	91.3%	88.3%
2011 Q4	94.8%	88.3%
2012 Q1	89.7%	88.2%
2012 Q2	86.7%	89.2%
2012 Q3	87.9%	89.0%
2012 Q4	93.6%	88.9%
2013 Q1	88.3%	89.8%
2013 Q2	92.6%	90.6%
2013 Q3	90.8%	90.3%
2013 Q4	94.3%	89.6%
2014 Q1	87.5%	89.8%
2014 Q2	95.5%	90.5%
2014 Q3	91.8%	90.0%
2014 Q4	93.9%	89.2%
2015 Q1	87.0%	89.3%
2015 Q2	98.7%	90.2%
2015 Q3	95.5%	90.0%
2015 Q4	92.3%	89.2%
2016 Q1	86.5%	90.0%
2016 Q2	88.8%	90.3%
2016 Q3	94.7%	90.2%
2016 Q4	90.8%	89.7%
2017 Q1	92.6%	89.9%
2017 Q2	94.6%	90.5%
2017 Q3	94.3%	90.0%
2017 Q4	91.7%	90.1%
2018 Q1	85.7%	90.5%
2018 Q2	89.9%	91.0%
2018 Q3	88.2%	91.2%
2018 Q4	88.8%	90.5%
2019 Q1	90.4%	90.3%
2019 Q2	91.1%	91.0%
2019 Q3	90.6%	90.6%
2019 Q4	87.3%	89.8%
2020 Q1	92.5%	89.9%
2020 Q2	91.1%	90.2%
2020 Q3	96.0%	90.6%
2020 Q4	85.5%	90.3%
2021 Q1	90.3%	90.9%
2021 Q2	93.6%	91.2%
2021 Q3	93.0%	91.0%
2021 Q4	84.3%	90.1%
2022 Q1	92.9%	90.0%
2022 Q2	89.1%	90.4%
2022 Q3	93.0%	89.8%
2022 Q4	93.2%	89.4%
2023 Q1	94.2%	89.3%
2023 Q2	96.1%	89.2%
2023 Q3	95.1%	88.6%
2023 Q4	91.7%	88.2%
2024 Q1	94.3%	88.2%
2024 Q2	95.3%	89.1%
2024 Q3	95.1%	89.4%
2024 Q4	85.0%	88.6%
2025 Q1	86.6%	89.3%
2025 Q2	96.1%	90.4%
2025 Q3	93.6%	90.1%
2025 Q4	93.8%	90.1%
2026 Q1	90.0%	90.6%
2026 Q2	95.8%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks61.5%
8 to 13 weeks6.4%
13 to 26 weeks0.4%
Over 26 weeks0.7%
Extension of time agreed31.1%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	174
8 to 13 weeks	18
13 to 26 weeks	1
Over 26 weeks	2
Extension of time agreed	88

Appeals

Decided: 2
Allowed: 0.0%
Median wait: 11 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

Thanet has published 27 conservation areas.
Thanet has published 5 Article 4 areas.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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