St Augustines Cross - Appeal Inquiry

Site Address: Land Adjacent St Augustines Cross And North And South Of Cottington Road, Cliffsend, Kent, CT12 5LJ

Description of development: Outline application (with all matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale), except access) for the erection of up to 200 dwellings (Class C3) with car parking and all ancillary enabling works including associated highway, drainage and landscape works.

Application reference: OL/TH/24/1473

Appellant’s name: Richborough

Appeal reference: APP/Z2260/W/25/3368475

An appeal has been made to the Secretary of State against the decision of Thanet District Council to refuse planning permission for the development.

The appeal will be determined on the basis of an inquiry. The procedure to be followed is set out in the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiry Procedure) (England) Rules 2000, as amended.

Arrangements for the inquiry have now been finalised by the Planning Inspectorate. The Inspector appointed to decide the appeal is B Webb BA(Hons) MA MA MSc PGDip(UD) MRTPI IHBC.

The inquiry will open as an in-person event to be held at Thanet District Council, Council Chamber at 10.00am on Wednesday 5th November 2025. The inquiry is to be held predominantly as an in-person event, with one day as a virtual event anticipated to run from approximately 10:00-17:00. It is currently scheduled for 8 sitting days spread out over a 4 week period as detailed below:

Week 1 - In-Person event - Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th November 2025 (2 Days) (Venue: Council Chamber)

Week 2 - In-Person event - Tuesday 11th to Thursday 13th November 2025 (3 Days) (Venue: Council Chamber on 11th and 12th and Austen Room on 13th)

Reception: 01843 577000 Web: thanet.gov.uk/planning Facebook: @ThanetDistrictCouncil Instagram: @OfficialThanetCouncil Head office: Cecil St, Margate, CT9 1XZ

Week 3 - No events scheduled

Week 4 - Virtual event - Monday 24th November 2025 (1 Virtual day + 2 Reserve Days)

In-Person event - Tuesday 25th to Wednesday 26th November 2025* (Venue: Austen Room on 25th and Council Chamber on 26th)

*Please note: The in-person event days in week 4 are reserve days and are subject to change, these dates will be confirmed during the Inquiry proceedings.

Members of the public may attend the inquiry for both the in person event and the virtual event and, at the Inspector’s discretion, express their views. For further information regarding the facilities available for people with disabilities at the Council offices, please contact Mrs Dobson via email: [email protected] or alternatively you can telephone 07775 544637.

The deadline for making representations in relation to the appeal has now passed. Therefore there is no further opportunity for interested parties to comment at this stage of the appeal process.

Documents relating to the appeal can be viewed on the council website; https://planning.thanet.gov.uk/online-applications/, search via the ‘applications’ tab, by using the reference OL/TH/24/1473, or virtually at the council offices by prior arrangement.

When made, the decision will be published online at https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk

Contact point at the Planning Inspectorate: Robert Wordsworth - Tel 0303 444 5608 - Email [email protected]    Planning Inspectorate Reference: APP/Z2260/W/25/3368475

In relation to the virtual event on Monday 24th November 2025, it will be held using Google Meet, the meeting room will be open and available to join from 9:30am onwards. To attend the public inquiry’s virtual event please follow the instructions below:                              1. Please use Google Chrome to access the meeting where possible. You do not need a Gmail account to join the meeting.                      2. Please find below the link to join the meeting using Google Meet if joining from a computer. This can be pasted into your browser or selected in this document (If you are joining from a mobile phone, click the link and you will be prompted to install the Google Meet app if you do not have it already).    meet.google.com/has-oxot-dwu                                                                                                                     3. You should join the meeting 15-30 minutes before the start time above to ensure that you are admitted before the Inspector joins.        4. If you haven't used Meet before, it may ask for permission to access your camera and microphone (you should click Allow at this stage).                                                                                                                                                                                                           5. You will be asked to type in your name - please do not use your email address as this will be visible to everyone in the meeting.           6. Then click 'Ask to join' or 'Join' to access the meeting.                                                                                                                               7. To limit background noise, participants are asked to mute their microphones when they are not speaking.                                               8. Please do not speak unless you are invited to by the Inspector. The preferred way of indicating that you wish to speak is through the ‘raised hand’ button within Google Meet.

Further support information is https://support.google.com/meet#topic=7306097 available here for any issues: If you are not the owner of the property you occupy, would you please pass this letter on to your landlord or their agent. I hope the above is of assistance to you, if you have any further questions regarding this letter, please do not hesitate to contact the planning department via [email protected].