Planning Permission in Birchington

Birchington

Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It's a part of the Thanet district and part of the civil parish of Birchington. It is positioned on the coast facing the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary, in between the seaside resorts of Herne Bay and Margate. As a seaside resort, the village is a tourist and retirement destination. Minnis Bay, in the village is a family beach with attractions which include sailing, windsurfing, a paddling pool and coastal walking routes. Its three smaller beaches are surrounded by chalk cliffs, cliff stacks and caves. The village was initially recorded in 1240. Its parish church, All Saints', dates to the thirteenth century and its churchyard is the burial location of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Quex Park, a nearby nineteenth century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum as well as a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing. The museum consists of a considerable collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also boasts artifacts unearthed in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. In the 2011 census, the village had roughly 10,000 residents and around 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village has an economy primarily based around tourism, with a number of hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The industry of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1 per cent retail, 17.2% health and social work, 5.8 per cent manufacturing, 9.6% construction, 4.9 per cent transport and storage, and 4.3% hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from vacationers. For all your property improvements, be sure that you utilise reputable specialists in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure that you get a good quality service.