{"id":659922,"date":"2026-06-26T20:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659922\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:02:16","slug":"former-nhs-clinic-in-margate-to-become-offices-for-isle-businesses-the-isle-of-thanet-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659922\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NHS clinic in Margate to become offices for isle businesses \u2013 The Isle of Thanet News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The College Road Clinic building Photo Frank Leppard<\/p>\n

A former NHS clinic in Margate will become offices for local businesses.<\/p>\n

The College Road Clinic sold for a currently undisclosed sum earlier this year. It was bought by Thanet businessman Dayne Gooding through his Prospects UK Property and Letting Management company.<\/p>\n

Mr Gooding, who also owns properties including the former Royal Oak building on Ramsgate harbour which now houses a number of hospitality outlets, says the aim is to retain the former NHS building and use it as offices.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo Frank Leppard<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt is in a prime location and there were people looking at it for development. I wanted to save it so bought the building and will make it into small offices, for start-up and other businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will retain the building and refurbish it so it won\u2019t be changing (the exterior) at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want people to know that it is not going to be flats. The building has been there maybe 100 years and has always been under the NHS (as a dentists or a form of clinic) so this is the first time the building has been in private ownership.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo Frank Leppard<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to tidy it up and make it look nice and it will become a commercial hub.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there is demand for that type of space in Margate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll be marketed in September and we have already had some interest, including for a photographic studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey could be for people that have been working from home and want office space but do not want to travel to a commercial unit, like at Manston.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo Frank Leppard<\/p>\n

\u201cThe site also has good parking and is in the centre of Margate. I think it is viable and it means we can look after the building for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Gooding, who will be basing his head office office at the site, says he will also be adding energy efficiencies, such as solar panels, which will keep costs down for tenants.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI\u2019m proud that I have bought the building. I used to walk past it every day on my way to school (at St Gregory\u2019s) and I think it is nice that people can relax and know that it isn\u2019t going to be residential and that we will preserve an attractive building.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo Frank Leppard<\/p>\n

The property does not need a change of use planning application as it falls within the class already granted for the site.<\/p>\n

A planning application will be submitted in due course for modest enhancements such as the solar panels, a small number of new entrance doors, and improved access arrangements including steps and railings.<\/p>\n

Prospects UK has been established for 15 years and can be found at: https:\/\/prospectsuk.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The College Road Clinic building Photo Frank Leppard A former NHS clinic in Margate will become offices for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}