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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Folkestone and Hythe Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Dec 2009 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Acrise House, Oak Hill, Acrise, Folkestone, CT18 8JX
Received 6 Jul 2021St Martins Church, Horn Street, Folkestone, CT20 3JJ
Received 6 Jul 20214 Mill Lane, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7BY
Received 5 Jul 2021Acrise House, Oak Hill, Acrise, Folkestone, CT18 8JX
Received 6 Jul 202191 Harcourt Road, Folkestone, CT19 4AE
Received 6 Jul 2021Cheriton Parc House, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, CT18 8AN
Received 6 Jul 2021Weston Villa, 47 Radnor Cliff, Folkestone, CT20 2JL
Received 7 Jul 202147 Gray Close, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7PD
Received 7 Jul 2021Duck Pond Farm, (Previously Selsted Farmyard) Stockham Lane, Selsted, Kent, CT15 7QG
Received 7 Jul 202162 Brockhill Road, Hythe, CT21 4AG
Received 8 Jul 2021Court Farm, Lymbridge Green, Stowting Common, TN25 6BJ
Received 7 Jul 2021Pemberton Court, Hospital Hill, Hythe, CT21 5RP
Received 7 Jul 202115 Moncrieff Gardens, Hythe, CT21 6FJ
Received 8 Jul 20213 Tanners Hill, Hythe, CT21 5UE
Received 8 Jul 2021Baytree Cottage, Swan Lane, Sellindge, Ashford, TN25 6EB
Received 8 Jul 2021Cullings Farm, Boyke Lane, Ottinge, CT4 6XL
Received 8 Jul 2021Brockman Family Centre, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone CT18 8AN
Received 9 Jul 202139 Rolfe Lane, New Romney, TN28 8JP
Received 8 Jul 20211 Tower Gardens, Hythe, CT21 6DG
Received 8 Jul 202119 Woodlands Drive, Hythe, CT21 5TG
Received 8 Jul 2021Flat 4, 72 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, CT20 1EG
Received 9 Jul 2021St Ouen, The Street, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8AU
Received 9 Jul 2021Land Opposite Old Mill Cottage, Aldington Road, Lympne, Kent
Received 9 Jul 2021Ross House, Ross Way, Folkestone, CT20 3UJ
Received 9 Jul 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Folkestone and Hythe Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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