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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 29 May 2008 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Green Leas, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, CT18 8DF
Received 3 Sept 202114 Postling Road, Folkestone, CT19 4PH
Received 6 Sept 2021Bennington, Rectory Lane, Saltwood, CT21 4QA
Received 6 Sept 202129 Star Lane, Folkestone, CT19 4QH
Received 6 Sept 2021221 Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, CT19 4HW
Received 6 Sept 202124 Blackhouse Hill, Hythe, CT21 5UL
Received 6 Sept 20219 The Hyde, Dental Street, Hythe, CT21 5LJ
Received 6 Sept 202120 Orr Close, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7QT
Received 6 Sept 2021Mc Truck And Bus, Link Park, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4LR
Received 6 Sept 2021Bennington, Rectory Lane, Saltwood, CT21 4QA
Received 27 Aug 2021100 - 102 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BY
Received 6 Sept 202179 High Street, New Romney, TN28 8AZ
Received 6 Sept 202179 High Street, New Romney, TN28 8AZ
Received 6 Sept 2021Mulberry House, High Street, Brookland Romney Marsh, TN29 9QR
Received 7 Sept 2021Richardson Cottage, Richardson Court Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, TN25 6JD
Received 7 Sept 202173 Hythe Road, Dymchurch, TN29 0TJ
Received 7 Sept 2021The Cottage, Canterbury Road, Selsted, Dover, CT15 7HL
Received 7 Sept 202145A Broadfield Road, Folkestone, CT20 2JS
Received 8 Sept 2021The Grange, 30 Grange Road, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4QS
Received 8 Sept 2021Affa-Dales, Woodland Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8ET
Received 7 Sept 202136 Green Meadows, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0JS
Received 7 Sept 2021Tolsford Bank, Westfield Lane, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8BZ
Received 8 Sept 20216 Helena Villas, Hospital Hill, Hythe, CT21 5RU
Received 8 Sept 2021Hilltop Farm , Woodland Road, Lyminge, CT18 8DL
Received 8 Sept 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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