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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 11 Feb 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 & 7 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, CT20 1EA
Received 26 Oct 2020138 Wear Bay Road, Folkestone, CT19 6PY, CT19 6PZ
Received 26 Oct 20203 Cannongate Gardens, Hythe, CT21 5PU
Received 26 Oct 2020Lollipops, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8HT
Received 26 Oct 202021 Queens Rd, Littlestone, New Romney, TN28 8LS
Received 26 Oct 2020Land Adjoining Ingles Manor, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2RD
Received 27 Oct 202088 The Parade, Greatstone, TN28 8RE
Received 27 Oct 2020Land and buildings adjoining Mercer Farm, Stowting Hill, Stowting, TN25 6BE.
Received 28 Oct 2020Blue Dolphins, Dymchurch Road, New Romney, TN28 8BE
Received 28 Oct 202045, Castle Road, Hythe, CT21 5HN
Received 28 Oct 20206 Westbourne Court, Folkestone, CT20 3FD
Received 27 Oct 2020Dapple Grey, Collards Lane, Elham, CT4 6UF
Received 28 Oct 2020102 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5QN
Received 27 Oct 2020The Folkestone School For Girls, Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3RB
Received 27 Oct 20208, Castle Avenue, Hythe, CT21 5HD
Received 28 Oct 2020Shepway Lympne Hill Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4NX
Received 29 Oct 202011 Lennard Rd, Folkestone, CT20 1PD
Received 29 Oct 202014, Hillcrest Road, Hythe, CT21 5EU
Received 29 Oct 202017 Eversley Park, Folkestone CT20 3FE
Received 29 Oct 202017 Downs Road, Folkestone, CT19 5PJ
Received 29 Oct 202014 Langdon Road, Folkestone, CT19 4HX
Received 28 Oct 20201 Radnor Park Road, Folkestone, CT19 5BW
Received 30 Oct 202081-83, Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2AF
Received 30 Oct 2020Red Cow,138 Foord Rd, Folkestone, CT19 5AB
Received 30 Oct 2020Records 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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