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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wild Refuge, St Marys Road, St Mary in the Marsh, Romney Marsh, TN29 0BT
Received 2 Dec 2020Magpie Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT
Received 3 Dec 202019 Meehan Road, Greatstone, New Romney, TN28 8SQ
Received 3 Dec 202022-24 Christ Church Road, Folkestone, CT20 2SL
Received 4 Dec 202022-24 Christ Church Road, Folkestone, CT20 2SL
Received 4 Dec 202014 Twiss Avenue, Hythe, CT21 5NU
Received 3 Dec 2020119 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5JJ
Received 3 Dec 2020119 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5JJ
Received 3 Dec 2020White Inch, Madeira Road, Littlestone, New Romney, TN28 8QS
Received 3 Dec 2020Elham Valley Holiday Park, Canterbury Road, Wingmore, CT4 6LP
Received 4 Dec 2020Windlass Cottage, Cullings Hill, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6TE
Received 4 Dec 20206 Whitehall Way, Sellindge, Ashford, TN25 6ET
Received 7 Dec 2020The Ferns, Station Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9ED
Received 7 Dec 2020Flat 1, 27 Westbourne Gardens, Folkestone, CT20 2HY
Received 7 Dec 2020Upper Park Gate Farm, Elham Park, Elham, CT4 6NE
Received 4 Dec 2020Windlass Cottage, Cullings Hill, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6TE
Received 4 Dec 202051 Station Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9ED
Received 7 Dec 2020Priory Cottage, Oak Walk, Hythe, CT21 5DN
Received 4 Dec 2020Sycamore Cottage, land adjacent to farm buildings at Parsonage Farm, Arpinge, Folkestone, CT18 8AG
Received 8 Dec 2020Land Adjacent To The Surgery, Selindge, Phase 2 Development, Main Road, Sellindge
Received 7 Dec 2020Land Rear Plot 15, Collins Road, New Romney
Received 8 Dec 2020Newbarn Farm, Eastbridge Road, Burmarsh, Romney Marsh, TN29 0HY
Received 8 Dec 2020The Willows, Cliff Road, Hythe, CT21 5XQ
Received 7 Dec 2020Little Woodland Farm, Woodland Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8DP
Received 8 Dec 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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