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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 21 Dec 2009 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 The Meade, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7NJ
Received 2 Mar 2021Highfields, Scots Lane, Stowting, Ashford, TN25 6AX
Received 3 Mar 202153 Blenheim Road, Littlestone, New Romney, TN28 8PR
Received 3 Mar 2021141 Dover Road, Folkestone, CT20 1NS
Received 2 Mar 2021Gore Farm House, Six Mile, Mockbeggar, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6DW
Received 2 Mar 202146 Woodfield Close, Folkestone, CT19 4LW
Received 2 Mar 202155-57 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JR
Received 4 Mar 2021Foys, Dental Street, Hythe, CT21 5LH
Received 4 Mar 2021Turner Free School, Tile Kiln Lane, Folkestone, CT19 4PB
Received 4 Mar 2021Blue House, Blue House Lane, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4EN
Received 4 Mar 2021Oathill Barn, Aldington Road, Lympne, CT21 4LX
Received 5 Mar 202116 Pritchard Drive, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7QH
Received 4 Mar 202184 Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, CT19 4HH
Received 5 Mar 20213 Wilton Road, Folkestone, CT19 5HR
Received 5 Mar 202120 Brockhill Road, Hythe, CT21 4AE
Received 5 Mar 2021Cheltenham House, Boyke Lane, Ottinge, CT4 6XL
Received 5 Mar 202137 Wear Bay Road, Folkestone, CT19 6PY
Received 5 Mar 202157 Grimston Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2PZ
Received 8 Mar 2021The Old Rectory, Stowting Hill, Stowting, Ashford, TN25 6BE
Received 8 Mar 2021Old Hospital, The Row, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6UL
Received 8 Mar 202115 Hog Green, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6TU
Received 8 Mar 20211 Robins Close, Hythe, CT21 6QP
Received 8 Mar 2021Yoakes Court Farmyard, Ashford Road, Old Romney, Romney Marsh, TN29 0AJ
Received 5 Mar 2021Phase 2C Burgoyne North Shorncliffe Garrison, North Road, Folkestone, CT20 3EU
Received 8 Mar 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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