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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Dorchester Suite, The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2LR
Received 22 Mar 2021Land adjacent Framlea, Rye Road, Brookland, Kent
Received 22 Mar 2021Land Rear 73 To 87 Cromwell Park Place, Folkestone, Kent
Received 23 Mar 202153 Princes Terrace, Dymchurch Road Hythe, CT21 6LY
Received 23 Mar 202110 Littlestone Road, Littlestone, New Romney, TN28 8LR
Received 23 Mar 2021Dorchester Suite, The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2LR
Received 22 Mar 2021Land East of Ashford Road, New Romney
Received 23 Mar 2021Tree Tops, Cannongate Road, Hythe, CT21 5PT
Received 23 Mar 2021Willow Tree Barn, Ashford Road, Ivychurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0AL
Received 24 Mar 2021Elm Lodge, 3A Jointon Road, Folkestone, CT20 2RF
Received 24 Mar 2021Pent Villa, The Street, Postling, Hythe, CT21 4EU
Received 24 Mar 20214 Postling Road, Folkestone, CT19 4PH
Received 23 Mar 20216 Redbrooks Way, Hythe, CT21 4DN
Received 23 Mar 202190 The Parade, Greatstone, New Romney, TN28 8RE
Received 24 Mar 202117, Beacon Way, Lympne, CT21 4LJ
Received 24 Mar 2021The Stables, Cowgate Lane, Hawkinge, CT18 7AR
Received 24 Mar 202129A Cricketers Close, Hawkinge, CT18 7NH
Received 24 Mar 2021Flat 3, White Walls, 10 Cannongate Road, Hythe, CT21 5PX
Received 24 Mar 202112 Woodcock Gardens, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7NE
Received 25 Mar 2021The Granary, Densole Lane, Densole, CT18 7BL
Received 25 Mar 2021Land and buildings adjoining Mercer Farm, Stowting Hill, Stowting, TN25 6BE.
Received 25 Mar 2021Rushes, St Marys Road, St Mary In The Marsh, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 0BT
Received 25 Mar 2021Channel Tunnel Terminal, Ashford Road, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8XX
Received 24 Mar 20219 The Oval, Dymchurch, TN29 0LR
Received 25 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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