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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ground Floor Business Premises, 11 Earls Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2HW
Received 12 Mar 20213 Cornwallis Avenue, Folkestone, CT19 5JA
Received 11 Mar 20212 New Road, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4QE
Received 11 Mar 2021Old Manor House, Hillside Street, Hythe, CT21 5DL
Received 11 Mar 202117 Priory Close, New Romney, TN28 8HH
Received 11 Mar 2021Gallium House, Spindle Close, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7TQ
Received 12 Mar 2021279 Dover Road, Folkestone, CT19 6NT
Received 12 Mar 2021159 Downs Road, Folkestone, CT19 5PU
Received 15 Mar 202111 Hasborough Road, Folkestone, CT19 6BD
Received 15 Mar 2021Quorndon Bartholomew Gardens, Bartholomew Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5BX
Received 15 Mar 20218 Radnor Bridge Road, Folkestone, CT20 1PA
Received 15 Mar 20218 Radnor Bridge Road, Folkestone, CT20 1PA
Received 15 Mar 2021Warren Hill, Skeete Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8DS
Received 15 Mar 202179, High Street, Petrol filling station, New Romney, TN28 8AZ
Received 15 Mar 2021Almarina, Taylor Road, Lydd On Sea, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9PA
Received 12 Mar 202116 The Meade, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7NJ
Received 15 Mar 2021Land Opposite 24, Station Road, Hythe CT21 5PW
Received 12 Mar 2021Shornclffe Garrision , Located to the north of North Road (B2063) and to the east of Pond Hill. Phase 1E of the Shorncliffe Garrision development , North Road , Folkestone
Received 15 Mar 2021North Road, Relating to Phase 1D within the Shorncliffe Garrison development, Folkestone
Received 15 Mar 20217A Kingsway, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0LY
Received 15 Mar 202113 Welson Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NW
Received 16 Mar 2021Oakwinton, Bossingham Road, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6DU
Received 16 Mar 20218 Radnor Cliff, Folkestone, CT20 2JN
Received 15 Mar 202129 Swan Green, Sellindge, Ashford, TN25 6EX
Received 15 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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