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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Tritton Gardens, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0NA
Received 30 Apr 2021Slaybrook Hall , Sandling Road, Sandling, CT21 4HG
Received 30 Apr 2021Former officers mess, Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone
Received 30 Apr 202156 The Parade, Greatstone, New Romney, TN28 8SU
Received 30 Apr 202127 Pay Street, Densole, Folkestone, CT18 7DN
Received 30 Apr 202181 Coast Drive, Greatstone, TN28 8NR
Received 30 Apr 2021Flat 6, 63 Earls Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2HA
Received 3 May 2021West Wedge, The Esplanade, Sandgate, Kent, CT20 3EA
Received 3 May 2021Longage Manor Farm, Longage Hill, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8HB
Received 3 May 20215 Tanners Hill Gardens, Hythe, England, CT21 5HY
Received 4 May 20211-44 Win Pine House, Lyell Close, Hythe, CT21 5JD
Received 4 May 2021Magenta, Palmarsh Crescent, Dymchurch Road, Hythe, CT21 6NX
Received 4 May 2021Slaybrook Hall , Sandling Road, Sandling, CT21 4HG
Received 30 Apr 2021Folkestone Harbour, Harbour Approach Road, Folkestone, CT20 1QH
Received 4 May 2021Land 250 North East of Longage Hill Farm Cottages, Lyminge
Received 4 May 20211 Rose Villas, Church Road, New Romney, TN28 8TU
Received 4 May 20216 Gough Road, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BE
Received 4 May 202134-36 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2TZ
Received 4 May 202176 Station Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9LJ
Received 4 May 2021Land adjoining Pine Cote, Hoad Road, Swingfield
Received 4 May 20218 Admiral Drive, Hythe, CT21 4AX
Received 4 May 2021Misling Cottage, Misling Lane, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6DE
Received 5 May 202116 Pritchard Drive, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7QH
Received 4 May 202135 Tanners Hill Gardens, Hythe, CT21 5HX
Received 4 May 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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