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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land and building adjoining Mercer Farm, Stowting Hill, Stowting, TN25 6BE
Received 10 May 2021Officers Mess Phase 2A, Pond Hill Road, Folkestone, CT20 3EU
Received 10 May 2021Officers Mess - Phase 2A, Pond Hill Road, Folkestone, CT20 3EU
Received 10 May 2021Llanberis, Hillside Street, Hythe, CT21 5EN
Received 10 May 2021Clarehaven, Stone Street, Westenhanger, Hythe, CT21 4HT
Received 10 May 2021Land adjacent 2 Church Road, New Romney, TN28 8TY
Received 11 May 202119 Milestone Close, Folkestone, CT19 5TE
Received 11 May 202198 Downs Road, Folkestone, CT19 5PT
Received 10 May 202112 Teelin Close, St Marys Bay, Romney Marsh, TN29 0SE
Received 10 May 2021Coach Depot, King Street, Brenzett
Received 10 May 202194 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7BN
Received 10 May 2021School Farm, School Farm, St Mary in the Marsh, Romney Marsh, TN29 0DG
Received 10 May 202116 Station Road, Hythe, CT21 5PW
Received 11 May 2021Ivy Cottage, Stone Street, Stanford, TN25 6DN
Received 11 May 2021Flat 2, 17 Ingles Road, Folkestone, CT20 2SN
Received 11 May 2021155 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3DA
Received 11 May 20211 Crofters Close, Hythe, CT21 6QB
Received 12 May 2021The Grange, 30 Grange Road, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4QS
Received 12 May 2021Cliffe House, Radnor Cliff, Folkestone, CT20 2TY
Received 11 May 2021Brattle House, King Street, Brookland, Romney Marsh, TN29 9RJ
Received 12 May 2021Jacques Court Barn, Romney Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9LW
Received 12 May 2021Flisher Energy, Fernfield Lane, Hawkinge, Kent CT18 7AP
Received 11 May 2021Garages, Wear Bay Crescent, Folkestone, CT19 6AX
Received 12 May 2021Collette, Mill Road, Hythe, CT21 5LP
Received 12 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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