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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 2 Mar 2007 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Martins Field Ashford Road New Romney Kent
Received 17 Feb 202212A Densole Way, Densole, Folkestone, CT18 7BQ
Received 22 Feb 2022Athenree, Cliff Road, Hythe, CT21 5XW
Received 22 Feb 202234 The Street, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7DD
Received 22 Feb 2022209 Dover Road, Ground Floor Business Premises, Folkestone, CT19 6NH
Received 22 Feb 2022Cliff Lodge, Cliff Road, Hythe, CT21 5XW
Received 22 Feb 20224 Hillside Street, Hythe, CT21 5DL
Received 8 Feb 2022Redlynch House, 19 Hillcrest Road, Hythe, CT21 5EU
Received 23 Feb 2022Leeway, Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5QD
Received 23 Feb 202223 Sandgate High Street, SANDGATE, CT20 3AH
Received 23 Feb 20223 & 5 Trinity Road, Folkestone, CT20 2RQ
Received 23 Feb 2022West Park Farm North Retail Park, Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5FF
Received 24 Feb 2022Hythe Bay Fish Restaurant, Marine Parade, Hythe, CT21 6AW
Received 24 Feb 20222 The Sandlings, School Road, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4PL
Received 24 Feb 2022The Elms, Gibbons Brook, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6HH
Received 21 Feb 2022Cinque Ports Place, 68 High Street, New Romney, TN28 8AT
Received 21 Feb 2022Homestead, Bossingham Road, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6AG
Received 24 Feb 2022Wenvoe House, 88 Dymchurch Road, St Marys Bay, Romney Marsh, TN29 0QR
Received 24 Feb 2022Clyme House, Hillside Street, Hythe, CT21 5DJ
Received 22 Feb 202212 Nightingale Avenue, Hythe, CT21 6QX
Received 23 Feb 202216 Highridge, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5TE
Received 25 Feb 2022360 Cheriton Road, Kent, Folkestone, CT19 4DX
Received 25 Feb 202227 Kilndown Place, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6EZ
Received 25 Feb 2022Building adjoining 44-46 High Street, Dymchurch
Received 25 Feb 2022Records 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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