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Folkestone and Hythe Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Folkestone and Hythe Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates22,144Searchable applications
262Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 May 2008 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Making a planning pre-applicationConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions - Longage Hill
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas21 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Closed21/2194/FH/TCA
Works to trees in a Conservation area comprising of: Fell (T1) 1 Acer (Sycamore)
The Leas Club, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2AL
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Closed21/2195/FH
Erection of new first floor balcony and remodelling
28A North Road, Hythe, CT21 5DT
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Closed21/2196/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to Conditions 3 (Proposed Steel Work Scheme) and 10 (Detailed Plans of 'Bridge' Element) of Listed Building Consent 20/0563/FH (Listed building consent for the restoration of the Leas Pavilion, including external and internal alterations in connection with the use of the building for ancillary residential use (Class C3),and flexible use for community access/assembly and leisure (Class D2), together with the construction of a nine storey residential apartment block (5 full storeys, with setbacks to the upper four storeys) and associated cycle and refuse storage, landscaping, with parking provided to either side of the Leas Pavilion at half-basement and lower ground floor levels, accessed from Longford Terrace and Longford Way)
The Leas Club, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2DP
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Closed21/2197/FH
Replacement of existing timber outbuilding with a mobile shepherds hut
Oast House, Forge Hill, Acrise, Folkestone, CT18 8LJ
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Closed21/2200/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 7 (hard & soft landscaping), 12 (biodiversity) & 13 (construction method statement) of planning permission 20/0511/FH Construction of 2 new detached dwellings.
Land Adjoining 15, Naildown Road, Hythe, CT21 5SY
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2202/FH
The construction of a single detached dwelling re-submission of Y19/1081/FH
Land Opposite Willow Cottage, Cannongate Road, Hythe, CT21 5PT
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2205/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 5 (water efficiency) of planning permission 20/1654/FH (Erection of two storey dwelling)
Dapple Grey, Collards Lane, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6UF
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2207/FH
Overall crown reduction by 2 metres of one T1 Bay and T2 Holly Bush all subject to Tree Preservation Order No 03 of 1990.
Rear of 6 to 9 The Hyde, Dental Street, Hythe, CT21 5LJ
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2208/FH
Installation of 4no. gas risers and laterals to external elevations
Marlborough Court, 29 - 31 Earls Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2PN
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2209/FH
Change of use from commercial unit to residential dwelling.
104 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BY
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Closed21/2210/FH
Proposed two storey side and front extension together with front dormer window
21 Fairfield, Elham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6UT
Received 2 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2211/FH
Construction of a new timber enclosure to house a domestic oil tank, bin store and small log store.
Brenzett Place, Ivychurch Road, Brenzett, Romney Marsh, TN29 0EE
Received 2 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2212/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 6 (landscaping) of planning permission 20/0035/FH (Erection of detached dwelling within the garden)
Romney Hoy, Madeira Road, Littlestone, TN28 8QP
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2213/FH
Removal of two dying branches of Birch Tree covered by TPO No. 9 of 2007 and situated in a conservation area.
The Manor Office, 43 Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2RB
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2214/FH/TCA
Felling of Leylandii and Bay Tree situated in a conservation area.
St Margarets Nursing Home, 20 Twiss Avenue, Hythe, CT21 5NU
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2215/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to Conditions 4 (Water Calculations), 5 (Details of Landscaping) and 6 (Boundary Treatments) of Planning permission Y18/1376/FH (Erection of a two storey dwelling to be attached to no. 31 Carey Close)
31 Carey Close, New Romney, TN28 8XN
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2216/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to Conditions 4 (Landscaping & Boundary Treatments), 6 (cycle storage), 7 (refuse and recycle storage) and part of condition 8 (Archaeologist Brief) of Planning permission Y18/1477/FH (Erection of a two-storey attached dwelling and formation of a new access (resubmission of application Y16/0278/SH).
48 Marsh Crescent, New Romney, TN28 8JU
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2217/FH
Section 73 application for the variation of condition 2 (plans) for planning permission Y17/0170/SH (Conversion to 4 residential apartments together with associated internal and external works to include alterations to fenestration and the installation of 2 dormer windows to the southern elevation and installation of 1 dormer window to the eastern elevation, removal of single storey extensions and erection of a boundary wall to the northern elevation)
23 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Kent, CT20 3AH
Received 2 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2218/FH
7 metre overall crown reduction of a Beech (T1) subject to Tree Preservation Order No 13 of 2002
Terlingham Manor Farm, Gibraltar Lane, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7AE
Received 2 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2219/FH
Conversion to 3 residential apartments together with associated internal and external works to include alterations to fenestration and the installation of 3 dormer windows to the southern elevation.
23 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Kent, CT20 3AH
Received 2 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2223/FH
Demolition of existing side extension and erection of single storey front/side extension (including front porch). Demolition of existing garages and erection of new single storey garage to rear of garden.
Hillcroft, Longage Hill, Rhodes Minnis, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6XT
Received 3 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2224/FH
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of aluminium window frames with thermal glazing to the front, side and rear elevations.
Flat 3, The Manor House, 1 Earls Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2EX
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Closed21/2225/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 13 (Construction Method Statement) of planning permission 20/0511/FH (Construction of 2 new detached dwellings)
Naildown Road & Naildown Close, Hythe, CT21 5SY
Received 4 Nov 2021 - Closed21/2226/FH/TCA
Works to trees situated in a Conservation area comprising of overall crown reduction by 3 metres of a Whitebeam (T1)
Church Walk, Pound Lane, Elham, Kent, CT4 6UA
Received 4 Nov 2021
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What these statistics cover
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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