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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
13 Sycamore Gardens, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0LA
Received 10 Jan 20221A Queensway, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0NB
Received 10 Jan 202221 Julian Road, Folkestone, CT19 5HW
Received 10 Jan 2022Goose Farm, Chittenden Lane, St Mary In The Marsh, TN29 0DF
Received 10 Jan 2022Pensand House, South Road, Hythe, CT21 6HH
Received 10 Jan 2022Land Adjacent to Marina Car Park, Lower Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2DR
Received 10 Jan 2022Hawkinge House, Hurricane Way, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7SS
Received 10 Jan 2022Broad Street House, Broad Street, Lyminge, CT18 8DZ
Received 10 Jan 2022Shorncliffe Garrison, The Nursery, North Road, Folkestone
Received 10 Jan 2022F51 Sports Park, Tontine Street, CT20 1JU
Received 10 Jan 2022The Shrubbery, Five Vents Lane, Old Romney, Romney Marsh, TN29 0HP
Received 10 Jan 2022Norrard, 8 Godwyn Road, Folkestone, CT20 2LA
Received 11 Jan 2022Norrard, 8 Godwyn Road, Folkestone, CT20 2LA
Received 11 Jan 202215 Bybrook Field, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BQ
Received 11 Jan 202219 Mill Road, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, Dymchurch, TN29 0NY
Received 4 Jan 2022Land Adjacent to Unit 1 North Close Business Centre, North Close, Folkestone, CT20 3UH
Received 11 Jan 2022Land Rear Rhodes House, Main Road, Sellindge, Kent
Received 11 Jan 202219 Park Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6ET
Received 11 Jan 202218 Postling Road, Folkestone, CT19 4PH
Received 24 Dec 2021St Zita, High Street, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6SY
Received 12 Jan 2022Cherry Garden Lodge, (Formerly Cherry Garden Bungalow) Bossingham Road, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6BB
Received 4 Jan 2022Flat 2 , 78 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2PF
Received 12 Jan 2022Land Adjoining St Marys Hut, St Mary In The Marsh
Received 12 Jan 2022Sandwell House, The Oval, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0LR
Received 12 Jan 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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