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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2006 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT19 5HD
Received 6 May 2022Culver, 322 Dover Road, Folkestone, CT19 6PA
Received 9 May 20222 The Firs, West Hythe Road, West Hythe, Hythe, CT21 4NS
Received 9 May 202215 North Road, Hythe, CT21 5DS
Received 9 May 2022Seacroft, Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5QH
Received 10 May 202236 Enbrook Valley, Folkestone, CT20 3PT
Received 10 May 2022Basement Flat, 39 Augusta Gardens, Folkestone, CT20 2RT
Received 10 May 2022Land Adjoining 39 Victoria Road West, Littlestone, TN28 8ND
Received 10 May 2022Land Adjoining 39 Victoria Road West, Littlestone, TN28 8ND
Received 10 May 20224 Willow Close, Hythe, CT21 6PR
Received 10 May 202229 Wood Cottage Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4QG
Received 11 May 2022Bodium, 21B Castle Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5EZ
Received 11 May 2022Crossways, Madeira Road, Littlestone, New Romney, TN28 8QT
Received 5 May 2022Trentham, High Street, Elham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6TB
Received 11 May 2022Lathe Barn, Donkey Street, Burmarsh, Romney Marsh, TN29 0JN
Received 11 May 202212 Cobden Road, Hythe, Kent. CT21 6EY
Received 11 May 20227 Wych Elm Way, Hythe, CT21 6QE
Received 6 May 202231 Stade Street, Hythe, CT21 6DA
Received 6 May 2022Former Rotunda Amusement Park, Folkestone Seafront, Marine Parade, Folkestone
Received 12 May 2022Marina Car Park, Lower Sandgate Road, Folkestone
Received 12 May 2022Montreux, Bossingham Road, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6AG
Received 12 May 2022Tungsten Point, Spindle Close, Hawkinge, CT18 7TQ
Received 12 May 2022Former Officer's Mess, Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone
Received 12 May 2022156 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 3PD
Received 12 May 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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