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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 27 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grand Suite The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2LR
Received 16 May 20221 Seaway Crescent, St Marys Bay, Romney Marsh, TN29 0RZ
Received 31 May 2022Butts Farmhouse, Pony Cart Lane, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6AU
Received 17 May 2022Tesco Car Park, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, CT19 4QJ
Received 31 May 2022Workshop Rear 31, St Winifred Road, Folkestone, CT19 4BW
Received 1 Jun 2022123 Downs Road, Folkestone, CT19 5PT
Received 1 Jun 2022Sontine, Hardy Road, Greatstone, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8SF
Received 24 May 20225 Eastern Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9EE
Received 1 Jun 2022Brooklands Cottage, Stone Hill, Sellindge, Ashford, TN25 6EJ
Received 1 Jun 2022Smugglers Notch, West Lawn Gardens, Sandgate, CT20 3DQ
Received 1 Jun 2022Beech House, Stone Street, Stanford, Ashford, TN25 6DF
Received 1 Jun 202240 Shepherds Walk, Hythe, CT21 6PS
Received 1 Jun 2022White Lodge, Cliff Road, Hythe, CT21 5XN
Received 1 Jun 2022The Barnfield, Brabourne Lane, Stowting Common, TN25 6BQ
Received 6 Jun 202218 Tontine Street CT20 1JU
Received 25 May 2022The Hostel, Wills Lane, Newchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0DT
Received 6 Jun 2022Sellindge Primary School, Main Road, Sellindge, TN25 6JY
Received 1 Jun 202219 Rampart Road, Hythe, CT21 5BG
Received 6 Jun 2022Former Rotunda Amusement Park, Marine Parade, Folkestone, CT20 2DR
Received 6 Jun 2022Folkestone Harbour, Eastern Apron, Approach Road, Folkestone, CT20 1QH
Received 6 Jun 202294 Harbour Way, Folkestone, CT20 1NB
Received 6 Jun 2022119 Harbour Way, Folkestone, CT20 1NB
Received 6 Jun 2022Kathleen Mews, The Old High Street, Folkestone, CT20 1RJ
Received 6 Jun 202217 High Street, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9AJ
Received 7 Jun 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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