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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 3 Apr 2004 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Folkestone School For Girls, Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3RB
Received 22 Jul 202233 Nursery Fields, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4DL
Received 22 Jul 202256 Eastfields, Folkestone, CT19 5RU
Received 22 Jul 2022Folkestone Sports Centre, Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, CT19 5HX
Received 22 Jul 2022Ellington, Brady Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8EU
Received 18 Jul 2022117A High Street, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0NP
Received 22 Jul 2022Seapoint Canoe Centre, Princes Parade, Hythe, CT21 5ZY
Received 22 Jul 2022Quarterdeck, Hillside, Sandgate, CT20 3DB
Received 22 Jul 2022Building Adjoining Hope Barn, Hope Farm, Ashford Road, New Romney, TN28 8TH
Received 19 Jul 2022Tesco Stores Ltd, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, CT19 4QJ
Received 25 Jul 2022Tolsford Bank, Westfield Lane, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8BZ
Received 25 Jul 20228 Barracks Close, Folkestone, CT20 3FF
Received 25 Jul 2022High Point, Cannon Street, New Romney, TN28 8BJ
Received 20 Jul 2022Tesco Stores Ltd, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, CT19 4QJ
Received 25 Jul 2022Land At Pent Farm, Postling, CT21 4EY
Received 12 Jul 202217 Montgomery Way, Folkestone, CT19 6LL
Received 25 Jul 2022Land Rear Broad Street House, Broad Street, Lyminge
Received 25 Jul 2022Glenthorne, Dungeness Road, Dungeness, Romney Marsh, TN29 9ND
Received 25 Jul 20229 Linksway, Folkestone, CT19 5LW
Received 14 Jul 2022Bay Tree House, The Street, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4LQ
Received 18 Jul 2022151 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5RB
Received 25 Jul 2022Sycamore Fall, Woodland Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8DR
Received 25 Jul 2022Rhee Wall House, Station Road, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2DQ
Received 26 Jul 2022Flat 4, 10 Trinity Crescent, Folkestone, CT20 2ET
Received 26 Jul 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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