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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.
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cross Trees, North Road, Hythe, CT21 4AS
Received 3 Aug 2022Ross House, Ross Way, Folkestone, CT20 3UJ
Received 4 Aug 2022Flisher Energy, Fernfield Lane, Hawkinge, CT18 7AP
Received 3 Aug 202243-45 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 1RZ
Received 4 Aug 2022Paydens Ltd , 31 - 33 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5AD
Received 5 Aug 2022Paydens Ltd , 31 - 33 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5AD
Received 5 Aug 202222 Wear Bay Crescent, Folkestone, CT19 6AX
Received 5 Aug 2022Butts Farmhouse, Pony Cart Lane, Stelling Minnis, CT4 6AU
Received 5 Aug 2022Butts Farmhouse, Pony Cart Lane, Stelling Minnis, CT4 6AU
Received 5 Aug 2022Land Opposite Century House, Park Farm Road, Folkestone, (Former Silver Springs site)
Received 5 Aug 202235 Dymchurch Road, St Marys Bay, Romney Marsh, TN29 0HF
Received 5 Aug 202250 Sycamore Close, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9LG
Received 8 Aug 2022Gibraltar Farm, Gibraltar Lane, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7AE
Received 8 Aug 2022Longacre, Stone Street, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6DD
Received 8 Aug 2022Netherstone, Madeira Road, Littlestone, New Romney, TN28 8QT
Received 8 Aug 2022The Nook, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Received 8 Aug 202245 Phillip Road, Folkestone, CT19 4PZ
Received 8 Aug 2022Lisheen, The Undercliff, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3AT
Received 8 Aug 20222 Upton Close, Folkestone, CT19 5UG
Received 8 Aug 202234 - 36 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2TZ
Received 8 Aug 2022Land Adjoining 6 Rosemary Cottage, (formerly old Slaughterhouse) High Street, Brookland, Kent
Received 8 Aug 2022Former Silver Spring Site, Park Farm Road, Folkestone
Received 5 Aug 202213 Portland Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6JA
Received 29 Jul 202215 Hasborough Road, Folkestone, CT19 6BQ
Received 10 Aug 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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