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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Tower Gardens, Hythe, CT21 6DG
Received 15 Aug 2022Southfields, Farthing Common, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8DH
Received 15 Aug 2022Field located off Cuckoo lane, south of Vicarage Farm, Postling
Received 15 Aug 2022Laurel House, Church Road, New Romney, TN28 8EP
Received 16 Aug 2022Building adjoining 44-46 High Street, Dymchurch, TN29 0NU
Received 16 Aug 20221-14 Marine Crescent, Folkestone, CT20 1PS
Received 12 Aug 2022Mill Cottage, Eastern Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9EF
Received 16 Aug 20223 Coniston Road, Folkestone, CT19 5JF
Received 16 Aug 2022211 Canterbury Road, Folkestone, CT19 5PD
Received 16 Aug 202236 Orgarswick Avenue, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0NX
Received 16 Aug 2022Land Rear Brenzett Filling Station, Straight Road, Rhee Wall, Brenzett, Romney Marsh, TN29 9TZ
Received 16 Aug 2022254 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7AY
Received 17 Aug 2022Land Adjoining Unit 6, Barnfield Business Park, Barnfield Road, Folkestone, CT19 5SG
Received 17 Aug 2022Dukes Head, Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, TN25 6EG
Received 17 Aug 2022The Nook, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Received 8 Aug 202256 Romney Way, Hythe, CT21 6PN
Received 18 Aug 2022Harcourt Primary School, Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, CT19 4NE
Received 15 Aug 2022Dungeness A Power Station, Dungeness Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9PP
Received 18 Aug 2022St Saviours Hospital, 71 - 73 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5BU
Received 18 Aug 2022French House, Aldington Road, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4PA
Received 18 Aug 202210 Hind Close, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0LG
Received 16 Aug 2022The Wells, Burmarsh Road, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0JT
Received 18 Aug 2022Seacroft, Brewers Hill, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3DH
Received 18 Aug 2022Cockaigne, Bartholomew Close, Hythe, CT21 4BS
Received 18 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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