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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Heritage Road, Folkestone, CT20 3JU
Received 26 Sept 20223 Webb Close, Folkestone, CT19 5LN
Received 26 Sept 20225 Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7BT
Received 26 Sept 20221 & 20 Paddock Close, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9BT
Received 26 Sept 2022Land Opposite Marsh House, Newchurch, TN29 0EB
Received 26 Sept 2022Ground Floor Business Premises , 78 Dover Road, Folkestone, CT20 1LA
Received 26 Sept 2022Mymayo, Dungeness Road, Dungeness, Romney Marsh, TN29 9NF
Received 27 Sept 2022Flat 1, 8 Kingsnorth Gardens, Folkestone, CT20 2QW
Received 28 Sept 2022Land Rear Rhodes House, Main Road, Sellindge
Received 28 Sept 2022Land Rear Rhodes House, Main Road, Sellindge
Received 28 Sept 2022Land to South of former No. 20 Encombe, Sandgate, CT20 3DE
Received 28 Sept 20222 Proctor Walk, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7QS
Received 29 Sept 202216 The Crescent, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3EE
Received 29 Sept 2022The Leas Lift, Lower Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 1PR
Received 29 Sept 20225 Vinelands, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9BH
Received 29 Sept 2022Grimsacre Cottage Grimsacre Farm, Canterbury Road, North Elham, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6NG
Received 30 Sept 202221 West Place, Brookland, Romney Marsh, TN29 9RG
Received 30 Sept 2022Cloverdale, School Road, Acrise, Folkestone, CT18 8LR
Received 30 Sept 20226 Segrave Road, Folkestone, CT19 6AY
Received 3 Oct 2022Chanctonbury, Church Road, New Romney, TN28 8EX
Received 3 Oct 202222 Wiltie Gardens, Folkestone, CT19 5AX
Received 3 Oct 2022Land Opposite Brook House, Newchurch, TN29 0EB
Received 3 Oct 2022Aaron House, 92 Harbour Way, Folkestone, CT20 1NB
Received 3 Oct 2022Tiger Inn, Whiteways, Stowting, Ashford, TN25 6BA
Received 3 Oct 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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