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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pickney Bush Cottages, Pickneybush Lane, Newchurch, TN29 0BZ
Received 19 Jan 2023Land Adjacent 49, Adie Road, Greatstone, TN28 8SR
Received 20 Jan 2023Former Village Hall, Stone Street, Stanford
Received 19 Jan 2023Broadmead, 1 Cherry Garden Avenue, Folkestone, CT19 5LB
Received 20 Jan 202337 Tolsford Close, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8BU
Received 20 Jan 2023Daleacres Caravan Club Site, Lower Wall Road, West Hythe, Hythe, CT21 4NW
Received 20 Jan 20239 Tower Gardens, Hythe, CT21 6DG
Received 23 Jan 2023115 Chart Road, Folkestone, CT19 4EP
Received 23 Jan 2023The Stadium, Aldridge Road, Folkestone
Received 23 Jan 2023Dungeness A Power Station, Dungeness Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9PP
Received 23 Jan 2023Unit 2 Spring House, 141 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5JL
Received 23 Jan 202332 Broomfield Road, Folkestone, CT19 4DH
Received 23 Jan 20231 Plimsoll Avenue, Folkestone, CT19 6LJ
Received 23 Jan 202337 Blunden Drive, Folkestone, CT20 3UA
Received 23 Jan 2023Craythornes, Fairfield Road, New Romney, TN28 8HU
Received 24 Jan 202333 Valley Road, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BS
Received 24 Jan 2023Sainsburys, Dymchurch Road, New Romney, TN28 8GU
Received 24 Jan 202349 Lower Corniche, Hythe, CT21 5TP
Received 24 Jan 2023104 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BY
Received 23 Jan 2023The Marsh Academy, Station Road, New Romney, TN28 8BB
Received 23 Jan 2023Woodland House, Cliff Road, Hythe, CT21 5XW
Received 23 Jan 2023Hillside Manor, 5 Hillside Street, Hythe, CT21 5DL
Received 23 Jan 20236 Ivy Way, Folkestone, CT19 6HW
Received 24 Jan 2023Junction With Marine Parade & Lower Sandgate Road & Junction From Marine Crescent & Car Park East Of Marine Crescent
Received 24 Jan 2023Records 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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