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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 12 Feb 2016 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sandcroft, Coast Road, Littlestone, TN28 8QZ
Received 24 Nov 2023Lyndhurst, School Road, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4QB
Received 24 Nov 2023Church House, School Lane, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8AY
Received 24 Nov 2023The Raglan, 104 Dover Road, Folkestone, CT20 1LA
Received 24 Nov 2023Homepine House, Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2XB
Received 24 Nov 2023Kinross, Bossingham Road, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6AG
Received 24 Nov 2023Hillboro, Sunnyside Road, Sandgate, CT20 3DR
Received 24 Nov 20236 Defiant Close, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7SU
Received 24 Nov 202397 Dolphins Road, Folkestone, CT19 5QD
Received 27 Nov 202367 Broadmead Road, Folkestone, CT19 5AW
Received 27 Nov 202356 Park Road, Folkestone, CT19 4DQ
Received 27 Nov 20239 Harwick Drive, New Romney,, TN28 8XB
Received 22 Nov 2023Etchinghill Golf Club, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8FA
Received 27 Nov 202323 St Leonards Road, Hythe, CT21 6EN
Received 27 Nov 2023The Dukes Head, 9 Dymchurch Road, Hythe, CT21 6JB
Received 28 Nov 202311 Fenner Close, Folkestone, CT20 3NH
Received 28 Nov 20232 Encombe, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3DE
Received 28 Nov 2023Cobb House, Lydd Road, Old Romney, Romney Marsh, TN29 9SE
Received 28 Nov 2023Flat A, 203 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HT
Received 28 Nov 2023Land East of Hythe Imperial Hotel, Hythe Imperial Lakes & Gardens, Princes Parade, Hythe, CT21 6AE
Received 3 Nov 2023Land Adjoining Church And Dwight, Caesars Way, CT19 4AL
Received 28 Nov 20234 Julian Road, Folkestone, CT19 5HP
Received 29 Nov 2023155 - 157 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5JL
Received 29 Nov 2023119 Downs Road, Folkestone, CT19 5PT
Received 29 Nov 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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