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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 St Leonards Road, Hythe, CT21 6HW
Received 22 Nov 202320 Cheriton Place, Folkestone, CT20 2AZ
Received 29 Nov 2023Jacques Court, Fir Tree Hill, Bladbean, Canterbury, CT4 6NB
Received 29 Nov 20238 Cobsden Road, St Marys Bay, Romney Marsh, TN29 0RG
Received 30 Nov 20233 James Close, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8NL
Received 30 Nov 2023Land Rear of Barnstormers, Stone Street, Stanford, TN25 6DF
Received 30 Nov 202322 Minter Avenue, Densole, Folkestone, CT18 7DS
Received 30 Nov 202369 Dunes Road, Greatstone, New Romney, TN28 8SN
Received 30 Nov 2023100 - 102 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT20 2QN
Received 1 Dec 202315 Folks Wood Way, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4EW
Received 20 Nov 202318 Moncrieff Gardens, Hythe, CT21 6FJ
Received 1 Dec 2023Land adjoining Fencing Yard, Potten Farm, Sellindge
Received 1 Dec 20238 Summer Close, Hythe, CT21 4DR
Received 4 Dec 202322 Old London Road, Hythe, CT21 4DG
Received 4 Dec 202320 Fairfield, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6UT
Received 4 Dec 20231 Baldric Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NR
Received 4 Dec 2023Edale, Spitalfield Lane, New Romney, TN28 8HQ
Received 4 Dec 2023Palting House, District Valuer & Valuation Office, Trinity Road, Folkestone, CT20 2TP
Received 4 Dec 2023Flat 4 , 29 Grimston Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2QD
Received 4 Dec 2023Land to rear of 27 & 21 Belcaire Close, Lympne, CT21 4JT
Received 5 Dec 202397 Dolphins Road, Folkestone, CT19 5QD
Received 5 Dec 202331 Dymchurch Road, Hythe, CT21 6JE
Received 28 Nov 2023The Vicarage, Vicarage lane, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6TT
Received 29 Nov 2023105 Coast Drive, Greatstone, New Romney, TN28 8NR
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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