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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Recreation Ground, Fairfield Road, New Romney
Received 19 Dec 2023Land Rear Varne Boat Club, Coast Drive, Greatstone,
Received 13 Dec 2023Land Opposite Kinross, Rectory Lane, Lyminge, CT18 8EG
Received 19 Dec 2023Spicers Farm, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Received 19 Dec 20236 Wellington Place, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3DN
Received 20 Dec 2023Land Adjoining 10, Range Road, Hythe, CT21 6HQ
Received 20 Dec 202339 Dolphins Road, Folkestone, CT19 5PL
Received 20 Dec 20238 & 10 Trinity Crescent, Folkestone, CT20 2ET
Received 20 Dec 2023Spicers Farm, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Received 19 Dec 2023Flat 14, Kent House, Bouverie Road West, Folkestone, CT20 2PR
Received 21 Dec 202331 Dymchurch Road, St Marys Bay, Romney Marsh, TN29 0HF
Received 19 Dec 20239A Guildhall Street, Folkestone, CT20 1EA
Received 21 Dec 2023Westerleys, Helena Corniche, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3TD
Received 22 Dec 2023Horton Wood House, Church Lane, Monks Horton, Ashford, TN25 6DT
Received 22 Dec 2023The Old Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6TT
Received 20 Dec 20235 The Corniche, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3TA
Received 22 Dec 2023Misling Farm, Misling Lane, Stelling Minnis, CT4 6DE
Received 22 Dec 2023The Battery, The Bayle, Folkestone, CT20 1SQ
Received 22 Dec 2023100 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7BN
Received 2 Jan 2024Plot B , Land Rear of Plot 15, Collins Road, New Romney, TN28 8LH
Received 2 Jan 2024Former Rotunda Amusement Park, Marine Parade, Folkestone
Received 2 Jan 2024Ground Floor Business Premises , 244 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5RQ
Received 22 Dec 2023Flat 308 The Metropole, The Leas, Folkestone CT20 2LU
Received 2 Jan 2024138 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT19 5JR
Received 2 Jan 2024Records 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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