Understanding planning · 13 min read
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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 May 2014 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Warren Way Folkestone Kent CT19 6DT
Received 10 Apr 2017346 Canterbury Road Densole Folkestone Kent CT18 7BE
Received 24 May 20178 Cliff Road Folkestone Kent CT20 2JD
Received 6 Jun 2017119 High Street Hythe Kent CT21 5JJ
Received 6 Jun 2017Eaton Place 2A Castle Road Hythe Kent CT21 5EY
Received 3 May 2016Ivy Lodge Ashford Road Ivychurch Romney Marsh Kent TN29 0AL
Received 6 May 2016Squirrels Cannongate Road Hythe Kent CT21 5PT
Received 9 Jun 2016115 Sandgate Road Folkestone Kent CT20 2BL
Received 31 May 201620 Dolphins Road Folkestone Kent CT19 5PL
Received 3 Oct 2016The Pepperlands Boarmans Lane Brookland Romney Marsh Kent TN29 9QU
Received 15 Jul 20161 Sycamore Close Lydd Romney Marsh Kent TN29 9LE.
Received 18 Jul 2016Ross Depot Military Road Folkestone Kent CT20 3SP
Received 18 Jul 2016Land Rear Rhodes House Main Road Sellindge Kent
Received 15 Aug 2016New Inn 37 High Street New Romney Kent TN28 8BW
Received 17 Aug 2016Cliffview Dungeness Road Dungeness Romney Marsh Kent TN29 9NH
Received 17 Aug 2016Court Cottage The Street Postling Hythe Kent CT21 4EX
Received 25 Oct 20165 Dunstall Gardens St Marys Bay Romney Marsh Kent TN29 0QS
Received 20 Aug 201676A High Street Hythe Kent CT21 5AL
Received 19 Aug 201636 Welson Road Folkestone Kent CT20 2NP
Received 22 Aug 2016Beech House Castle Road Hythe Kent CT21 5EZ
Received 22 Aug 20161 St Johns Cottages Church Road Burmarsh Romney Marsh Kent TN29 0JD
Received 23 Aug 2016Flat 1 17 Grimston Gardens Folkestone Kent CT20 2PU
Received 19 Jul 2016Norden Stone Street Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4JZ
Received 1 Sept 2016Hotel Imperial Princes Parade Hythe Kent CT21 6AE
Received 1 Sept 2016Records 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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