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Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Folkestone and Hythe Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
15,833Searchable applications
263Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications

0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Sept 2013 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas21 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

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  1. ClosedY16/0400/SH

    Erection of 13 dwellings (including 4 affordable dwellings) with associated gardens, parking, and access.

    Land Adjoining 88 Meehan Road Greatstone Kent

    Received 13 Apr 2016
  2. ClosedY16/0291/SH

    Extension and alteration to roof to provide additional living accommodation in the roofspace together with installation of a rear balcony at first floor, extension to existing rear balcony at ground floor with external staircase to side (west) elevation and erection of a lower ground floor rear extension.

    Sea Hanger Cliff Road Hythe Kent CT21 5XH

    Received 17 Mar 2016
  3. ClosedY16/0902/SH

    Retrospective application for the removal of existing window, lowering of window cill and installation of French doors on rear elevation

    Flat A 7 Clifton Crescent Folkestone Kent CT20 2EL

    Received 12 Aug 2016
  4. ClosedY16/0903/SH

    Listed building consent for the removal of existing window, lowering of window cill and installation of French doors on rear elevation

    Flat A 7 Clifton Crescent Folkestone Kent CT20 2EL

    Received 12 Aug 2016
  5. ClosedY16/0908/SH

    Erection of single storey rear extension

    1 Fairview Cottages Stone Street Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4JZ

    Received 16 Aug 2016
  6. ClosedY16/0911/SH

    Felling of a Sycamore subject of Tree Preservation Order No 2 of 2013

    1 Swan Lane Sellindge Ashford Kent TN25 6EP

    Received 15 Aug 2016
  7. ClosedY16/0310/SH

    Certificate of lawful development (proposed) for the use of garage as living accommodation

    88A St Nicholas Road Littlestone New Romney Kent TN28 8QA

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  8. ClosedY16/0385/SH

    Listed building consent for repairs to oak frame and lime panels to gable end, re-pointing of chimney flues, together with replacement of attic window and entrance door on north elevation.

    Old Robus Canterbury Road Lyminge Folkestone Kent CT18 8JW

    Received 11 Apr 2016
  9. ClosedY16/0413/SH

    Extension to the existing roof to create additional living space (Flat E) at roof level.

    8 Trinity Crescent Folkestone Kent CT20 2ET

    Received 16 Apr 2016
  10. ClosedY16/0428/SH

    Erection of a single storey front extension/porch.

    31 Waddington Drive Hawkinge Folkestone Kent CT18 7NU

    Received 19 Apr 2016
  11. ClosedY16/0944/SH

    Retrospective application for changes to the shop frontage by the replacement of glazing with white laminate composite and the installation of an ATM machine.

    14B Defiant Close Hawkinge Folkestone Kent CT18 7SU

    Received 24 Aug 2016
  12. ClosedY17/0143/SH

    Section 73 application to vary condition 3 of planning permission Y11/0346/SH to enlarge a side facing window to provide an escape window.

    128A Seabrook Road Hythe Kent CT21 5QN

    Received 9 Feb 2017
  13. ClosedY17/0144/SH

    Erection of a single storey rear and side extension

    16 Twiss Avenue Hythe Kent CT21 5NU

    Received 9 Feb 2017
  14. ClosedY17/0145/SH

    Installation of rear dormer window in connection with loft conversion

    326 Canterbury Road Densole Folkestone Kent CT18 7BB

    Received 9 Feb 2017
  15. ClosedY16/1259/SH

    Felling of an Ash subject of Tree Preservation Order No 12 of 2013.

    4 Links Crescent St Marys Bay Romney Marsh Kent TN29 0RS

    Received 7 Nov 2016
  16. ClosedY16/1105/SH

    Erection of upper ground floor rear extension and the installation of one rear dormer window

    27 Broadmead Road Folkestone Kent CT19 5AN

    Received 4 Oct 2016
  17. ClosedY16/1258/SH

    Installation of replacement uPVC windows to front and rear elevations of self contained flats.

    36 Earls Avenue Folkestone Kent CT20 2HE

    Received 7 Nov 2016
  18. ClosedY16/1246/SH

    Retrospective application for the installation of decking.

    40 Valley Road Sandgate Folkestone Kent CT20 3BS

    Received 3 Nov 2016
  19. ClosedY16/1248/SH

    Various pruning works to one Lime; one Poplar; one Maple and two Beech all subject of Tree Preservation Order No 4 of 1985

    3 Orchard Drive Littlestone New Romney Kent TN28 8SE

    Received 3 Nov 2016
  20. ClosedY16/0105/NMC

    Non-material amendment Y15/0710/SH to allow the substitution of house types on plot 16 and the re-positioning of the garden wall to plot 15 (Reserved matters application for the approval of details relating to appearance, access, landscaping, layout and scale of the outline planning permission Y10/0698/SH for the construction of 55 residential dwellings together with associated car parking, landscaping and open space)

    Land Adjoining Greenacres Cockreed Lane New Romney Kent TN28 8TW

    Received 4 Nov 2016
  21. ClosedY16/0106/NMC

    Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission Y16/0199/SH to enable increase in roof height by 250mm.

    Holiday Extras Ashford Road Newingreen Hythe Kent CT21 4JF

    Received 5 Nov 2016
  22. ClosedY16/1260/SH

    Felling of an Elder tree situated within a conservation area

    Flat 1 Harvey Mansions 7 - 9 Langhorne Gardens Folkestone Kent CT20 2EA

    Received 31 Oct 2016
  23. ClosedY16/1261/SH

    Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising: felling of a group of Sycamores (T1) situated at 4 Prospect Terrace; pollard down to approximately 2 metres one Sycamore (T2); remove two overhanging branches of an Elder (T3); reduce to approximately 7 metres in height and 3 metres in spread one Sycamore (T4); fell two Ash trees (T5 and T6) and one Sycamore (T7).

    Windmill House Cullens Hill And 4 Prospect Terrace The Row Elham Canterbury Kent CT4 6UJ

    Received 7 Nov 2016
  24. ClosedY17/0193/SH

    Demolition of existing single storey extension and erection of two storey extension with terraces at ground and first floor

    Hawkhurst West Lawn Gardens Sandgate Folkestone Kent CT20 3DQ

    Received 20 Feb 2017

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