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Folkestone and Hythe planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Folkestone and Hythe Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Folkestone and Hythe website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates30,275Searchable applications
250Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 1993 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Making a planning pre-applicationConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions - Longage Hill
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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.
More application records
- Closed24/0754/FH
Single story side extension
18 WOODLANDS DRIVE, HYTHE, CT21 5TG
Received 17 May 2024 - Closed24/0755/FH/PA
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Part 3 Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the change of use of four agricultural buildings and land within its curtilage to five residential dwellings (C3) and associated operational development.
Former Pig Yard, Brooker Farm, Yard East, Newchurch, TN29 0DT
Received 17 May 2024 - Closed24/0756/FH
Erection of replacement balcony
10 & 12 RADNOR STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6AQ
Received 16 May 2024 - Closed24/0757/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 3 (approval of details of the external finishing materials) of planning permission 24/0384/FH
16 LITTLESTONE ROAD, LITTLESTONE, NEW ROMNEY, TN28 8LR
Received 14 May 2024 - Closed24/0758/FH/TCA
Works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Maple- Fell to ground level. T2 & T3 Lawson Cypress- Fell to ground level. T4- Beech, crown lift by 3 meters
THE OLD VICARAGE, VICARAGE LANE, ELHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 6TT
Received 15 May 2024 - Closed24/0761/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the installation of garage doors to the existing car port
12 Hopkins Way , Martello Lakes , Hythe , CT21 4FT
Received 20 May 2024 - Closed24/0760/FH
Proposed single storey two bedroom dwelling with associated parking and soft and hard landscaping
LAND REAR OF 192 SEABROOK ROAD, HYTHE, CT21 5RA
Received 20 May 2024 - Closed24/0762/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the Instillation of window to ground floor.
Tower Mill, Newchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0EB
Received 20 May 2024 - Closed24/0763/FH
Change of use of existing agricultural building to single residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) and land to residential curtilage
THRIFT FARM, STRAIGHT LANE, BROOKLAND, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 9QT
Received 20 May 2024 - Closed24/0764/FH
Application for the approval of Reserved Matters (Access, Appearance, Layout, Scale, and Landscaping) for the construction of a public open space including play equipment and substation of Outline Planning Permission Y19/1492/FH. Discharge of conditions 09 (Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Tree Constraints Plan) & 16 (storage of refuse and recycling) of Y19/1492/FH.
Nickolls Quarry, Dymchurch Road, HYTHE, CT21 4NE
Received 20 May 2024 - Closed24/0765/FH
Works to trees the subject of TPO No. 10 of 2017 - Crown reduction of Sycamore tree by 2 Metres.
5 EARLSCLIFFE MEWS, SHORNCLIFFE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2NB
Received 20 May 2024 - Closed24/0766/FH
Lawful development certificate (proposed) for garage doors to car port
2 HAYLES WALK, HYTHE, CT21 4FT
Received 21 May 2024 - Closed24/0767/FH
Proposed detached garage to 5A (formerly number 7) Manor Road, Lydd and associated replacement parking and bin storage area
7 MANOR ROAD, LYDD, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 9HR
Received 21 May 2024 - Closed24/0768/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 4 (eaves, verges & bargeboard ridges), 5 (materials), 6 (joinery), 7 (conservation rooflight), 8 (all rainwater goods), 9 (vents and outlets) of planning permission 23/1621/FH
MOCKBEGGAR FARM, MOCKBEGGAR, RHODES MINNIS, CANTERBURY, CT4 6XY
Received 21 May 2024 - Closed24/0772/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for installation of solar PV Panels
30 Kilndown Place, Stelling Minnis, CT4 6EZ
Received 21 May 2024 - Closed24/0773/FH/NMA
Non Material Amendment to reserved matters approval Y10/0746/SH (Erection of 72 dwellings and associated access being details pursuant to outline planning permission Y02/0981/SH (matters relating to design, external appearance and landscaping) and approval of conditions 10, 11 and 16 of the above outline permission) to amend the approved unit mix.
25 DUNSTALL LANE, ST MARYS BAY, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0QW
Received 21 May 2024 - Closed24/0776/FH
Conversion and extension of garage to home studio with associated landscaping
7 BELLE VUE, COOPERS LANE, SELLINDGE, TN25 6AH
Received 22 May 2024 - Closed24/0779/FH
Use of a mobile catering trailer to the side of the main premises
2 INGOLDSBY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6JJ
Received 22 May 2024 - Closed24/0780/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 40 (landscape and ecological management plan) of planning application Y19/1492/FH
Nickolls Quarry, Dymchurch Road, HYTHE, CT21 4NE
Received 22 May 2024 - Closed24/0782/FH
Side extension.
UNIT 1, HERITAGE COURT, MOUNTFIELD ROAD, MOUNTFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NEW ROMNEY, TN28 8FA
Received 21 May 2024 - Closed24/0785/FH/NMA
Non-material amendment to planning permission 24/0021/FH to allow for proposed pitched roof over existing and proposed flat roof areas
11 HIND CLOSE, DYMCHURCH, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0LG
Received 22 May 2024 - Closed24/0786/FH
Removal & variation of conditions in relation to planning application 23/0380/FH - condition 2 changed (submitted drawings) to reflect updated drawing and design statement; condition 3 (materials) revised materials proposed; condition 4 (EV charging point) to take account of EV points on site; condition 5 (surface water drainage) varied based on information provided; condition 6, (landscaping scheme and boundary treatment) remove as no soft or boundary treatment proposed.
HAWKINGE COMMUNITY CENTRE, HERON FORSTAL AVENUE, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7FP
Received 23 May 2024 - Closed24/0788/FH
Erection of 1.No replacement agricultural building.
GROVE HOUSE FARM, STRAIGHT HILL, WINGMORE, CANTERBURY, CT4 6LT
Received 23 May 2024 - Closed24/0789/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (existing) comprising the continued use of basement Level, (flat 1) and ground floor level, (flat 2) as two self-contained residential flats, making 4 self-contained flats within the entire property.
Flat 1 & 2, 6 Connaught Road, Folkestone, CT20 1DA
Received 23 May 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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