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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 dates31,296Searchable applications
253Recorded 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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Closed24/1211/FH/NMA
Non Material Minor Amendment to application Y19/1492/FH to change building height parameter plan.
Nickolls Quarry, Dymchurch Road, HYTHE, CT21 4NE
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1212/FH
Single storey rear extension, installation of roof lights and an air source heat pump. Replacement of rear dormer windows with rooflights, replace 4 sash windows to front and timber windows to eastern side. Reopening and enlargement of existing first floor balcony extension, replacement of pitched roofs to front dormers with lead roofs.
THE BATTERY, THE BAYLE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1SQ
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1215/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 35 (construction management plan: for the North South Spine Road and Linear Park parts of the development only) in relation to planning permission Y19/1492/FH
Nickolls Quarry, Dymchurch Road, HYTHE, CT21 4NE
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1213/FH
Erection of studio/summer house in rear garden
31 DYMCHURCH ROAD, HYTHE, CT21 6JE
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1214/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 22 (SuDS – surface water drainage) of planning application 23/0410/FH)
Land Rear Broad Street House, Broad Street, Lyminge
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1216/FH
Change of use of 2 rooms in a HMO to one self-contained 1 bed, 2-person flat
Folkestone Prime Court, 9 Trinity Crescent, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2ES
Received 5 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1217/FH
Reconfiguration of existing click and collect area, together with the erection of two free-standing canopies and associated traffic bollards
TESCO STORES LTD, CHERITON HIGH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4QJ
Received 5 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1219/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 1 (contamination) of planning permission 22/1984/FH/PA.
CHAPEL COTTAGE FARM, EASTBRIDGE ROAD, BURMARSH, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0HY
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1220/FH
Listed Building Consent for a single storey rear extension, installation of roof lights and an air source heat pump. Replacement of rear dormer windows with rooflights, installation of external iron handrail within access steps, replace 4 sash windows to front and timber windows to eastern side. Reopening and enlargement of existing first floor balcony extension, replacement of pitched roofs to front dormers with lead roofs and other internal alterations
THE BATTERY, THE BAYLE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1SQ
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1221/FH
Alterations to roof of rear single storey projection from hip end to glazed gable
8 HUNT CLOSE, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7FJ
Received 5 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1222/FH/PA
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) For the installation of microgeneration solar PV equipment on two pitched roofs of the peace room (stowting village hall).
PEACE ROOMS, STOWTING HILL, STOWTING
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1224/FH
Variation of condition 2 (construction drawings) to allow for amended design to allow construction without balconies in relation to planning application 20/0396/FH
Catholic Church Of St Martin Of Tours, 124 High Street, LYDD, TN29 9BA
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1226/FH
Full planning application for 31 retirement dwellings (use class C2) including access via Hurricane Way, open space, landscaping, car parking and associated infrastructure
Land at Terlingham Gardens, Hawkinge, CT18 7UF
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1225/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to Conditions 1 and 2 of planning appeal reference AP-6574 (planning application 22/1600/FH)
TRINITY VIEW HOUSE, 24-26 EARLS AVENUE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2UF
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1227/FH/TCA
Works to tree situated in a conservation area reduce the height of Eucalyptus by 4 - 5 meters
5 ALBION VILLAS, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1RP
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1228/FH
Proposed detached garage with off road parking and drop kerb.
Ground Floor Flat, 4 Ingles Road, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2SN
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1229/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for single storey flat roofed garden store/workshop to rear garden
12 Hillcrest Road, HYTHE, CT21 5EU
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1232/FH
Erection of a garage and garden store outbuilding
77 COPPERFIELDS, LYDD, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 9UU
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1233/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the conversion of garage to habitable room
The Jays, 29a Pay Street, Densole, Folkestone, Kent CT18 7DR
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1234/FH/TCA
Works to trees situated in a Conservation area: T1 Holm Oak - lateral reduction of limbs by 1.5m back to the previous pruning points and to a maximum of the boundary line, T2 Holm Oak - lateral reduction of limbs overhanging boundary by 2m to a maximum of the previous pruning points and not extending past the boundary line.
THE SANCTUARY, THE STREET, LYMPNE, HYTHE, CT21 4LQ
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1235/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 23 ii (verification report Japanese Knotweed) of planning application Y15/0030/SH
HAWKINGE YOUTH ADVENTURE CENTRE, ELVINGTON LANE, HAWKINGE
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1236/FH
External amendment to front elevation for proposed window to replace garage door, conversion of garage to habitable room, replacement of rear windows with glazed doors, replacement of rear french doors and side windows with a window
OTTINGE, THE CLOSE, SALTWOOD, HYTHE, CT21 4RA
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1239/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) to install EV charging equipment to car park
LAND ADJOINING 25, WESTBOURNE GARDENS, FOLKESTONE
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Closed24/1237/FH
Erection of a hip to gable extension together with the installation of a front and rear dormer.
7 IANS WALK, HYTHE, CT21 5TT
Received 8 Aug 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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