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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 dates30,660Searchable 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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Closed24/0924/FH
Erection of single storey rear porch extension with canopy and re-cladding of existing extension
NEVILLE LODGE, LONGAGE HILL, RHODES MINNIS, CANTERBURY, CT4 6XT
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0926/FH
Listed building consent for extension to farmhouse, annexe accommodation in former granary and conversion of former stables
Great Dowles Farmhouse, Stone Street Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6DB
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0927/FH
Replacement garage and front wall, erection of outbuilding, terrace, viewing platform and stair and enlargement of existing rear terrace.
The Sound, 21 Radnor Cliff, Folkestone, CT20 2JJ
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0929/FH
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a detached office building with parking and 4 No. dwellings with associated parking, access and landscaping.
SIX MILE GARAGE, STONE STREET, STELLING MINNIS, CT4 6DN
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0931/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 2 (external materials) & 8 parts a,b,&c (glazing, doors, cross sections & expansion joints) of reserved matters approval reference 22/1990/FH
St Saviours Hospital, 71 - 73 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5BU
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0930/FH/NMA
Non material amendment to planning permission 22/1990/FH to allow for adjustments to plans & elevations.
St Saviours Hospital, 71 - 73 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5BU
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0932/FH
Variation of condition 6 (enhance biodiversity) of planning permission 22/1990/FH to allow for an amendment to the wording of condition 6
71-73 SEABROOK ROAD CT21 5BU
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0933/FH
Listed Building Consent for the repair and restoration of the external fabric, including crittall windows, concrete sills and flat roof repair.
70-72 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2AA
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0934/FH
Erection of rear extension, incorporating extension of roof terrace
17 Eversley Park, Folkestone, Sandgate, CT20 3FE
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0936/FH/TCA
Works to a tree situated in a Conservation are comprising of double stemmed Damson pollard tree to ground level.
GROUND FLOOR BUSINESS PREMISES, NEWCHURCH HOUSE, THE STREET, NEWCHURCH, TN29 0DZ
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0937/FH
First floor rear extension with balcony, together with alterations to the dwellings fenestration and finished materials.
RHODES HOUSE, LONGAGE HILL, RHODES MINNIS, CANTERBURY, CT4 6XS
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0938/FH
Listed building consent for a new external staircase to first floor flat at rear of building and replacement of window with door
22 HIGH STREET, HYTHE, CT21 5AT
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0939/FH
Replace existing flat roof with pitched roof and reinstatement of front door to the South East elevation
HEATHWOOD, PODLINGE & ITTINGE LANE, ELMSTED, ASHFORD, TN25 5JX
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0945/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 6 (Construction Method Plan, Condition 9 (Programme of Historic Building Recording), and Condition 10 (Archaeology Watching Brief) of planning permission 23/0536/FH
THE LEAS LIFT, LOWER SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1PR
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0944/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 6 (Technical and Engineering specification - repairs/alterations), Condition 7 (Upper and Lower Station plans repairs/plans/railings/layout and landscaping/details of retaining wall) and Condition 8 (finishes/colour/design/ signage/lighting/solar panel of Listed Building Consent 23/0565/FH
THE LEAS LIFT, LOWER SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1PR
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0946/FH
Installation of four rooflights to front and rear roof slope
20 DRAGOON PLACE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3SZ
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Under Consultation24/0947/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for a radio control car track and associated structures and its use for a period in excess of 10 years, and the use of the land as a training course for off road 4 x 4 vehicles for a period in excess of 10 years.
GROVE HOUSE FARM, STRAIGHT HILL, WINGMORE, CANTERBURY, CT4 6LT
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0948/FH
Extension to garage
32 KINGSWAY, DYMCHURCH, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0LY
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0949/FH/NMA
Non Material Amendment to planning permission 22/1473/FH to allow for reduction in height of atrium to front elevation, reduction in size of the rooflights to rear roof slope, loss of gable window to side extension and alteration to steps railings
3 CHICHESTER ROAD, SANDGATE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3BN
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0951/FH/NMA
Non Material Amendment to planning permission 22/0986/FH to the hard and soft landscaping plan
3 TANNERS HILL, HYTHE, CT21 5HY
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0950/FH
Variation of condition 6 (amenity area shown on the approved plans shall be retained in perpetuity for use by the residents of all the flats) of planning permission 21/1806/FH to allow for new parking arrangement.
2A TAYLOR ROAD, LYDD ON SEA, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 9PA
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0955/FH
Felling of Sycamore tree, subject of Tree Preservation Order No 16 of 1994
Mayfield, Cherry Gardens, ELHAM, CT4 6SZ
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0952/FH
Lawful development certificate (proposed) for a loft extension with dormer and roof light
12 PELHAM GARDENS, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2LF
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Closed24/0954/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 6 part 1 (Contamination) of planning permission 21/1591/FH.
140-142 FOORD ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5AB
Received 24 Jun 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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