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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 dates32,258Searchable 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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Under Consultation24/1479/FH/PA
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the demolition existing block and brick built agricultural units
Brooker Farm Yard East, Newchurch, TN29 0DT
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1480/FH/TCA
Works to trees in a Conservation area comprising of T2 Birch, raise crown to height 2.5m over the public footway of Jointon Road and remove branch of diameter 10cm arising at height 2m and descending to south-east to ground level at edge of vehicular entrance to Park Mews.
2 PARK MEWS, JOINTON ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2RF
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1481/FH
Single storey side and rear extension.
14 COBSDEN ROAD, ST MARYS BAY, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0RG
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Under Consultation24/1483/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 4 (lighting) of planning permission 24/0168/FH
UNIT 1, RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, WEST HYTHE ROAD, WEST HYTHE, HYTHE, CT21 4NB
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1482/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 4 (joinery work) of planning permission 20/1624/FH
THE DUKES HEAD, 9 DYMCHURCH ROAD, HYTHE, CT21 6JB
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1485/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the retention of, and continued use of the outbuilding for ancillary purposes.
LUNETTE, CANTERBURY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7EQ
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1484/FH/TCA
Works to trees in a Conservation area comprising of removal of overhang of trees/bushes/hedges by 3 metres.
COURT COTTAGE, THE STREET, POSTLING, HYTHE, CT21 4EX
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1487/FH
Removal of the existing single skin garage and replacement with enlarged extension
9 DENHAM CLOSE, DYMCHURCH, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0TU
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1486/FH
Retrospective planning consent to retain the existing hardstand area.
KARANDA, STRAIGHT LANE, BROOKLAND, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 9QT
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1490/FH/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 22/1719/FH to amend condition wording as amended by 24/0230/FH/NMA.
LAND ADJOINING CHURCH AND DWIGHT, CAESARS WAY, FOLKESTONE
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1489/FH/PA
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under schedule 2, part 20 - class A (General permitted development order 2015) for the enlargement of a block of flats by construction of an additional storey for 3 apartments.
ST PAULS COURT, ST PAULS WAY, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3NX
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1488/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 4 (materials) of planning permission Y14/0159/SH
414 CANTERBURY ROAD, DENSOLE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7BH
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1493/FH
Erection of 5 new dwellings (2 No. 4-bedroom and 3 No. 5-bedroom detached houses with garages) and the formation of a new site access and associated landscaping
LAND ADJOINING 45, THE STREET, HAWKINGE CT18 7DD
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1494/FH/PA
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, Part 16, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for a 25m high monopole, 6No. antennas at 23m and 4No. 600m dishes at 20.4m, 2No. GPS node at the top of the headframe, with associated equipment. Works at ground level include the installation of 4 cabinets and ancillary apparatus.
LAND 600M METRES WEST BRAMBLES, STONE STREET, STANFORD SOUTH
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1502/FH
Demolition of existing extensions and conservatory; erection of new single-storey extension; replacement cladding; insertion of openings to garage and conversion to ancillary accommodation (study); and landscaping works.
WATCH TOWER, DUNGENESS ROAD, DUNGENESS, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 9NF
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1504/FH
Relocation of front door, installation of french doors and level concrete path to public pathway
8 NEW BRIDGE WAY, ST MARYS BAY, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0HA
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1503/FH/PA
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6 for the erection of an agricultural building
The Street, Newchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0DZ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1506/FH
Felling of 3 Sycamore trees in rear garden and replace with 3 Irish Yew Trees, subject of TPO No. 14 of 2013
12 EVERSLEY PARK, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3FE
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1505/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 12(materials) of planning permission Y19/0071/FH.
Former Smiths Medical, Fort Road, Hythe, CT21 6JL
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1507/FH
Felling of Sycamore tree in rear garden and replace with a fruit tree, subject of TPO No. 14 of 2013
11 EVERSLEY PARK, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3FE
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1510/FH
Conversion of the upper floors into a three-bedroomed self-contained maisonette.
109 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2BL
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1513/FH/GPD
Notification under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the erection of a single storey rear & porch extension.
37 BUTTERMERE CLOSE, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5JH
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1512/FH
Installation of cladding
RIVIERA COURT, SANDGATE HIGH STREET, SANDGATE, CT20 3RP
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Closed24/1511/FH
Advertisement consent for 2 x 'V' Stack Sign Board with folded aluminum trays frame and 4 x Flags and Poles either side of the site entrance.
Pentland Homes Ltd, Broad Street, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8DZ
Received 27 Sept 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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