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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
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
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 1993 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
63 MOREHALL AVENUE, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4EF
Received 25 Jun 202545 BROADFIELD ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2JS
Received 25 Jun 2025MCDONALDS RESTAURANT LTD, WEST TERRACE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1RR
Received 19 Jun 202514 TWISS AVENUE, HYTHE, CT21 5NU
Received 24 Jun 2025ANNEXE, THE OLD VICARAGE, VICARAGE LANE, ELHAM, CT4 6TT
Received 25 Jun 2025THE OLD VICARAGE, VICARAGE LANE, ELHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 6TT
Received 25 Jun 2025PIER HEAD LIGHTHOUSE, FOLKESTONE HARBOUR, HARBOUR APPROACH ROAD, FOLKESTONE
Received 24 Jun 2025LILYWOOD, LONGAGE HILL, RHODES MINNIS, CANTERBURY, CT4 6XT
Received 26 Jun 2025SMEEDS FARM BUNGALOW, BROAD STREET, MONKS HORTON, ASHFORD, TN25 6DU
Received 26 Jun 2025Playing Field Close to St Nicholas Church Of England Primary School, Fairfield Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BP
Received 26 Jun 2025THE OLD VICARAGE, VICARAGE LANE, ELHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 6TT
Received 26 Jun 2025Cheriton Road Sports Grounds, Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT19 5JU
Received 26 Jun 2025Nickolls Quarry, Dymchurch Road, HYTHE, CT21 4NE
Received 26 Jun 2025234 THE PARADE, GREATSTONE, NEW ROMNEY, TN28 8RT
Received 27 Jun 202526 WHITE CLIFF WAY, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6DX
Received 27 Jun 202532 GLADSTONE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5NQ
Received 27 Jun 2025Land Rear 112 & 112a High Street, Hythe, CT21 5LE
Received 30 Jun 202536 WALTON GARDENS, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5PR
Received 30 Jun 2025Annexe 2, Near Miss, Cockreed Lane, New Romney, TN28 8TE
Received 30 Jun 202553 GREENFIELD ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6ER
Received 30 Jun 202527 PLEASANCE ROAD NORTH, LYDD ON SEA, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 9NU
Received 30 Jun 2025LAND ADJOINING BROOKLAND COTTAGE, STONE HILL, SELLINDGE
Received 30 Jun 20251 RECTORY CLOSE, NEWCHURCH, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0EA
Received 1 Jul 2025114 SEABROOK ROAD, HYTHE, CT21 5QN
Received 1 Jul 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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