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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 16 Nov 1977 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
ST MARYS CHURCH, THE SQUARE, ELHAM
Received 16 Sept 2025207 SEABROOK ROAD, HYTHE, CT21 5RS
Received 16 Sept 20252 ALBERT ROAD, HYTHE, CT21 6BP
Received 15 Sept 2025OTTERPOOL QUARRY, ASHFORD ROAD, SELLINDGE, ASHFORD, TN25 6DA
Received 16 Sept 2025THE LIFEBOAT, 42 NORTH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6AF
Received 16 Sept 2025Glenthorne, Dungeness Road, Dungeness, Romney Marsh, TN29 9ND
Received 17 Sept 20256 LAUREL AVENUE, ST MARYS BAY, ROMNEY MARSH, TN29 0SJ
Received 18 Sept 2025FARM YARD REAR MEADOW BARN, NORTH ELHAM HILL, ELHAM
Received 18 Sept 2025FLAT 44, THE METROPOLE, THE LEAS, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2LU
Received 18 Sept 2025Nickolls Quarry, Dymchurch Road, HYTHE, CT21 4NE
Received 18 Sept 2025MOTIS BUSINESS CENTRE, CHERITON HIGH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4QJ
Received 18 Sept 2025108 QUEENS ROAD, LITTLESTONE, NEW ROMNEY, TN28 8ND
Received 18 Sept 2025248 CHERITON ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4DN
Received 19 Sept 20252 THE ORCHARDS, ELHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 6TR
Received 19 Sept 2025Plot G, Pearl Court, Howey Road, Mountfield Industrial Estate, New Romney, TN28 8GS
Received 19 Sept 2025BUILDING REAR KENGATE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 142, DYMCHURCH ROAD, HYTHE
Received 19 Sept 20255 ASH TREE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6ED
Received 19 Sept 2025COAST DRIVE CAR PARK, COAST DRIVE, GREATSTONE
Received 19 Sept 2025THE LEAS LIFT, LOWER SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1PR
Received 19 Sept 20259 ALFRED ROAD, GREATSTONE, NEW ROMNEY, TN28 8SH
Received 22 Sept 20255 WILLOW CLOSE, HYTHE, CT21 6PR
Received 22 Sept 2025HOLLY COTTAGE, SCHOOL ROAD, ACRISE, FOLKESTONE, CT18 8LR
Received 22 Sept 2025THE LEAS LIFT, LOWER SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1PR
Received 23 Sept 2025ITTINGE FARM, PODLINGE & ITTINGE LANE, ELMSTED, ASHFORD, TN25 5JX
Received 21 Sept 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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