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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 dates40,823Searchable applications
253Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Nov 1977 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Closed26/0141/FH
Change of use of land from agricultural to residential, replacement of the existing garage with a new double garage and annex above, replacement of the existing porch, overcladding of first-floor elements and installation of Solar PV array
PINE COTE, HOAD ROAD, SWINGFIELD, FOLKESTONE, CT18 8LP
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Closed26/0143/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to parts A-C of condition 27 (contamination) of planning permission 23/0963/FH.
Folkestone Garden Centre, Canterbury Road, Swingfield Minnis, Folkestone, CT15 7HX
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Closed26/0144/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for confirmation of lawful commencement of planning permission Y19/0016/FH.
Land Adjoining 86 To 88, Tontine Street, Folkestone
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Closed26/0146/FH
Listed Building Consent for single storey front porch & single storey rear extension, replacement of windows to rear (Retrospective)
2 Rolfe Cottage, Stowting Hill, Stowting, Ashford, TN25 6BE
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Closed26/0147/FH
Listed building consent to allow for the removal of a portion of wall to allow for stepped access.
FLAT 3, EAST CLIFF HOUSE, RADNOR CLIFF CRESCENT, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2JQ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Closed26/0149/FH/TCA
Works to trees in a conservation area comprising of T1 Pittosporum Shrub & T2 Conifer vertical reduction of a maximum of 1.5 metres
FOYS, DENTAL STREET, HYTHE, CT21 5LH
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0148/FH
Single storey front porch & single storey rear extension, replacement of windows to rear
2 Rolfe Cottage, Stowting Hill, Stowting, Ashford, TN25 6BE
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0159/FH
Change of use of garage into holiday let
Cannongate View, 4A Cannongate Avenue, Hythe, CT21 5PS
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0157/FH/GPD
Notification under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for a single storey rear extension.
39 Ness Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9EL
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0158/FH
Proposed internal & external alterations to create four additional bedspaces.
Martello Manor Care Home, 18 Farmer Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6FY
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0161/FH/TCA
Works to trees in a conservation area, comprising of T1 Laurel fell to ground level & T2 Pittosporium to ground level.
MARPLES, DENTAL STREET, HYTHE, CT21 5LH
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0165/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for a rear ground floor extension with rooflight.
29 Boscombe Road, Folkestone, CT19 5BD
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0166/FH
Advertisement consent for installation of fascia signage.
GROUND FLOOR BUSINESS PREMISES, 14 SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1DP
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0167/FH
Demolition of rear garage/store and erection of two storey side and single storey rear extension.
Greenfields, Misling Lane, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6DE
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0168/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 erection of one storey extension on top of the existing building, to accommodate 4 no self contained dwellings.
Willow Court, Enbrook Road, Sandgate, CT20 3NU
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0169/FH
Erection of Garden Shed
SEACROFT, BREWERS HILL, SANDGATE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3DH
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0171/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 42 (Contamination) of planning permission Y19/1492/FH in relation to Phase 3C (PART APPROVAL).
Nickolls Quarry, Dymchurch Road, HYTHE, CT21 4NE
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0170/FH
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for change of use from C3 dwelling to 5 bed, 6 person C4 HMO.
54 LINDEN CRESCENT, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5SB
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0172/FH
Replacement of timber white windows and doors with UPVC white and addition of 2 No. rooflights.
6-6A East Cliff, Folkestone, CT19 6BU
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0173/FH/GPD
Notification under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for a single storey rear extension.
22 WALTON MANOR CLOSE, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5QG
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0174/FH/CON
Approval of details pursuant to condition 4 (tree protection) of planning permission 25/1982/FH.
ASHDEN LODGE, ALDINGTON ROAD, COURT-AT-STREET, HYTHE, CT21 4PE
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0175/FH
Extension to roof and alterations to the form, replacement dormer to front elevation, erection of a first-floor rear extension, a rear dormer window and rooflight
Briar Cottage, 10 North Road West, Hythe, CT21 4BD
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0177/FH/TCA
Works to trees in a conservation area comprising of rolling consent on a three year basis for a period of twelve years to carry out the works. T2 Holly reduce height by 3 metres and 1.5 metres laterally to fence level. T3 & T4 various species reduce height by 3 metres and 1.5 metres laterally to fence level. T5 Holm Oak reduce height by 2 metres and laterally by 1 metres. Works to trees in a conservation area comprising of rolling consent on an eight year basis for a period of twelve years to carry out the works. T1 Holm Oak reduce height by 3.5 metres to previous pollard points, laterally by 3 metres and remove to ground level limb.
SPRINGFIELD, DENTAL STREET, HYTHE, CT21 5LH
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Closed26/0176/FH
Construction of first floor and part conversion to managerial accommodation for associated use for community space (part retrospective).
Sellindge Methodist Church, Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, TN25 6EQ
Received 6 Feb 2026
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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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