Channel Tunnel Terminal, Ashford Road, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8XX

20/1634/FHChannel Tunnel Act 1987Approved

Approved on 4 December 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Construction of a 75m2 single storey extension to the UK Incident Control Centre (ICC) comprising two additional offices and one computer server room.

Received: 22 October 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Folkestone and Hythe District Council
Ward: North Downs East

ReceivedReceived22 Oct
ValidatedValidated22 Oct
Consult.Consultation3 Dec
TargetTarget Date3 Dec
DecidedDecided4 Dec

Decided in 43 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Channel Tunnel Terminal, Ashford Road, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8XX. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 6,331 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,627 applications in total for the CT18 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: CT18 8XX
Application type: Channel Tunnel Act 1987
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Newington Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 October 2020
Consultation expiry: 3 December 2020
Consultation end: 3 December 2020
Target decision date: 3 December 2020
Application expires: 17 December 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 11

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

No recorded designations at this site.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (7)

conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens and SSSIs.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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