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

20/2043/FHChannel Tunnel Act 1987Approved

Approved on 27 January 2021

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Request for Approval under the terms of The Channel Tunnel Act 1987 relating to this project for the construction of additional freight and passenger vehicle lanes, including the installation of two passport checking booths and one canopy over the additional passenger lanes.

Received: 17 December 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Folkestone and Hythe District Council
Ward: North Downs East

ReceivedReceived17 Dec
ValidatedValidated17 Dec
Consult.Consultation21 Jan
TargetTarget Date21 Jan
DecidedDecided27 Jan

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application 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 41 days, 8 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: 17 December 2020
Consultation expiry: 21 January 2021
Consultation end: 21 January 2021
Target decision date: 21 January 2021
Application expires: 11 February 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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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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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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