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Old Kent Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT

23/0031/FHListed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 3 March 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Listed building consent for repairs to north elevation timber frame, removal of concrete 'lump' to west elevation and replacement with stone plinth and timber frame and installation of external lighting.

Received
10 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Old Kent Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Frogholt conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

84% of heritage applications at Folkestone and Hythe District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT18 8AT
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newington

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2023
Consultation expiry
16 February 2023
Consultation end
16 February 2023
Target decision date
16 February 2023
Application expires
7 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Tim Ellis Conservation Architect Parsonage House The Street Smarden Near Ashford TN27 8QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (5)

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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