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Flats A and B, 43 Earl's Avenue, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2HB

23/0345/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 August 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Sub-division and conversion of the existing ground and first floor flats to form five self-contained units, together with the erection of a single storey rear extension, the installation of windows in the ground and first floor southern elevation, the erection of a bike store in the front garden area, and other external alterations.

Received
2 March 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Folkestone Central
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.15 Jun
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 94 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Flats A and B, 43 Earl's Avenue, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2HB. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 165 days, 17 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Folkestone conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Folkestone Central. We hold 383 applications in total for the CT20 postcode area.

84% of full 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
CT20 2HB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2023
Consultation expiry
15 June 2023
Consultation end
15 June 2023
Target decision date
15 June 2023
Committee meeting
8 August 2023
Application expires
14 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
JV Architect 6a Broadfield Road Folkestone CT20 2JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
94 days

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Folkestone

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 (6)

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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