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Wise Follies & Kings Arms Public House, St Mary's Road, The square, Elham, CT4 6TJ

24/2024/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 February 2025

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of non original lean to structures, and exposing original party wall consisting of a medieval barn. Proposed two storey rear extension and single storey flat roof rear extension.

Received
27 December 2024
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received27 Dec
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Wise Follies & Kings Arms Public House, St Mary's Road, The square, Elham, CT4 6TJ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Elham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,908 applications in total for the CT4 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
CT4 6TJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2025
Consultation expiry
13 February 2025
Consultation end
13 February 2025
Application expires
7 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
19

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: Elham
  • Listed building: Grade II: RigdensOn or next to this site · +2 more

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    27 Dec

    Demolition of non original lean to structures, and exposing original party wall consisting of a medieval…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/2024/FH
  2. 2024
    27 Dec

    Listed Building Consent for the removal of unstable chimney & chimney breast. Demolition of non original lean…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/0010/FH

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