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16 Valley Road, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3BT

25/0603/FHHouseholder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 23 May 2025

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Pitched roof side extension to front of garage to enable conversion into annexe, with raised front terrace/balustrade together with construction of front and rear dormers to main dwelling and the erection of a pergola to the rear following demolition of conservatory.

Received
28 March 2025
Ward
Sandgate & West Folkestone
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 16 VALLEY ROAD, SANDGATE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3BT. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Sandgate & West Folkestone. We hold 382 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 3BT
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sandgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2025
Consultation expiry
20 May 2025
Consultation end
20 May 2025
Application expires
23 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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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