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The Lifeboat, 42 North Street, Folkestone, CT19 6AF

25/0991/FHFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 12 November 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for the use of the upper residential floor to provide additional eating and drinking space associated with the public house, together with the replacement of the external staircase, balustrade/railings, raised terrace and balcony area, and the installation of replacement windows.

Received
29 May 2025
Ward
Folkestone Harbour
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 476 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at THE LIFEBOAT, 42 NORTH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6AF. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 532 days, 69 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Folkestone conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Folkestone Harbour. We hold 242 applications in total for the CT19 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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Why it was refused

  1. The submitted plans and supporting information showing the replacement of the external staircase, balustrade/railings, raised terrace and balcony area, and the installation of replacement windows are inaccurate, incomplete and inconsistent and do not provide a reliable basis or justification upon which to assess the impact of the part-retrospective development on the significance of the Grade II listed building, its setting, or the character and appearance of the Folkestone Leas and Bayle Conservation Area. Furthermore, the replacement windows appear to differ materially from the historic windows in their design, detailing and proportions and insufficient justification has been provided for the replacement of historic fabric rather than repair, resulting in the loss of historic fabric. For these reasons and in the absence of sufficient information, the application fails to demonstrate that the development would preserve or enhance the significance of these heritage assets. The proposal is contrary to Policies HB1 and HB8 of the Places and Policies Local Plan (2020), the National Planning Policy Framework (2026), and Sections 66(1) and 72(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CT19 6AF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2025
Consultation expiry
1 October 2026
Consultation end
1 October 2026
Application expires
12 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
476 days

Additional information

Documents
29

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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