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Sainsburys, 5 Bouverie Road West CT20 2SB

25/1085/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 August 2025

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Installation of new refrigeration, condensing units (with associated acoustic panels) and gas cooler units, protected with safety barrier.

Received
13 June 2025
Ward
Folkestone Central
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at SAINSBURYS, 5 BOUVERIE ROAD WEST CT20 2SB. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 2SB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2025
Consultation expiry
9 July 2025
Consultation end
9 July 2025
Application expires
13 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

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.

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