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Queens House, Guildhall Street, Folkestone, CT20 1DX

25/1494/FHConsent to display an advertisementRefused
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Refused on 30 September 2025

1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Retrospective Advertisement consent for internally illuminated vertical sign & circular fascia picture sign.

Received
7 August 2025
Ward
Folkestone Central
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at QUEENS HOUSE, GUILDHALL STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1DX. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

75% of advertising 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 proposed signage by virtue of its design, scale, materials and means of illumination would amount to a prominent and obtrusive structure, harmful to the character and appearance of the building, the wider streetscene and the setting of the nearby listed building and which would fail to preserve or enhance the setting and special character of the adjacent conservation area, contrary to policies HB1, RL2 and RL9 of the Places and Policies Local Plan 2020 and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CT20 1DX
Application type
Consent to display an advertisement
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2025
Consultation expiry
18 September 2025
Consultation end
18 September 2025
Application expires
2 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3374260
Allowed
Type: Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 May 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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