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Building Rear Kengate Industrial Estate 142, Dymchurch Road, Hythe

25/1760/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions26 conditions

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

Proposal

Partial demolition and refurbishment of existing retail buildings to provide 3 units for use within use class E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii) and Use Class B8, including provision of trade counter.

Received
19 September 2025
Ward
Hythe Rural
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 131 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at BUILDING REAR KENGATE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 142, DYMCHURCH ROAD, HYTHE. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 15 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Hythe conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Hythe Rural.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hythe

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 February 2026
Consultation end
2 February 2026
Application expires
27 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
135 days

Additional information

Documents
50

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: Hythe

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 (6)

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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