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Town Hall, 2 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, CT20 1DY

25/1822/FHListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Approve with Conditions5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed building consent for installation of new lightning protection system including air terminal conductor rod.

Received
24 September 2025
Ward
Folkestone Central
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at TOWN HALL, 2 GUILDHALL STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1DY. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 294 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Folkestone conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

84% of heritage 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 1DY
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
30 October 2025
Consultation end
30 October 2025
Application expires
19 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    24 Sep

    Installation of new lightning protection system including air terminal conductor rod.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside25/1786/FH
  2. 2025
    24 Sep

    Listed building consent for installation of new lightning protection system including air terminal conductor…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/1822/FH

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