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The Yard, North Lane, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3AS

25/1973/FHLawful development: Proposed useRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 11 December 2025

Council decision: Not Lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the installation and use of a freestanding, electrically heated sauna cabin.

Received
23 October 2025
Ward
Sandgate & West Folkestone
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at THE YARD, NORTH LANE, SANDGATE, FOLKESTONE, CT20 3AS. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 423 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Sandgate High Street conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Sandgate & West Folkestone. We hold 382 applications in total for the CT20 postcode area.

77% of outline 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 3AS
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sandgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Application expires
18 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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.

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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