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Communications Mast, Opposite Harvey Grammar School, Cheriton Road, Folkestone CT19 5JY

26/0180/FH/PAPrior notification: Development by telecoms operatorsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: Prior approval not required

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

Proposal

Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, Part 16, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the installation of a 20m monopole supporting 6 no. antennas and 2 no. 0.3m dishes, 2 no. cabinets, associated ancillary equipment at works thereto.

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Broadmead;Folkestone Central
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Communications Mast, Opposite Harvey Grammar School, Cheriton Road, Folkestone CT19 5JY. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 14 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Broadmead;Folkestone Central. We hold 242 applications in total for the CT19 postcode area.

88% of all 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
CT19 5JY
Application type
Prior notification: Development by telecoms operators
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation end
13 March 2026
Application expires
5 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
25

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.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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