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La Mer, 49A Wear Bay Road, Folkestone, CT19 6PU

26/0184/FHHouseholder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 24 April 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

First-floor rear and side extensions and relocation of the front porch

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Folkestone Harbour
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at LA MER, 49A WEAR BAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6PU. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Folkestone Harbour. We hold 242 applications in total for the CT19 postcode area.

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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Why it was refused

  1. By reason of its scale, bulk and massing, flat‑roofed two‑storey form, and its projection beyond the side elevation at first‑floor level only, the proposed development would appear poorly proportioned, visually incoherent and uncharacteristic within the street scene. The proposal would fail to respond positively to the scale, form, roofscape and local vernacular of the surrounding area, resulting in a poor standard of design, harmful to the character and appearance of the area. The development is therefore contrary to Policies HB1 and HB8 of the Places and Policies Local Plan 2020 and the design objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. By reason of its siting along the shared boundary with No. 49 Wear Bay Road and its close proximity to a first‑floor dormer window serving a habitable room, the proposed first‑floor side extension would result in an overbearing form of development and create a pronounced tunnelling effect at first‑floor level. This would give rise to unacceptable harm to the living conditions of the occupiers of No. 49 Wear Bay Road, contrary to Policies HB1 and HB8 of the Places and Policies Local Plan 2020.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CT19 6PU
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
6 April 2026
Consultation end
6 April 2026
Application expires
5 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
19

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 (6)

conservation areas, 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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