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173 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 3PD

26/0274/FHLawful development: Proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for hip to gable extension, rear dormer & 2 velux windows to front elevation.

Received
24 February 2026
Ward
Cheriton
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 173 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 3PD. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 423 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Cheriton. 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 3PD
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Application expires
21 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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