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Athol Cottage, Bartholomew Street, Hythe, CT21 5BS

26/0501/FHHouseholder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 21 May 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Installation of an external staircase to link roof terrace to garden, replacement balustrade and addition of gable roof to access doors to first floor bedroom.

Received
30 March 2026
Ward
Hythe
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Athol Cottage, Bartholomew Street, Hythe, CT21 5BS. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Hythe conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Hythe. We hold 1,106 applications in total for the CT21 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. The proposed external spiral staircase and associated balustrading, by reason of their prominent siting, bulky form and unsympathetic design, would appear as a visually intrusive addition that would fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Hythe High Street and Vicinity Conservation Area. Furthermore, the proposal would fail to preserve the setting of nearby listed buildings, including Nos. 8 and 8B Bartholomew Street (Grade II) and 1 and 2 Centuries, Bartholomew Street (Grade II*), resulting in less than substantial harm to the significance of these designated heritage assets, which is not outweighed by any public benefits. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies HB1 and HB8 of the Places and Policies Local Plan 2020 and paragraphs 202 to 222 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CT21 5BS
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hythe

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Consultation expiry
14 May 2026
Consultation end
14 May 2026
Application expires
27 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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