Channel Tunnel Terminal, Ashford Road, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8XX

26/0975/FHChannel Tunnel Act 1987Approved

Approved

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Request for Approval under the terms of The Channel Tunnel Act 1987 for the erection of a tunnel training simulator.

Received: 17 June 2026
Council: Folkestone and Hythe District Council
Ward: North Downs East

ReceivedReceived17 Jun
ValidatedValidated17 Jun
Consult.Consultation23 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is a planning application at Channel Tunnel Terminal, Ashford Road, Newington, Folkestone, CT18 8XX. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 6,331 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,627 applications in total for the CT18 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: CT18 8XX
Application type: Channel Tunnel Act 1987
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Newington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 June 2026
Consultation expiry: 23 July 2026
Consultation end: 23 July 2026
Application expires: 12 August 2026

Planning decision

Decision: Approve with Conditions
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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