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Rasc Lines, West Road, Folkestone

26/1685/FH/PAPrior notification: DemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 6 November 2026

Council decision: Prior approval not required

Proposal

Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the demolition of 1 No. air raid shelter, removal of debris & infill excavations & turf over level with existing areas.

Received
12 October 2026
Ward
Sandgate & West Folkestone
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Rasc Lines, West Road, Folkestone. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks 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 59 applications across Sandgate & West Folkestone.

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

Application type
Prior notification: Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sandgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2026
Consultation expiry
4 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Danielle Wilkins

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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