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7 The Rangers, Folkestone, CT20 3FW

26/1699/FHLawful development: Proposed useRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 20 October 2026

Council decision: Not Lawful

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for a ground floor rear extension.

Received
15 October 2026
Ward
Cheriton
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at 7 The Rangers, Folkestone, CT20 3FW. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 17 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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

Postcode
CT20 3FW
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Folkestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Laura Cook

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Oct

    Ground floor rear extension.

    PendingHouseholder26/1746/FH

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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