Folca, 48-66 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 1DW
Proposal
Application for Prior Approval under Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of part of the former department store from commercial, business and service use (Class E) to 21no. dwellings to residential use (Class C3).
- Received
- 27 July 2026
- Decided
- 8 October 2026 · Prior Approval is Granted
- Ward
- Folkestone Central
- ReceivedSubmitted27 Jul
- ValidatedValidated29 Jul
- Consult.Consultation8 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided8 Oct
Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)
This is an outline application for a change of use at Folca, 48-66 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 1DW. Shepway has handled 136 applications of this type and approves 75% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Shepway's median. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Folkestone Central. We hold 380 applications in total for the CT20 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Shepway
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (21)
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