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Grand Hotel, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL

26/1499/FHListed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)Pending Decision
Listed building consent

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the installation of a doorway within existing window opening providing external access to music room, erection of elevated platform & creation of a new internal door within the lift corridor to separate the public and private use of the building.

Received
11 September 2026
Ward
Folkestone Central
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided
7 weeks typical decision time in Shepway87% of applications approved

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Grand Hotel, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL. Shepway has handled 48 applications of this type and approves 88% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 11 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Folkestone conservation area, with 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

Reference
26/1499/FH
Address
Grand Hotel, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL
Postcode
CT20 2XL
Local Authority
Shepway
Application Type
Listed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Under Consultation
Ward
Folkestone Central
Parish
Folkestone

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
11 September 2026
Consultation Expiry
5 November 2026
Date Validated
29 September 2026
Date Submitted
11 September 2026
Consultation End
5 November 2026
Application Expires
24 November 2026

Planning Decision

Case Officer
Danielle Wilkins
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
15
Coordinates
51.075134, 1.163530
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Shepway

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Sep

    Installation of new doorway within existing window opening providing external access to music room.

    PendingFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside26/1541/FH
  2. 2026
    11 Sep

    Listed Building Consent for the installation of a doorway within existing window opening providing external…

    This applicationPendingListed building consent26/1499/FH

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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