Hythe Town Football Club, Fort Road, Hythe, CT21 6JS Data via plota.co.uk

26/0684/FH - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Replacement of existing grass football pitch with 3G artificial surface. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Apr 2026
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Validated
12 May 2026
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Committee
14 Jul 2026
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Approved
20 Jul 2026

Approved on 20 Jul 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Camber to Folkestone across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument about 204 m away: Royal Military Canal, West Hythe Bridge to Scanlon's Bridge; National landscape about 337 m away: Kent Downs; Inside the Hythe built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Shepway
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CT21 6JS
Received
30 Apr 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
Hythe Rural
Parish
Hythe
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
20 Jul 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 69 days from validation, 18 days slower than Shepway's median of 51 for full applications. Approved, as 80% of full applications here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
165decided in the last year

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Public comments

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Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
8 Jul 2026
Shepway
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#49 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Shepway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #5 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Shepway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #247 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #219 of 296
96%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #5 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #5 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
69%
Change of use approved
32 decided
761
Total decisions
139 refused in the year to March 2026