Former Gasworks, Ship Street, Folkestone Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Outline planning application (with all matters reserved) for a residential development (Use Class C3) of up to 135 dwellings and non-residential floorspace comprising flexible retail (Use Class E). To include car parking, cycle parking, pedestrian and vehicular accesses, landscaping, refuse storage, servicing areas and other associated infrastructure works. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 415.
Documents 50
Statements & assessments 17
Plans & drawings 8
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 18
Site constraints 3
Checked on 13 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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
Decision outlook
Day 415, past the statutory target. 63% of outline applications in Shepway are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.
Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Shepway to go on. Shepway decision record →
Public comments
50% object · below the UK average of 74%
Last counted 26 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 10 Oct 2025
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%).
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The consultation period closed on 10 Oct 2025.