The Look Out, Crete Road West, Folkestone, CT18 7AB Data via plota.co.uk

26/1690/FH/CON - Approval of details reserved by a condition Under Consultation
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Proposal

Approval of details pursuant to Condition 3 (materials) of planning permission //FH Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
13 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 8 Dec 2026.

Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Condition 3 assessment sheets Report · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Location and Site Plan PDF · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted PDF · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 10

Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Special area of conservation about 26 m away: Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 5. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI about 26 m away: Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Public footpath about 28 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
North Downs Way about 23 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 26 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £577,500 in July 2017. Other property, freehold.

14 July 2017£577,500Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Shepway
Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode
CT18 7AB
Received
13 Oct 2026
Validated
13 Oct 2026
Ward
Cheriton
Parish
Folkestone
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Dec 2026

Public comments

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Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

15 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
Side extension elevated on stilts with a glass corridor link, connecting to the existing…
25/0321/FH
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the installation of a partially underground…
25/1499/FH
2025 Approved
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Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the installation of a partially underground…
25/1499/FH
2023 Approved
Troost, Crete Road West, Folkestone, CT18 7AB
Replacement of two existing outbuildings with two new outbuildings.
23/1218/FH
2022 Approved
Land at The Cherry Garden, Castle Hill and Crete Road West, Folkestone, CT18 7AB
Installation of freestanding map board
22/1986/FH
2022 Approved
Troost, Crete Road West, Folkestone, CT18 7AB
Change of use of the former kennels to residential curtilage associated with and ancillar…
22/0142/FH
2018 Withdrawn
The Look Out Crete Road West Folkestone Kent CT18 7AB
Conditions 4, 5 and 6 of planning permission Y18/0810/FH.
Y18/1107/FH
2018 Withdrawn
The Look Out Crete Road West Folkestone Kent CT18 7AB
Conditions 4, 5 and 6 of planning permission Y18/0810/FH.
Y18/1107/FH
2020 Approved
Dover And Folkestone Boarding And Quarantine Kennels, Crete Road West, Folkestone, CT18 7AB
Certificate of Lawful Development (existing) for static caravan for residential use.
20/0107/FH
2018 Approved
The Look Out Crete Road West Folkestone Kent CT18 7AB
Erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory…
Y18/1099/FH
2018 Approved
The Look Out Crete Road West Folkestone Kent CT18 7AB
Erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory…
Y18/1099/FH
2018 Approved
The Look Out Crete Road West Folkestone Kent CT18 7AB
Erection of a stable block, following the demolition of existing stables
Y18/0810/FH
2018 Approved
The Look Out Crete Road West Folkestone Kent CT18 7AB
Erection of a stable block, following the demolition of existing stables
Y18/0810/FH
2017 Approved
Agapornis Crete Road West Folkestone Kent CT18 7AB
Change of use of land from agriculture to the keeping of horses and the erection of 20x60…
Y17/0743/SH
Shepway
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#49 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.