Land Rear Earlscliffe Mews, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB Data via plota.co.uk

25/1457/FH/CON - Approval of details reserved by a condition Approved

Proposal

Approval of conditions pursuant to conditions 11(waste removal strategy), 18 (construction management plan), 19 (construction ecological management plan) & 21(arboricultural method statement) of planning permission . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2025
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Approved
30 Sept 2025

Approved on 30 Sept 2025 · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF Biodiversity CEMP Report · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Comment from KCC Ecology Document · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Method Statement Report · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Construction Management Plan Report · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Construction Management Plan Report · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Site location and existing site plan Plan · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form r Application · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF List of reconsultations.pdf PDF · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF List of Consultations.pdf PDF · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF KCC Highways Comment Document · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Officers Report.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Cover Letter (R) Document · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Waste Management Officer Dover (R) Email · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Conservation area about 40 m away: Folkestone; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Folkestone built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 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 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
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode
CT20 2NB
Received
5 Aug 2025
Validated
5 Aug 2025
Ward
Folkestone Central
Parish
Folkestone
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2025
Decision
Approved
Decision date
30 Sept 2025

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 12 days slower than Shepway's median of 44 for discharge of conditions. Approved, as 99% of discharge of conditions here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
215decided in the last year

Plota live figures for discharge of conditions decided by Shepway in the last twelve months, from validation. Shepway decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
30 Sept 2025

Historical activity at this location

22 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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Subject of TPO No. 4 of 2015 - T1 Sycamore reduce crown by 3 meters and crown lift to 5 m…
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Works to trees the subject of TPO No. 10 of 2017 - Crown reduction of Sycamore tree by 2…
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2022 Approved
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2023 Refused
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2022 Withdrawn
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2022 Approved
Earlscliffe, 29 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2NB
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2022 Approved
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2020 Approved
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Development of residential flat block with 19 apartments with associated vehicle access a…
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2020 Approved
2 Earlscliffe Mews, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB
Crown reduction and crown lift of one Sycamore and one Tree of Heaven, both subject of Tr…
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2019 Approved
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2018 Approved
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Crown lift to 6 metres of a Lime situated in a conservation area
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2017 Refused
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Works to trees situated within a conservation area comprising removal of the lowest two s…
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2016 Approved
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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