Planning application
Hythe Town Football Club, Fort Road, Hythe CT21 6JS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for change of the existing natural turf pitch to an artificial grass pitch.
As published by the council, reference 26/0266/FH
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0266/FH
- Type
- Lawful development: Proposed use
- Status
- Closed
- Decision
- Refused As published: Not Lawful
- Received
- 23 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 11 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 27 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Hythe Rural
- Parish
- Hythe
- Postcode
- CT21 6JS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Folkestone and Hythe register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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26/1269/FH/CON Granted
Hythe Town Football Club, Fort Road, Hythe, CT21 6JS
Approval of details pursuant to condition 3 (surface water drainage) of planning permission 26/0684/FH.
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26/0684/FH Granted
Hythe Town Football Club, Fort Road, Hythe, CT21 6JS
Replacement of existing grass football pitch with 3G artificial surface.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Feb 2026
Received by Folkestone and Hythe
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11 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Not Lawful
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Folkestone and Hythe refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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