Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

50-52 Folkestone Care Centre & 56 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB

Granted Folkestone and Hythe 26/0354/FH Full Planning Permission

Works: New dwelling Extension

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of 10no. residential flats (Use Class C3) at ground and first floors only to 20no. bedrooms of care accommodation (Use Class C2) with associated internal and external alterations including a 2 storey link extension.

As published by the council, reference 26/0354/FH

Application record

Reference
26/0354/FH
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Closed
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Received
9 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Decided
1 May 2026
Ward
Folkestone Central
Parish
Folkestone
Postcode
CT20 2NB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Folkestone and Hythe register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/1258/FH Awaiting decision

    50-52 Folkestone Care Centre & 56 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB

    Change of use of 3no. parking spaces to the rear of Care Centre to secure garden area.

    Submitted 4 Aug 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Mar 2026

    Received by Folkestone and Hythe

  2. 1 May 2026

    Decision issued: Approve with Conditions

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

27 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Folkestone and Hythe granted permission on 1 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 50-52 Folkestone Care Centre & 56 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB

    26/1258/FH Submitted 4 Aug 2026 0m away

    76% historically approved · decision due ~29 Sep

    Change of use of 3no. parking spaces to the rear of Care Centre to secure garden area.

    Awaiting decision Full applications 9 docs

  • 5 Earlscliffe Mews, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB

    26/0681/FH/TCA Submitted 1 May 2026 0m away

    Works to trees the subject of TPO No. 10 of 2017 T1 Yew overall reduction by 2 metres.

    Granted Trees 8 docs

  • 5 Earlscliffe Mews, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB

    26/0681/FH Submitted 1 May 2026 0m away

    Works to trees the subject of TPO No. 10 of 2017 T1 Yew overall reduction by 2 metres.

    Granted Trees 8 docs

  • 54 to 56 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB

    26/0282/FH/CON Submitted 25 Feb 2026 0m away

    Approval of details pursuant to condition 14 (electric vehicle charging) of planning permission 20/1004/FH.

    Granted Conditions 4 docs

  • 54 to 56 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT20 2NB

    22/0114/FH/CON Submitted 21 Jan 2022 0m away

    Approval of details pursuant to condition 4 (materials) condition 5 (drainage design) condition 6 (water usage calculations) condition 7 (BT fibre) and condition 8 (landscaping) of planning permission 20/1004/FH (Development of residential flat block with 19 apartments with associated vehicle access and parking)

    Granted Conditions New dwelling 44 docs
    Major scheme

  • LAND REAR OF EARLSCLIFFE MEWS, SHORNCLIFFE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2NB

    25/2164/FH/CON Submitted 26 Nov 2025 0m away

    Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (materials), 4 (glazing, doors, facade, vents, louvres), 9 (parking management plan), 10 (bin storage), 12 (water usage), 13 (hard & soft landscape), 16 (biodiversity) & 20 (lighting) of planning permission 25/0035/FH.

    Granted Conditions Windows or glazing 31 docs

In Folkestone and Hythe

  • 26/1145/FH Granted

    Highfields Farmhouse, Stowting Hill, Stowting Common, Ashford, TN25 6BG

    Replacement dwelling and erection of detached carport with annexe following demolition of outbuildings.

    15 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 26/0990/FH Granted

    Flat 2, 35 Augusta Gardens, Folkestone, CT20 2RT

    Reconfigured external access steps (retrospective).

    19 Jun 2026 Full applications
  • 26/0988/FH Refused

    15 Risborough Lane, Folkestone, CT19 4JH

    Change of use of ground floor retail unit from class E(a) to 1 bed flat (class C3), including rear extension and alterations to front, side and rear elevations.

    19 Jun 2026 Full applications
  • 26/1041/FH Granted

    40 Valestone Close, Hythe, CT21 5SW

    Erection of an outbuilding to be used for dog grooming business.

    29 Jun 2026 Full applications
  • 26/0903/FH Refused

    N I C Instruments Ltd, Gladstone Road, Folkestone, CT19 5NF

    Demolition of existing building and erection of 8 no. dwelling-houses with associated landscaping and parking.

    8 Jun 2026 Full applications