Planning application
Ground Floor Business Premises, 21 Grace Hill, Folkestone, CT20 1HA
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for a change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to 1 residential flat (Class C3).
As published by the council, reference 26/0398/FH/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0398/FH/PA
- Type
- PA - from Shop/ Bank to dwellings
- Status
- Closed
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 13 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 13 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 8 May 2026
- Ward
- Folkestone Central
- Parish
- Folkestone
- Postcode
- CT20 1HA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Mar 2026
Received by Folkestone and Hythe
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8 May 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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