Planning application
74 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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 partial change of use of the upper floors from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to 1 residential flat (Class C3).
As published by the council, reference 26/0713/FH/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0713/FH/PA
- Type
- PA - Offices to dwellings
- Status
- Closed
- Decision
- Prior approval not required
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 21 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Folkestone Central
- Parish
- Folkestone
- Postcode
- CT20 1JP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Folkestone and Hythe register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.
-
26/0059/FH/PA Refused
74 TONTINE STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1JP
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Class G 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 mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
11 May 2026
Received by Folkestone and Hythe
-
12 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
21 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior approval not required
-
26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 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 documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Folkestone and Hythe granted permission on 21 July 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 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
74 TONTINE STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1JP
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Class G 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 mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)
Refused Prior approval New dwelling 15 docsSeveral homes -
Studio1, Brewery Tap, 53 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JR
Retrospective change of use from educational/community activities to a hospitality venue with a training & development hub.
Granted Full applications 22 docs -
55-57 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JR
The reconfiguration of the rear access to the bin store and entrance to the flat
Granted Full applications 21 docs -
47 St Michaels Street, Folkestone, CT20 1LP
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the erection of a single storey rear extension.
Granted Lawful development Extension 9 docsSmall domestic -
22-26 Dover Road & 3 Mill Bay, Folkestone, CT20 1JQ
Change of use & conversion of part of the existing offices into four self-contained flats with associated alterations, including the replacement of the existing shop fronts.
Refused Full applications New dwelling 20 docs -
Land Adjoining 86 To 88 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JW
Non material amendment to planning permission Y19/0016/FH to allow for change to the wording of condition 16.3 and the removal of condition 18.
Granted Amendments 6 docs
Other prior approval applications
In Folkestone and Hythe
-
26/1471/FH/PA Awaiting decision
Newbarn Farm, Eastbridge Road, Burmarsh, TN29 0HY
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the erection of a agricultural storage building.
-
26/1335/FH/PA Granted
Newbarn Farm, Eastbridge Road, Burmarsh TN29 0HY
Determination as to whether the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required under Schedule 2, Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the erection of a agricultural storage building.
-
26/1257/FH/PA Awaiting decision
SEABROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, SEABROOK ROAD, HYTHE, CT21 5RL
Consultation request KCC/FH/0109/2026 for Details of an Archaeological Watching Brief WSI and an Archaeological Watching Brief RAMS pertaining to Condition 6 of Planning Permission TH/25/450.
-
26/1233/FH/PA Awaiting decision
9 Encombe, Sandgate, Folkestone, CT20 3DE
Application for prior approval under schedule 2, part 1 - class AA (General permitted development order 2015) for the enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storey with a maximum additional height of 2.82 metres.
-
26/1212/FH/PA Awaiting decision
Folca, 48-66 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 1DW
Application for Prior Approval under Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of part of the former department store from commercial, business and service use (Class E) to 21no. dwellings to residential use (Class C3).