Planning application
Kingfishers, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DF
Works: Extension Loft or dormer Windows or glazing Domestic
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Proposal
First floor extension to include dormer windows to front and rear, Juliet balconies & skylights, one and a half storey front extension and photovoltaic panels to front and rear roof slope.
As published by the council, reference 26/1474/FH
Application record
- Reference
- 26/1474/FH
- Type
- Householder planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 7 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 11 Sep 2026
- Ward
- North Downs West
- Parish
- Lyminge
- Postcode
- CT18 8DF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Folkestone and Hythe register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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23/0209/FH Granted
Kingfishers, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DF
Car Port & Log Store
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23/0061/FH Granted
Kingfishers, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DF
Erection of single storey front, side and rear extensions.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Sep 2026
Received by Folkestone and Hythe
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11 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Folkestone and Hythe took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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Kingfishers, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DF
Erection of single storey front, side and rear extensions.
Granted Householder Extension 18 docsSmall domestic -
Badgers Barn, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DF
Reduce Height of the 5 Silver Birch trees by 7 meters and trim sides, all subject of Tree Preservation Order No. 8 of 1995
Refused Trees 9 docs -
Old Cutting, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DF
Erection of a two storey side & first floor extension together with detached double garage
Granted Householder Extension 13 docsDomestic -
Ridgehill House Canterbury Road Etchinghill Folkestone CT18 8DF
Felling of a Spruce tree situated within a conservation area
Granted Trees 8 docs -
Kingfishers, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DF
Car Port & Log Store
Granted Householder 9 docsDomestic -
Broadstone House, 1 Green Drive, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8FL
Works to trees subject to TPO No 01 of 2018 comprising of T1-T7 Horse Chestnut crown reduction of 2 metres laterally and 3 metres vertically and T8 Horse Chestnut reduce the overhanging eastern canopy only by no more than 3m and a crown lift of a maximum of 3m from ground level.
Granted Trees 5 docs
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