Planning application
Kingfishers, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DF
Works: Extension Loft or dormer Windows or glazing Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
Comment by 15 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Folkestone and Hythe through their own planning portal.
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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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Folkestone and Hythe for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Folkestone and Hythe decided householder applications in a median of 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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