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Two-storey extension planning permission refused in Folkestone and Hythe

Most were refused over design. We read 30 of the 31 two-storey extensions Folkestone and Hythe refused since May 2024 and sorted each by what its reasons were about. Each dot is one of them.

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  1. Design and character of the area 26 of 30

  2. Neighbours' amenity 8 of 30

  3. Flooding and drainage 2 of 30

  4. Highways and parking 2 of 30

  5. Insufficient information 2 of 30

  6. Living conditions for future occupiers 2 of 30

  7. Trees, landscape and ecology 2 of 30

  8. Heritage assets 1 of 30

Each dot is one refusal. A refusal usually gives more than one reason, so it can stand in more than one row.

Of the 30 refusals of two-storey extensions Folkestone and Hythe made since May 2024 that we read, 87% were refused at least in part over design or the character of the area. Plan Forecast, 4 November 2026.

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Design and character of the area

of the refusals we read

26 of the 30 two-storey extensions Folkestone and Hythe refused that we read gave a reason about how the work looked, or how it sat in its street: its size, its shape, its materials.

How the councils compare

  • Trafford 91%
  • Folkestone and Hythe 87%
  • Bromley 82%
  • Ealing 80%
  • Bolton 79%
  • Leeds 79%
  • York 78%
  • Cheshire West and Chester 77%
  • Croydon 77%
  • Rochdale 77%
  • Epping Forest 74%
  • Manchester 74%
  • Salford 63%
  • Ashford 61%
  • Buckinghamshire 60%
  • Stockport 57%
  • Wakefield 53%
  • North Yorkshire 52%
  • Milton Keynes 47%
  • Westminster 24%

Share of each council's refused two-storey extensions we read that gave a reason about it.

Also cited

  • Neighbours' amenity 8 of 30
  • Flooding and drainage 2 of 30
  • Highways and parking 2 of 30
  • Insufficient information 2 of 30
  • Living conditions for future occupiers 2 of 30
  • Trees, landscape and ecology 2 of 30
  • Heritage assets 1 of 30

Policies cited most

The plans and policies Folkestone and Hythe's refusals named, each counted once a refusal.

  • HB1, Local Plan 29 of 30
  • HB8, Local Plan 23 of 30
  • National Planning Policy Framework 14 of 30
  • NE3, Local Plan 6 of 30
  • HB3, Local Plan 3 of 30
  • NE2, Local Plan 2 of 30

How we count

These are Folkestone and Hythe's own refusals of two-storey extensions, decided in the last three years and listed on its register. For each one we read the decision notice and sorted its reasons by what they were about. 1 we have not read yet; they are counted as refusals and not as refusals without reasons.

A refusal usually gives more than one reason, so the shares add up to more than a hundred. Which refusals they were, where, and what each said, is in the Planning Forecast for your address, with a link to each council's own notice.

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