The controversial Folkestone Harbour Planning Application 24/0505/FH will go before the planning committee on the 21 January 2025, at 7pm, in the Council chamber. The Council report makes clear this reserved matters application be approved subject to the conditions set out at the end of the report
The decision to be made by the planning committee will be to consider the approval of reserved matters (layout, access, scale, appearance, and landscaping) of Phases 5 and Phase 6 comprising Plots F1, F2, G1, G2, and H.
Outline Planning permission for the whole site, as pictured above, under application Y12/0897/SH was granted with conditions on the 30 Jan 2015. A Section 73 application (Y17/1099/FH) was granted which amended the original outline permission (ref: Y12/0897/SH) and it is this permission that has been implemented. This application Y17/1099/FH, increased the heights of the buildings among other things.
There have been 718 objections to the application, 52 in support of the application and 6 which neither support or object. as of the 13 January 2025.
The outline planning is due to lapse on the 29 Jan 2025, so the applicant is cutting it rather fine for this project, down by the waterline in Folkestone.
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