IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Spindle Close, FOLKESTONE, CT18 7UH

Another building is under construction while another to its left had had its cladding added. Planning permission was approved, with conditions, by Folkestone and Hythe District Council under application number Y15/1035/SH for “mixed use development comprising 2366sqm of commercial space (Class B1/B8) in five blocks, together with erection of 47 dwellings, with associated car parking, external works and landscaping (alternative to planning permission Y10/0738/SH)”.

A close-up view of Image gives full details of the development. The single storey building is the office of Pentland Homes. The area in front of it has been planted with shrubs and a lawn laid. The building in the background is Hawkinge House - a residential care home.

The crane’s jib marks the location of the Image, while the noticeboard advises interested parties to contact the chartered surveyors and estate agents Smith-Wooley & Perry, whose main office is at Image The large building beyond the employment land is Image

Until recently, this view was obstructed by a car towing a “café on wheels” which was parked on a road that sees a lot of traffic to and from a Lidl supermarket as well as a care home. Now, there is a notice that says that the road is private (if you please!) and that anyone parking on it will be clamped. I took this building when cladding was being added Image

Giving details of the development that is taking place in Defiant Close. The name of the estate agents Smith-Woolley and Perry has been shortened to "sw&p". The agent's premises are based at Image

Looking along the wall of the Lidl supermarket towards the land that is being built on in Defiant Close. Planning permission has been approved, with conditions, by Folkestone and Hythe District Council under application number Y10/0739/SH for "mixed use development comprising the erection of 4, three storey blocks providing 8 ground floor commercial units and 48, 2 bedroom apartments above together with associated access, parking landscaping and open space". The pale-coloured, rectangular building in the centre of the picture has been constructed of wood and the large building on the right is Image

Planning permission was approved, with conditions, by Folkestone and Hythe District Council under application number Y15/1179/SH for the “erection of retail store, and alterations to car park layout, following demolition of existing retail store”. This view shows the ongoing Image and in this view, the Image, which can be seen here just beyond the barriers.

Seen from Hurricane Way, planning permission was approved, with conditions, by Folkestone and Hythe District Council under application number Y15/1179/SH for the “erection of retail store, and alterations to car park layout, following demolition of existing retail store”. This view of the Image shows the building from another direction. This was the first lying snow of 2017, which had fallen the day before and was gone the day after this view was taken.

As seen from a 15 foot hillock that was created during the construction of the estate. It has been grassed over and planted with trees. The road running from left to right is Hurricane Way, while that entering it is Defiant Close.

In the distance, new houses are being erected. Planning permission has been approved, with conditions, by Folkestone and Hythe District Council under application number 14/0341/SH for the “erection of 21 dwellings (class C3) together with associated access and landscaping”. The location was given as “land at Hurricane Way, Hawkinge, Kent”.