Coolinge Lane, Folkestone

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Proposed Coolinge Lane homes

Thank you for your interest in our Coolinge Lane project.

Southern Housing are one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the South East, the Isle of Wight and the Midlands, giving over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own.

Our vision is to create communities where everyone has a safe home in a place where they’re proud to live.

Our planning application to build eight new zero carbon homes on the land between Sandwich Close, Hythe Close, Walmer Way and Romney Avenue was refused. This page was archived in January 2024.

Thank you for your interest in our Coolinge Lane project.

Southern Housing are one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the South East, the Isle of Wight and the Midlands, giving over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own.

Our vision is to create communities where everyone has a safe home in a place where they’re proud to live.

Our planning application to build eight new zero carbon homes on the land between Sandwich Close, Hythe Close, Walmer Way and Romney Avenue was refused. This page was archived in January 2024.

Read on for more information about the proposal and details of how we consulted with the local community. We will engage with the community again when we are in a position to look at further opportunities in the area.

Proposal

We have been working in partnership with EDAROTH (Everyone Deserves A Roof Over Their Head), to explore opportunities to build new, energy efficient, affordable homes on underutilised plots of land.

The open space between Sandwich Close, Hythe Close, Walmer Way and Romney Avenue, which is owned by Southern Housing, has been identified as an area that could be brought into better use. The area we are looking at includes the play area to the north and the garages on the southern edge, behind Romney Avenue.

Our proposal is for:

  • The construction of eight new, zero carbon homes, manufactured off site.
  • A mixture of two and three bedroom houses, arranged as a row of terraces.
  • Five homes for shared ownership and three for social rent.
  • Each home will have a separate entrance, and gardens to the front and rear.
  • One parking space will be provided for each household. These will be at the southern end of the site, with access via a footpath
  • The garages along Romney Avenue have reached the end of their useful life and will be demolished. Current occupiers will be provided with an alternative garage nearby.

The proposal retains a small triangle of public space in front of the new homes, shown below.


The planning application

Following consultation (outlined below), we analysed the feedback, carried out further surveys and gathered additional information to complete our planning application submission. In June 2023 we submitted a full planning application to Folkestone & Hythe District Council. Now they have registered the planning application, you can view it and provide further comments on the council website at www. folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/planning.The planning application number is 23/1012/FH.

A Community Consultation report containing a summary and analysis of the findings from the resident consultation was submitted with the application. This can be downloaded by following the link in Information, letters and documents to the right of this platform (or by scrolling down if using a hand-held device).

Further consultation on landscaping of the open space

We have proposed that if the revised affordable housing scheme achieves planning approval, the final details for landscaping the remaining open space will be secured through a pre-occupation condition. This is to provide assurance of our commitment to consulting again, to develop a landscaping approach that most meets the needs of the local community.

Previous consultation engagement

We provided the following opportunities to feedback on our proposals, before submitting our planning application.

  1. Feedback on the proposal. We invite you to give us your feedback on our proposal for the overall design of the homes, before we submit our planning application. The deadline for this is Sunday 12 February. You can do this by completing the Feedback section at the bottom of this page, attending our drop-in event and filling in a feedback form or emailing the project team. We recommend coming along to the event before submitting your feedback so you can view the designs in more detail and discuss any concerns you may have with the project team.
  2. Survey on use of the public space. You have a little longer to complete our survey on use of the public space. The survey can also be found at the bottom of this page. Your answers will help us understand how you and your household currently use the open space and how you might prefer to use the retained public space in front of the proposed new homes (shown in the image above). The survey goes live on Wednesday 8 February and will close on Friday 24 February. Paper copies of the survey will be delivered to homes on Coolinge Lane Estate and can be handed in at our drop-in event or emailed to the project team.

Drop-in event

We warmly invite you to come along to our event on Wednesday 8 February any time between 3pm and 7pm.

Where: Mudpie (pottery studio)
131-133 Enbrook Valley
Sandgate
CT20 3NE

Accessible room, children welcome, refreshments available.

This is great opportunity to view the designs and find out more about the zero carbon, off-site construction homes we are proposing. You can meet the project team, ask questions and leave your feedback about the proposal. We'll provide an opportunity to share your ideas about how you would like to use the area in front of the new homes in our public space activity and help you complete the online survey.

The event information boards can also be viewed under Information, letters and documents.

Feedback (on our proposal for overall design of the homes)

You can ask the project team questions, leave your comments and read what other people have to say about our proposal in the Feedback section at the bottom of this page. Any comments received by Sunday 12 February 2023 will be carefully considered by the project team before the final designs are submitted to the planning department. After this date we will continue to read and consider any feedback you may have.

Survey - Use of public space (available from 8 February)

We hope you will complete our online survey (scroll down to find it), to help us understand how you like to use the public space. Paper copies will be delivered to homes on Coolinge Lane Estate and can be handed in at our drop-in event. Alternatively, you can email Coolinge.Lane@southernhousing.org.uk and a member of the project team will help you. The survey will be live from 8 - 24 February 2023.

Door knocking

The project team visited the estate in January to deliver a newsletter to residents living on the Coolinge Lane estate. If we missed you but you would like to speak to us, our contact details are on the newsletter and also under 'Who's Listening' on the right (or below if using a mobile device). We will be at the drop-in event on 8 February to answer any questions you may have.

Newsletters

Our January newsletter contains information about us and our proposal, the drop in event and how you can have your say. Further newsletters will let you know how your feedback has been used and explain what will happen next. You can view newsletters in Information, letters and documents on the right.

If you do not live on the Coolinge Lane Estate but would like to receive newsletters and other updates, please let the project team know. Our contact details can be found under Who's listening on the right (or below if using a mobile device).

How to get in touch

If you have any questions that are not covered here or in our Frequently Asked Questions, please contact the project team. Our details can be found under Who's Listening on the right (or below if using a mobile device).

About our partner, EDAROTH

EDAROTH believe that closing the housing gap requires a fresh approach. One that’s focused on delivering social and affordable housing at the point of need, and that creates the conditions that allow individuals, families and communities to flourish.

We aim to have a meaningful impact on the UK’s housing crisis by delivering homes for housing associations and councils.

It’s our purpose, our vision, our mission. It’s more than simply providing somewhere for people to survive. It’s about providing a spacious, desirable home where they can thrive. EDAROTH is a subsidiary of Atkins.

Everybody Deserves A Roof Over Their Head


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    Survey on use of the public space

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    We encourage you to complete our survey on how you use and would like to use the public space between Sandwich Close, Hythe Close, Walmer Way and Romney Avenue. We welcome your ideas on how the space could be retained and improved for those who might use it. 

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