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£225,000

Wear Bay Crescent, Folkestone, Kent, CT19

Key Features

  • Development Opportunity in the Coastal Town of Folkestone
  • Vacant Plot with Full Planning Permission Granted
  • Planning for a Contemporary Detached Home Over Three Floors with Off-road Parking & Generous Rear Garden
  • Adjacent Dwelling Built, Demonstrating the Approved Scheme
  • Excellent Transport links, including High Speed Rail Services to London
  • Convenient Access to Folkestone Town Centre, Harbour & Beaches

Description

A SINGLE building plot set in this extremely popular avenue of Folkestone with its mix of Edwardian and Victorian villas and close to the foreshore. Planning has been granted to build a pair of detached properties, one of which has already been built.

Land at Wear Bay Crescent is the remaining single vacant plot with full planning to erect a stylish family home over three floors.

The Property
Formerly the site of a substantial pair of semi-detached houses that suffered fire damage planning has been granted to replace 23 & 25 Wear Bay Avenue with a pair of detached homes. Number 25 has now been completed with number 23 a vacant plot.

Proposal
Planning has been approved by Folkestone Council under ref: 22/1227/FH to build a detached home with modern flowing living spaces, and a further living space on the first floor. 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms span the first and second floor providing excellent living and family spaces. Externally there is parking to the front and a large rear garden.

Full plans of the approved design, along with the decision notice are available on request.

Location Summary
Awarded Best Place to Live in The South East by The Times 2024; This coastal town is the very model of modern regeneration for shipshape and stylish living. Folkestone has seen much regeneration over the past few years, with much more planned going forward, especially surrounding the town centre and Harbour. Folkestone has a large array of shops, boutiques and restaurants as well as many hotels and tourist attractions. Folkestone is fortunate to have two High Speed Rail links to London, both offering a London commute in under an hour. There are great transport links to surrounding towns and cities and easy access to the continent too. With so much going on and with the future bright, Folkestone is an excellent location to both live and invest in.

Access
The site is vacant but is secured and access is available through the local brank of Miles & Barr.

Contact
Please contact Miles & Barr Land & New Homes for further details or speak to the local branch to discuss the general market conditions and values.

Identification Checks
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Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-06-16

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

10 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 94% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy267 metresOfsted report card · Nov 2025
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    406
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School451 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    98
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Martello Primary643 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    146
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Castle Hill Community Primary School788 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    395
    Type
    Community school
  • St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School896 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    215
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Folkestone Academy1.2 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    936
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Harvey Grammar School1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,005
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Boys
  • The Folkestone School for Girls1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,145
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls
  • Turner Free School2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    997
    Type
    Free schools
  • Astor Secondary School5.1 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    732
    Type
    Academy converter

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Tesco Folkestone Dover Rd Express, Folkestone597 metres
Lidl Central Folkestone Folkestone, Folkestone919 metres
Tesco Folkestone Foord Rd Express, Folkestone0.6 miles

GP surgery

Harbour Medical Practice791 metres

Pharmacy

Mcardle Pharmacy662 metres

Hospital

Royal Victoria Hospital0.9 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden95 metres

Walking trail

North Downs Way0.9 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Folkestone Central Rail Station1 mile

Nearest bus stop

St Clements Court86 metres

Typical drive times

Dover13 min · 7.8 miles
Hythe13 min · 7.1 miles
Ashford24 min · 18 miles
Folkestone2 min · 0.8 miles
Canterbury (city)27 min · 17 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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