Plans for the final phase of the massive redevelopment of Folkestone's harbour and seafront have been revealed for the first time.

The latest vision for the site including the popular Harbour Arm was outlined to community groups at a pair of workshops at the Quarterhouse arts centre in Tontine Street.

Representatives of the Folkestone Harbour and Seafront Development Company - the developer backed by Sir Roger De Haan - were on hand to explain how the area immediately around the harbour could one day look.

The proposals would see the creation of a mixed-use development of homes and commercial space.

Locals and visitors alike will be reassured to know the Good Yard - home to food and drink businesses as well as the harbour's big screen - will be retained in some form in the new scheme.

The centrepiece of the site will be the renovated Harbour station, which links the former swing bridge across the harbour to the pier.

Architects working on the proposals explained to invited representatives of local bodies how they were seeking to ensure views of key landmarks - such as the lighthouse at the end of the Harbour Arm - are retained.

The final phase of the seafront redevelopment will conclude the delivery of a masterplan for a long stretch of the town's coastline.

Work is already well advanced on the first new homes west of the harbour, with the Shoreline apartment almost ready for occupation.

Duarte Lobo Antunes - director of the architectural practice working on the scheme - gave a presentation to the workshops outlining the plans for the harbour.

He said: "While we already have outline planning permission for 1,000 new homes and 10,000 sq m of commercial property, it is important the local community understands the level of detail and technical studies that we are undertaking.

"We are conducting wind and sunlight studies and how we can retain important views through the development."

According to the development company, more than two million visits were made to the harbour area in 2022.

Outline planning permission for the entire scheme was granted in 2018, and a series of planning applications for each of the separate phases have been submitted for approval in the years since.