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Detailed plans for the final development of homes on the former Rotunda amusement park site on Folkestone seafront have been submitted.
The designs for Plot E, which sits opposite the Grand Burstin Hotel, feature a mix of one- to four-bedroom flats and houses in a development of about 100 properties.
Most of the new homes have views facing either the sea or the harbour, and they will be built around what has been described as a "tree-filled podium garden".
The proposals were put out to public consultation last summer to allow people to give their feedback on the vision for the site.
They are just one part of a larger masterplan to deliver housing, commercial and public space on a large swathe of the town's coastline between the harbour and Lower Leas Coastal Park.
The proposed development on Plot E will include a minimum of 150 car parking spaces for residents, split over two levels and constructed under a garden.
According to a statement of community engagement submitted in support of the latest reserved matter application, a majority of respondents to the consultation agreed the development would be beneficial for the ongoing regeneration of the harbour area.
However ongoing concerns about parking provision were reflected in the survey.
Overall 53% of respondents were supportive of the plans, with 30% opposed.
Speaking in August, Paulo Kingston-Correia, general manager at Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company, said: "Folkestone has a great deal to offer both residents and the millions of people who visit and holiday here.
"The combination of the new homes, the harbour, nearby Creative Quarter and ground-breaking F51 skate park, will ensure Folkestone continues to be an exciting destination."
Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company is led by billionaire philanthropist Sir Roger De Haan and has been responsible for the creation of the popular Harbour Arm food and drink destination.
An overall masterplan for the harbour and seafront was approved in 2015 and envisages up to 1,000 new homes on the coast, as well as space for businesses.
Work on phase one - dubbed Shoreline - where 84 new homes are currently being built on the shingle in front of the Leas Lift is well advanced.