Longage Manor Farm, Longage Hill, Lyminge, CT18 8HB

25/0338/FHFull Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 2 July 2025

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of barn for the holding of events including weddings and community uses together with associated parking and outside space.

Received: 24 February 2025
Council: Folkestone and Hythe District Council
Ward: North Downs West

ReceivedReceived24 Feb
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation12 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided2 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Longage Manor Farm, Longage Hill, Lyminge, CT18 8HB. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 11 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across North Downs West. We hold 1,627 applications in total for the CT18 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Folkestone and Hythe District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CT18 8HB
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lyminge

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 12 June 2025
Consultation end: 12 June 2025
Application expires: 2 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 21

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

No recorded designations at this site.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (7)

conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens and SSSIs.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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