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Dungeness A Power Station, Dungeness Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9PP

25/1502/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed demolition of boiler house complexes, central control block and ancillary plant, re-cladding the amended reactor buildings, installation of hardstanding and weather protection structure to facilitate storage of the removed boilers, boiler drums and associated ducting and pipework.

Received
7 August 2025
Ward
Walland & Denge Marsh
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 199 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Dungeness A Power Station, Dungeness Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9PP. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 23 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Walland & Denge Marsh. We hold 834 applications in total for the TN29 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
TN29 9PP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lydd

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2025
Consultation expiry
29 December 2025
Consultation end
29 December 2025
Application expires
6 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
200 days

Additional information

Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: DungenessNext to the site
  • SSSI: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSIPart of the site · +1 more

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 (5)

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 Sep

    Approval of details pursuant to informative 1 (biodiversity gain plan) of planning permission 25/1502/FH

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/1432/FH/BGP
  2. 2025
    7 Aug

    Proposed demolition of boiler house complexes, central control block and ancillary plant, re-cladding the…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/1502/FH

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