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Castle Stables, The Street, Lympne, CT21 4LQ

25/1561/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 October 2025

Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Temporary use of Castle barn and stables for community events for no more than 28 days per calendar year

Received
18 August 2025
Ward
Hythe Rural
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Castle Stables, The Street, Lympne, CT21 4LQ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Lympne conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Hythe Rural. We hold 1,106 applications in total for the CT21 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
CT21 4LQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lympne

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2025
Consultation expiry
23 September 2025
Consultation end
23 September 2025
Application expires
13 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Lympne

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 (6)

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

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    22 Apr

    Retrospective replacement ancillary stable.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission25/0763/FH

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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