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Ashley Farm, Woodland Road, Lyminge, CT18 8DP

25/2273/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 27 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of land from mixed use (commercial and private stables) to livery yard, including private use; retention of existing stable block (part retrospective to regularise internal alterations) and retention of a menage and equestrian paddocks with associated lighting and fencing.

Received
16 December 2025
Ward
North Downs West
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ashley Farm, Woodland Road, Lyminge, CT18 8DP. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 12 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 8DP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lyminge

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 March 2026
Consultation end
6 March 2026
Application expires
27 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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
    7 Jan

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission 20/1742/FH

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)25/0020/FH

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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