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Wills Farm Bungalow, Wills Lane, Newchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0DT

25/2300/FHFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 March 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement dwelling.

Received
22 December 2025
Ward
Romney Marsh
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wills Farm Bungalow, Wills Lane, Newchurch, Romney Marsh, TN29 0DT. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 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 47 applications across Romney 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application site has the potential to impact Water Voles, which are a protected species. Insufficient has been submitted with the application relating to these species and, if necessary, detailing proposed mitigation should they be found. In the absence of this information, the application fails to properly assess the impact of the development upon ecology, and therefore has the potential to negatively affect protected species in a manner contrary to policies HB1 and NE2 of the adopted Places and Policies Local Plan, CSD4 of the adopted Core Strategy Review (2022) and the advice of paragraph 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN29 0DT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
2 February 2026
Consultation end
2 February 2026
Application expires
4 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
20

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.

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Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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