Planning application
Home Farm, Longage Hill, Rhodes Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6XS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development in respect of the erection of an agricultural building, associated hardstanding, and the use of land for agricultural contracting activities, including the storage, maintenance and operation of agricultural machinery and equipment, ancillary and incidental to the primary agricultural use of the holding
As published by the council, reference 26/0986/FH
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0986/FH
- Type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Status
- Closed
- Decision
- Granted As published: Lawful
- Received
- 18 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 18 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- North Downs West
- Parish
- Lyminge
- Postcode
- CT4 6XS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Folkestone and Hythe register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/0726/FH Granted
Home Farm, Longage Hill, Rhodes Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6XS
Erection of an agricultural building (retrospective).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Jun 2026
Received by Folkestone and Hythe
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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13 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Lawful
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Folkestone and Hythe granted permission on 13 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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