Planning application
Old Manor Cottage, Lympne Hill, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4NX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective planning permission for formation of pond (for discharge of surface water and treated wastewater), stationing of shipping containers and installation of cladding and pitched roofs thereon to create an outbuilding.
As published by the council, reference 26/1268/FH
Application record
- Reference
- 26/1268/FH
- Type
- Householder planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 17 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Hythe Rural
- Parish
- Hythe
- Postcode
- CT21 4NX
Comment by 15 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Folkestone and Hythe through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2026
Received by Folkestone and Hythe
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17 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Folkestone and Hythe took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Folkestone and Hythe for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Folkestone and Hythe decided householder applications in a median of 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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