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26/0559/FH/NMA - Non-Material Amendment Refused
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non Material Amendment to planning permission to allow for re-siting of dwelling and amendments to the design, move bin store & add cover to basement access. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
8 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
29 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 29 Apr 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice.pdf PDF · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Proposed Floor Plans, Southern & Eastern Elevations Plan · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor Plans, Northern and Western Elevations Plan · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Plan · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (R) Document · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Officers Report.pdf PDF · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 4

Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Shepway
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
CT18 8FP
Received
8 Apr 2026
Validated
8 Apr 2026
Ward
North Downs West
Parish
Lyminge
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 May 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
29 Apr 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Giles Fitch

Public comments

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Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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Historical activity at this location

6 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Erection of 5 bedroom dwelling house with indoor swimming pool, studio and double garage.
25/2008/FH
2025 Approved
Erection of 5 bedroom dwelling house with indoor swimming pool, studio and double garage.
25/2008/FH
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Land Rear Of Broad Street House, Lyminge, CT18 8NS
Reserved matters application relating to appearance, layout & scale for plot 20 self-buil…
25/0985/FH
2025
Land Rear Of Broad Street House, Lyminge, CT18 8NS
Reserved matters application relating to appearance, layout & scale for plot 20 self-buil…
25/0985/FH
2023 Approved
Land Rear Broad Street House, Broad Street, Lyminge, CT18 8NS
Non material amendment to planning permission 22/1189/FH Application for reserved matters…
23/0393/FH/NMA
2022 Approved
Land Rear Broad Street House, Broad Street, Lyminge, CT18 8NS
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Shepway
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#49 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Shepway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #5 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Shepway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #247 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #219 of 296
96%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #5 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #5 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
69%
Change of use approved
32 decided
761
Total decisions
139 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings