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26/1109/FH/CON - Approval of details reserved by a condition Approved
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Approval of details pursuant to condition 5 (external lighting) of planning permission . Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
9 Jul 2026
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Approved
1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice.pdf PDF · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Lighting Overview Statement Document · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Location Plan Plan · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF External Lighting Layout Plan · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF External Lighting Calculations Plan · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (R) Application · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF List of Consultations.pdf PDF · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Officers Report.pdf PDF · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Attachment Summary Document · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Floor Stand Document · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 2

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    Conditions 5 discharged

    • ConditionsApproval of details pursuant to condition 5 (external lighting).This application26/1109/FH/CON

Site constraints 6

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.
Registered park or garden: Port Lympne
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 4 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode
CT21 4PD
Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
9 Jul 2026
Ward
Hythe Rural
Parish
Lympne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
1 Sept 2026
Agent
Lyndsey Cann

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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13 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (staircase), 4 (balustrade), 5 (joinery), 6…
25/0456/FH/CON
2025 Approved
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (staircase), 4 (balustrade), 5 (joinery), 6…
25/0456/FH/CON
2025
Siting of 1 safari truck as a holiday let to include 14 square metre extension to existin…
25/0051/FH
2025
Siting of 1 safari truck as a holiday let to include 14 square metre extension to existin…
25/0051/FH
2023 Approved
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to facilitate the provision a Bridal Sui…
23/1350/FH
2021 Approved
Section 73 application for removal/variation of condition 3 (Operates between 1st May & 3…
21/1221/FH
2020 Approved
Application for approval of conditions 4 (Colour Scheme), 7 (Disposal of Foul Sewage) & 1…
20/0444/FH/CON
2020 Approved
Application for approval of condition 3 (details for the disposal of foul sewage) of plan…
20/0445/FH/CON
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
HOWLETTS & PORT LYMPNE WILD ANIMAL PARKS, PORT LYMPNE, ALDINGTON ROAD, LYMPNE, HYTHE, CT21 4PD
Siting of x 12 canvas pods with verandas, installation of a raised walkway, conversion of…
25/1358/FH
2022 Approved
Danewood, Aldington Road, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4PD
Single storey rear extension and alterations to existing cladding. Resubmission of 22/149…
22/1872/FH
2022 Approved
Danewood, Aldington Road, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4PD
Single storey rear extension and alterations to existing cladding.
22/1496/FH
2021 Approved
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21/1981/FH
2021 Approved
Danehurst, Aldington Road, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4PD
Rear extension and associated landscaping
21/1503/FH
2020 Approved
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Planning application for the siting of an inflatable unit of tourist accommodation, known…
20/0243/FH
2019 Approved
Howletts & Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks Aldington Road Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4PD
Retrospective application for the siting of an inflatable unit of tourist accommodation…
Y19/0873/FH
2019 Approved
Howletts & Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks Aldington Road Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4PD
Retrospective application for the siting of an inflatable unit of tourist accommodation…
Y19/0873/FH
2019 Approved
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EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessmen…
Y19/0004/SCR
2019 Approved
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2018 Approved
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Felling of three trees (T2, T9 and T14) subject of Tree Preservation Order No 4 of 2018
Y18/1048/FH
2018 Approved
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Felling of three trees (T2, T9 and T14) subject of Tree Preservation Order No 4 of 2018
Y18/1048/FH
2018 Approved
Port Lympne Aldington Road Lympne Kent CT21 4PD
Siting of five Shepherd's huts and two Wigwams as holiday lets, together with associated…
Y18/0083/SH
2018 Approved
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Siting of five Shepherd's huts and two Wigwams as holiday lets, together with associated…
Y18/0083/SH
2018 Withdrawn
Port Lympne Hotel Aldington Road Lympne Kent CT21 4PD
Erection of a marquee for seasonal use (6 months each calendar year).
Y18/0700/FH
2018 Withdrawn
Port Lympne Hotel Aldington Road Lympne Kent CT21 4PD
Erection of a marquee for seasonal use (6 months each calendar year).
Y18/0700/FH
2017 Approved
Howletts & Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks Port Lympne Aldington Road Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4PD
Change of use, conversion and extension of existing workshop to form two visitor accommod…
Y17/1533/SH
2017 Approved
Port Lympne Aldington Road Lympne Kent CT21 4PD
Erection of a visitor lodge (holiday let).
Y17/1325/SH
2017 Approved
Howletts & Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks Aldington Road Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4PD
Siting of nine shepherd's huts and associated access pathways and landscaping.
Y17/0100/SH
2016 Approved
Howletts & Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks Port Lympne Aldington Road Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4PD
Retrospective application for the display of two free standing entrance signs at Bear Lod…
Y16/0900/SH
2016 Approved
Howletts & Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks Port Lympne Aldington Road Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4PD
Retrospective application for the erection of a restaurant extension.
Y16/0645/SH
2016 Approved
Port Lympne (Hotel) Aldington Road Lympne Kent CT21 4PD
Listed building consent for subdivision of first floor boardroom into two bedrooms with e…
Y16/0592/SH
2016 Approved
Port Lympne (Hotel) Aldington Road Lympne Kent CT21 4PD
Listed building consent for repairs to Moorish courtyard
Y16/0579/SH
2016 Approved
Howletts & Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks Port Lympne Aldington Road Lympne Hythe Kent CT21 4PD
Erection of a visitor lodge.
Y16/0342/SH
Shepway
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#49 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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