Lydden Court Farm Church Lane Lydden CT15 7JP Data via plota.co.uk

26/00045 - Agricultural Determination Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

Prior approval for the erection of an agricultural building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jan 2026
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Approved
9 Feb 2026

Approved on 9 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT Report · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 14 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVER LETTER Correspondence · 14 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: Lydden Court Farmhouse
List entry 1070028 · The pin is inside its outline · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II*)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Special area of conservation 121 m away: Lydden & Temple Ewell Downs
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 ↗
SSSI 121 m away: Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
National landscape 267 m away: Kent Downs; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Lydden built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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
Dover
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Postcode
CT15 7JP
Received
14 Jan 2026
Validated
14 Jan 2026
Ward
Dover Downs And River
Parish
LYDDEN
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Feb 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
9 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Finns

How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, 13 days faster than Dover's median of 39 for prior approvals. Approved, as 76% of prior approvals here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
51decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Dover in the last twelve months, from validation. Dover decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
10 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dover is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #28 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) 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
Dover decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #151 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #151 of 296
83%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #28 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #57 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
56 decided
772
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings