Land Opposite The Paddocks Birling Road Leybourne West Malling Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/00036/RD - Reserved Details Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Details of Condition 9 (Landscape and boundary treatment) submitted pursuant to planning permission (Permanent use of site for four Gypsy Traveller families, to include four static caravans, four touring caravans, four Utility blocks, parking for 8 cars, water treatment plant, and associated hardstanding) Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Approved
10 Apr 2026

Approved on 10 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Decision · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC DECISION NOTICE Report · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Report · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF SLS-01-2026 PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN Drawing · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PRF-01-2023 PROPOSED FENCING DETAILS Drawing · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 2

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Site constraints 4

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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 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 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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
Tonbridge
Application type
Reserved Details
Postcode
ME19 5HZ
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
8 Jan 2026
Ward
Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
Parish
Leybourne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
10 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
BFSGC

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14607495
Planning Portal ref
PP-14607495
Statutory expiry
5 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
LAND OPPOSITE THE PADDOCKS, BIRLING ROAD, LEYBOURNE, ,
Permanent use of site for four Gypsy Traveller families, to include four static caravans…
25/00944/PA
2025 Approved
LAND OPPOSITE THE PADDOCKS, BIRLING ROAD, LEYBOURNE, ,
Permanent use of site for four Gypsy Traveller families, to include four static caravans…
25/00944/PA
2024 Withdrawn
LAND OPPOSITE THE PADDOCKS, Birling Road, Leybourne, West Malling
S73 Application for variation of conditions 3 and 4 submitted pursuant to Appeal ref APP/…
24/00366/PA
2024 Withdrawn
LAND OPPOSITE THE PADDOCKS, Birling Road, Leybourne, West Malling
S73 Application for variation of conditions 3 and 4 submitted pursuant to Appeal ref APP/…
24/00366/PA
2023 Approved
LAND OPPOSITE THE PADDOCKS, Birling Road, Leybourne, West Malling
Details of condition 4 submitted pursuant to allowed appeal ref. APP/H2265/C/21/3280661 (…
23/00423/RD
2021 Approved
LAND OPPOSITE THE PADDOCKS, Birling Road, Leybourne, West Malling
Deemed application as a result of Enforcement Appeal (21/00225/USEH) for change of use of…
22/02725/DEEM
2021 Refused
LAND OPPOSITE THE PADDOCKS, Birling Road, Leybourne, West Malling
Change of use of the land to keeping of horses and erection of 2no stables with associate…
21/01099/FL
2022 Decided
LAND OPPOSITE THE PADDOCKS, Birling Road, Leybourne, West Malling
Change of use of land to residential for members of the Gypsy Traveller community. The si…
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Tonbridge
Planning Authority Score
4/10
Below average
#193 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Tonbridge is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #244 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tonbridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #31 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #45 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #244 of 296
54%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #246 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
9 decided
880
Total decisions
47 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings