Development Site Land North Of Offham Road West Malling Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/01667/OA - Outline Planning Permission Registered

Proposal

Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except access) for up to 230 dwellings (Use Class C3) including affordable homes, internal access roads, landscaping and associated infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:11

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Application progress

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Received

9 Sept 2026

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Validated

19 Oct 2026

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Consultation

26 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 31 Aug 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 15 Dec 2026 and 30 Dec 2026, from Tonbridge's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 18 Nov 2026

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Documents 30

Statements & assessments 17

Plans & drawings 8

PDF SP01 SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS OF A REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE - SITE ACCESS Drawing · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PL02 PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS - OFFHAM ROAD Drawing · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PL01 PROPOSED ACCESS ARRANGEMENT Drawing · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 2001-057/FTP/01 FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN MAY 2026 Report · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 007 C PARAMETER PLAN Drawing · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 001 SITE LOCATION PLAN Site Location Plan · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF P25-0799_EN_001 A LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN Drawing · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 006 V3 ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN Drawing · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. 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 1

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 26 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: Outline Planning Permission
Received: 9 Sept 2026
Validated: 19 Oct 2026
Ward: East Malling West Malling And Offham
Parish: West Malling
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Aug 2027
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Andrew Black Consulting

Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 91-day target. Tonbridge usually decides new homes by day 65.

prediction

Day 982 days to the 91-day target

33%decided within 8 weeks

65%approved

72decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Tonbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Tonbridge decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

40 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15196566
Planning Portal ref: PP-15196566
Consultation: 26 Oct 2026
Comments by: 18 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 18 Jan 2027
Env. assessment: No

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

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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