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26/00667/FL - Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of 2no. commercial buildings (Use Class B8) with associated external storage including storage racking, vehicle parking, servicing and associated works including boundary fencing and access gates (part retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 22:54

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Application progress

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Received

13 Apr 2026

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Validated

11 May 2026

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Consultation

13 Jul 2026

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Committee

19 Aug 2026

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Approved

21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Tonbridge Planning Committee on 19 Aug 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the buildings, storage, traffic and effects on neighbours and heritage assets were considered acceptable.
The agent spoke, while consultees raised no objections and no interested-party comments were received.
The committee approved the application by 12 votes to one, with one councillor recorded against approval.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public speaking, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Tonbridge's committee minutes of 19 Aug 2026.

Documents 31

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Decision · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Decision · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Decision · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT V2.1 PART 1 OF 3 Report · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT V2.1 PART 2 OF 3 Report · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT V2.1 PART 3 OF 3 Report · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Report · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 15

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF KCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Response · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF AYLESFORD PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Response · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF REPORT FOLLOWING EHO?S COMMENTS Correspondence with applicant/agent · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE FROM AGENT Report · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION Consultee Response · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 2

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 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.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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: Planning Permission
Postcode: ME20 7BY
Received: 13 Apr 2026
Validated: 11 May 2026
Ward: Aylesford North And North Downs
Parish: Aylesford
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Jul 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 21 Aug 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 102 days from validation, 34 days slower than Tonbridge's median of 68 for commercial premises. Approved, as 94% of commercial premises here are.

This one102d

Council68d

UK56d

34%decided within 8 weeks

94%approved

89decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14794094
Consultation: 13 Jul 2026
Comments by: 3 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 20 May 2026
Committee: 19 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Tonbridge

Planning Authority Score

4/10

Below average

#193 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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