Aylesford Open Storage Park Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent ME20 7ND Data via plota.co.uk

26/02026/TEN - Prior Notification Telecoms Registered

Proposal

Prior Telecommunications Notification: Schedule 2, Part 16, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Installation of electronic communications apparatus consisiting of 40 satellite antennas, fibre supply equipment cabinet, feeder pillar cabinet, metering kiosk and cables Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
29 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 22 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 8 Dec 2026 and 20 Dec 2026, from Tonbridge's recent prior approvals.

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 1 November 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
Prior Notification Telecoms
Postcode
ME20 7ND
Received
27 Oct 2026
Validated
27 Oct 2026
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
Parish
Aylesford
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Cellnex UK Limited

Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. Tonbridge usually decides prior approvals by day 47.

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target
78%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
52decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15323864
Planning Portal ref
PP-15323864
Consultation
29 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Dec 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
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