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26/01378/RD - Reserved Details Registered

Proposal

Partial details of condition 10 (youth outdoor recreational play facility) pursuant to planning permission (Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for means of access for the removal of a section of Kings Hill Avenue and the erection of a residential development, a multi-functional extension to the community centre, a youth outdoor recreational facility, formalisation of car parking areas at the community centre and adjacent to Crispin Way, alterations to the highway network at Alexander Grove, Gibson Drive and Queen Street and open space including a new linear park, trim trails, woodland paths and green spaces (the primary school has been granted planning permission by Kent County Council under ref )) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 10:29

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Application progress

✓

Received

22 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

24 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 16 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 16 Sept 2026.

Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 24

Statements & assessments 8

Site constraints 5

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. A site survey can differ.

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

Scheduled monument 180 m away: World War II Bofors Anti-aircraft gun tower, Pickett-Hamilton fort and pillbox: part of the airfield defences of RAF West Malling fighter station; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 49 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Received: 22 Jul 2026
Validated: 22 Jul 2026
Ward: Kings Hill
Parish: Kings Hill
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: MKA Architects LTD

Public comments

2comments received

2 supporting

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15097251
Planning Portal ref: PP-15097251
Consultation: 24 Sept 2026
Comments by: 8 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Sept 2026
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

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

Tennis Courts West Of Games Area Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 24

Statements & assessments 8

Plans & drawings 5

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 4

Other documents 6

Site constraints 5

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