Larches Upper Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PL Data via plota.co.uk

26/01713/FL - Planning Permission Registered

Proposal

Single storey front extension and external ramp. Insulated flat roof with sun tunnel Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Nov 2026 and 23 Nov 2026, from Tonbridge's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 10 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 6

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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Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Shipbourne conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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
TN11 9PL
Received
16 Sept 2026
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Ward
Bourne
Parish
Shipbourne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Jagma Property Services

Decision outlook

Day 23 of the 56-day target. Tonbridge usually decides extensions by day 62.

Day 2339 days to the predicted decision (day 62)
43%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
427decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15188379
Planning Portal ref
PP-15188379
Neighbours
17 Sept 2026
Consultation
17 Sept 2026
Comments by
10 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
22 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 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

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