Land East Of Aylesford Priory And West Of 115 Rochester Road Aylesford Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/00286/FL - Planning Permission Approved
Change of useCommercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Retrospective Change of use of existing land for the use of covered area for dry log storage, and open area for sorting of logs class B8 open storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Feb 2026
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Validated
22 Apr 2026
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Consultation
22 May 2026
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Approved
20 Jul 2026

Approved on 20 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Decision · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Decision · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF TOP FIELD 003 REV A SITE LOCATION PLAN Site Location Plan · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 002 A TOP FIELD LEASE PLAN Drawing · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 001A TOP FIELD BLOCK PLAN Drawing · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF AYLESFORD PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Response · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Response · 27 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Aylesford 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 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
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 28 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
Planning Permission
Received
18 Feb 2026
Validated
22 Apr 2026
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
Parish
Aylesford
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Jul 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
20 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 89 days from validation, 25 days slower than Tonbridge's median of 64 for changes of use. Approved, as 72% of changes of use here are.

38%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
47decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 May 2026
Comments by
12 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
13 May 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Tonbridge
Planning Authority Score
4/10
Below average
#193 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings