Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent Data via plota.co.uk

25/01319/FL - Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

7 Aug 2025

✓

Approved

19 Dec 2025

Approved on 19 Dec 2025 · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 169

Decision & officer reports 6

PDF S106 Agreement Decision · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF unilateral undertaking Decision · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF committee report Decision · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF decision notice Decision · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning committee minutes Decision · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning committee decision Decision · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 43

Plans & drawings 47

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 57

Site constraints 3

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Larkfield built-up area.

Not affected

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

Checked on 16 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: 7 Aug 2025
Validated: 7 Aug 2025
Ward: Aylesford South And Ditton
Parish: Ditton
Target decision: 6 Nov 2025
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 19 Dec 2025

How this decision compares

Decided in 134 days from validation, 71 days slower than Tonbridge's median of 63 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.

This one134d

Council63d

UK56d

42%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

603decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14200235
Planning Portal ref: PP-14200235
Committee: 25 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry: 6 Nov 2025
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

Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 169

Decision & officer reports 6

Statements & assessments 43

Plans & drawings 47

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 57

Other documents 15

Site constraints 3

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