Land North East And South Of 161 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/01499/RM - Approval of Reserved Matters Registered

Proposal

Details of Reserved Matters for the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale with associated open space, drainage and infrastructure, submitted pursuant to Outline planning permission granted at Appeal (ref: APP/) for the erection of up to 52 residential dwellings, including affordable housing, open space and landscaping, roads, parking, drainage and earthworks and a new access to be formed from Wateringbury Road Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:56

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Application progress

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Received

11 Aug 2026

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Validated

17 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

20 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 16 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 13 Oct 2026 and 28 Oct 2026, from Tonbridge's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 23 Sept 2026.

Documents 81

Statements & assessments 11

Plans & drawings 67

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 3

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; 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 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: Approval of Reserved Matters
Received: 11 Aug 2026
Validated: 17 Aug 2026
Ward: East Malling West Malling And Offham
Parish: East Malling And Larkfield
Target decision: 16 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 53 of the 91-day target. Tonbridge usually decides new homes by day 65.

prediction

Day 5338 days to the 91-day target

34%decided within 8 weeks

68%approved

66decided in the last year

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

Public comments

6comments received

5 objecting1 neutral

83% object · above the UK average of 75%

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15142889
Planning Portal ref: PP-15142889
Neighbours: 18 Aug 2026
Consultation: 20 Aug 2026
Comments by: 23 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Nov 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