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Walnut Tree Farm Stangate Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JN

08/01580/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 July 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from single dwelling to two dwellings and conversion of loft space to bedroom and bathroom, to include 4no. dormer windows and hip to gable

Received
13 May 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Walnut Tree Farm Stangate Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JN. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 3 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME19 5JN
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birling

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2008
Consultation expiry
27 June 2008
Consultation start
2 June 2008
Target decision date
18 July 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Pattens Lane Rochester Kent ME1 2QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 June 2008
Site notice end
27 June 2008

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Tonbridge

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