Abbeyfield Residential Care Home Martin Square Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6QJ
Approved on 23 December 2016
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Details of conditions 2 (materials), 4 (demolition and construction plan), 5 (landscaping), 7 (site investigations) and 9a (drainage) pursuant to planning permission TM/15/02175/FL (Demolition of existing 38 bed care home and the construction of a new three storey building with 54 extra care and 20 veteran units (74 Units Total), with associated vehicle parking and landscaping)
- Received
- 8 August 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Larkfield South
- ReceivedReceived8 Aug
- ValidatedValidated8 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Oct
- DecidedDecided23 Dec
Decided in 137 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Abbeyfield Residential Care Home Martin Square Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6QJ. Tonbridge has handled 1,058 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 11 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 648 applications in total for the ME20 postcode area.
93% of outline 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
- ME20 6QJ
- Application type
- Reserved Details
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- East Malling And Larkfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 August 2016
- Consultation start
- 10 October 2016
- Target decision date
- 3 October 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Keith Vames Warwick House 116 Palmerston Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5LQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05386607
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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, National Landscapes, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201828 Mar
Details of conditions 8 (verification report), 9b (drainage) and 10 (surface water) submitted pursuant to…
ApprovedReserved Details18/00758/RD - 20151 Jul
Demolition of existing 38 bed care home and the construction of a new three storey building with 54 extra…
ApprovedPlanning Permission15/02175/FL
Source: Tonbridge
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