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St James The Great Academy Chapman Way ME19 6SD

23/01027/PDV14JPD solar equipment non-domestic premisesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 July 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification: Installation of 60 PV roof solar panels with a maximum output of 23.1 kWp (Part 14 Class J)

Received
15 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 67 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at St James The Great Academy Chapman Way ME19 6SD. Tonbridge has handled 1,058 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 4 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Clare Park and Blacklands conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 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
ME19 6SD
Application type
PD solar equipment non-domestic premises
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Malling And Larkfield
District
Team 3

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2023
Consultation expiry
18 July 2023
Consultation start
24 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
24 May 2023
Target decision date
10 July 2023
Permission expires
21 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Mike Robinson 36 Round Hill Road LS28 8BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 June 2023
Site notice end
18 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12156253
UPRN
010013920921
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Clare Park and Blacklands
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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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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