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Unit 3, Peters Village Centre Tolhurst Close Rochester ME1 3AP

23/01159/FLMinor planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 11 September 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

New shop front and extraction to rear elevation in connection with new pizza oven

Received
31 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burham And Wouldham
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 3, Peters Village Centre Tolhurst Close Rochester ME1 3AP. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 6 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 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
ME1 3AP
Application type
Minor planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wouldham
District
Team 3

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2023
Consultation start
25 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 June 2023
Target decision date
11 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr John Alford Three Elms Main Road Cooling Rochester Kent ME3 8DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12194397
UPRN
10094697517
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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