Big Motoring World London Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5PL
Approved on 4 August 2023
Council decision: CertifiesDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate Existing: Continued use of HGV turning facilities re condition 4 of planning permission TM/10/00938/FL (retrospective application for the change of use of the former Venture Cafe building, associated land and residential land for the display and sale of motor vehicles. Demolition of the existing bungalow, garage and office building (formerly Valrosa). Erection of a two storey extension to the former Venture Cafe building for office use in connection with the display and sale of motor vehicles. Provision of car parking and vehicle display areas)
- Received
- 13 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Downs And Mereworth
- ReceivedReceived13 Jun
- ValidatedValidated13 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date8 Aug
- DecidedDecided4 Aug
Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Big Motoring World London Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5PL. Tonbridge has handled 285 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 11 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 postcode area.
93% of amendment 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 5PL
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert Existing NEW
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Addington
- District
- Team 2
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 June 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 8 August 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr John Collins DHA Planning Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12220495
- UPRN
- 100062387547
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
- 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, 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, 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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Source: Tonbridge
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