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The Oast 81, Mill Street West Malling ME19 6BU

23/01592/FLMinor planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from offices (Class E) to 3 residential flats (Class C3) with associated alterations and car parking provision. Ground floor office space is to be retained

Received
25 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling West Malling And Offham
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 191 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Oast 81, Mill Street West Malling ME19 6BU. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 199 days, 19 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Street, East Malling conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 176 applications across East Malling West Malling And Offham. 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 6BU
Application type
Minor planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Malling And Larkfield
District
Team 3

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2023
Consultation expiry
31 August 2023
Consultation start
3 August 2023
Consultation end
31 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 August 2023
Target decision date
27 September 2023
Permission expires
8 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Ewan Davies Suite A, Quayside House Quayside Chatham Maritime Chatham ME4 4QZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
10 August 2023
Last advertised
10 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
31 August 2023
Site notice start
9 August 2023
Site notice end
30 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12335598
UPRN
100062388041
Documents
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: Mill Street, East Malling

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

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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