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21, David Lloyd Leisure West Malling ME19 4UA

23/01927/PDV14JPD solar equipment non-domestic premisesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 November 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification under Class J of Part 14 Schedule 2: Installation of 956 x 500Wp panels to create a 478 kWp roof-top solar PV array

Received
8 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Hill
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 21, David Lloyd Leisure West Malling ME19 4UA. Tonbridge has handled 1,058 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Kings Hill. 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 4UA
Application type
PD solar equipment non-domestic premises
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kings Hill
District
Team 2

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2023
Consultation start
13 September 2023
Target decision date
2 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Neil Beaumont Sunbeam House Broombank Road Chesterfield S41 9QJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12442660
UPRN
010002912733
Documents
10

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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