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245, Robin Hood Lane, Blue Bell Hill, Chatham, ME5 9QU

25/00545/PAMinor planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing detached bungalow, erection of new detached chalet bungalow and garage unit on site

Received
26 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 85 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 245, ROBIN HOOD LANE, BLUE BELL HILL, CHATHAM, ME5 9QU. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 184 days, 17 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Aylesford North And North Downs. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 9QU
Application type
Minor planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aylesford

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2025
Target decision date
28 August 2025
Application expires
26 July 2025
Permission expires
25 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13891853
UPRN
100061157165
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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, 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, 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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© 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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