Merlin House, Seven Mile Lane, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, TN15 8QY
Approved on 14 November 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of Use from part E (g) (i) (Offices), part B2 (General Industry) and part B8 (Storage and distribution) to B2 (General Industry) with ancillary Class E (g) (i) (Offices) with additional external flue system to front elevation
- Received
- 5 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- East Malling West Malling And Offham
- ReceivedReceived5 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation13 Nov
- TargetTarget Date12 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 93 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at MERLIN HOUSE, SEVEN MILE LANE, BOROUGH GREEN, SEVENOAKS, TN15 8QY. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 5 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 177 applications across East Malling West Malling And Offham. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the TN15 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
- TN15 8QY
- Application type
- Major planning permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Offham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 November 2025
- Application expires
- 6 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 13 November 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 23 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 15 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14199658
- UPRN
- 10002907569
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
- Ancient woodland: Mereworth/Great Leybourne/Comp/Blaze Woods/Peckha*Part of the site
- 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 (20)
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, 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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