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Unit 1, 15, Brooks Drive, Ryarsh, West Malling, ME19 5GS

25/01554/PAMinor planning permissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of existing retail unit into 1no. residential apartment

Received
19 September 2025
Decision due
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at UNIT 1, 15, BROOKS DRIVE, RYARSH, WEST MALLING, ME19 5GS. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh. 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 5GS
Application type
Minor planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ryarsh

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Application expires
29 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14295083
UPRN
10092970947
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart 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 (19)

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, 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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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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