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50, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AF

25/01598/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 December 2025

7 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

S73 application to vary Conditions 2 (Plans list) and 13 (Arboriculture assessment) of planning permission TM/23/00859/FL (Demolition of existing office (Use Class E) building and construction of a 78-bed care home (Use Class C2) with associated parking and development) and Condition 2 (plans list) of planning permission TM/25/00876/PA (Non Material Amendment to planning permission TM/23/00859/FL to change of approved landscape proposals to allow for boundary treatments to secure care home gardens) to allow for the removal of four pine trees

Received
26 September 2025
Ward
Kings Hill
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 67 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 50, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AF. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 4 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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 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 4AF
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kings Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14333794
Documents
10
Constraints
1

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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