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Central Garage Rocfort Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NQ

25/01876/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for part change of use from C3 (residential) to Sui Generis (ancillary staff facilities)

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Snodland East And Ham Hill
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 153 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Central Garage Rocfort Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NQ. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 14 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Snodland conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Snodland East And Ham Hill. We hold 444 applications in total for the ME6 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
ME6 5NQ
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Snodland

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2026
Permission expires
21 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14480402
Documents
9
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Snodland
  • 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, 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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