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Commuter Car Park Lord Lees Grove Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent

25/01938/FLPlanning PermissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of a modular building comprising 12no. self-contained apartments for use as temporary housing accommodation, including associated landscaping, refuse / cycle store, parking and office

Received
18 November 2025
Decision due
13 January 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 22 October 2026
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at Commuter Car Park Lord Lees Grove Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Tonbridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Aylesford North And North Downs.

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

Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
12
Parish
Aylesford

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Committee meeting
27 January 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Robin Gilbert
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14480523
Documents
75
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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Tonbridge

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 Oct

    Details of condition 13 (drainage scheme) submitted pursuant to planning permission 25/01938/FL

    PendingApplicationRelated26/01886/RD
  2. 2025
    18 Nov

    Erection of a modular building comprising 12no. self-contained apartments for use as temporary housing…

    This applicationPendingFull25/01938/FL

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