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COMMUTER CAR PARK, Lord Lees Grove, Blue Bell Hill, Chatham

25/01938/PAMajor planning permissionAwaiting decision
Full

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
17 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target17 Feb
  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. 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. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Major planning permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
12
Parish
Aylesford

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
25 December 2025
Consultation end
25 December 2025
Application expires
25 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

First advertised
4 December 2025
Site notice start
26 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14480523
UPRN
10002907842
Documents
58

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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, 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, 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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