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Land East Of Cobdown Lodge 540 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent

25/02023/LDELawful Development Cert Existing NEWAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate Existing: Use of land as B8 (Storage and Distribution) with a mixture of outdoor and container storage, storage of plant, equipment and materials with access to the West and North of 540 London Road

Received
3 December 2025
Decision due
15 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 27 October 2026
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.21 Jan
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 21 January.

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land East Of Cobdown Lodge 540 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent. Tonbridge has handled 285 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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Application details

Application type
Lawful Development Cert Existing NEW
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
21 January 2026
Consultation start
29 December 2025
Consultation end
21 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
29 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 January 2026
Last date for comments
21 January 2026
Decision issued
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Certifies
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14524271
Documents
31
Constraints
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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