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Former Agricultural Land East Of Smartswell 109 Willow Wents Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NF

25/02139/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Installation of 24 ground mounted solar panels at the northern end of the site adjacent to Willow Wents for domestic energy supply to the residential dwelling

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 84 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Former Agricultural Land East Of Smartswell 109 Willow Wents Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NF. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 7 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 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
ME18 5NF
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
6 February 2026
Consultation end
1 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 March 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 March 2026
Site notice end
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14437230
Documents
12
Constraints
53

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • 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, 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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