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Agricultural Land Northwest Of Bank Wood Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent

25/02150/AGNPrior Notification AgricultureApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval Notification under Schedule 2, Part 6 Class A for the erection of an agricultrual storage building

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated31 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 21 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Agricultural Land Northwest Of Bank Wood Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent. Tonbridge has handled 1,058 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 6 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

93% of outline 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
Prior Notification Agriculture
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 December 2025
Target decision date
28 January 2026
Permission expires
21 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Mr Alan Madgwick The Farm Office Barden Dell Farm Barden Road Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0LJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Maria Brown
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: SevenoaksPart of the site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +4 more
  • 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 (19)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

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© 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.

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