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St Marys Abbey 52 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JX

25/02156/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Minor amendments to the current facilities, to include a fitted kitchen, sanitary facilities, and revisions/additions to joinery as well as an external seating area to enable visitors to be accommodated for medium period stays for study and retreat purposes. Associated connection to and extension of mechanical and electrical services

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling West Malling And Offham
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at St Marys Abbey 52 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JX. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 3 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Malling conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 176 applications across East Malling West Malling And Offham. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 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
ME19 6JX
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Malling

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation start
6 February 2026
Consultation end
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
ROGER MOLYNEUX LIMITED
Agent address
Mr Roger Molyneux 181 Union Street London SE1 0LN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
19 February 2026
Site notice start
11 February 2026
Site notice end
4 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14565636
Documents
23
Constraints
61

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, green belt, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    23 Dec

    Minor amendments to the current facilities, to include a fitted kitchen, sanitary facilities, and…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/02156/FL
  2. 2025
    23 Dec

    Listed Building Application: Minor amendments to the current facilities including a fitted kitchen, sanitary…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/02157/LB

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