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559 Maidstone Road Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QP

26/00051/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed single storey rear extension

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
Agent
LM Architecture Ltd
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 105 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 559 Maidstone Road Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QP. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 6 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Aylesford North And North Downs. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 9QP
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aylesford

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
11 March 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
LM Architecture Ltd
Agent address
Minnis House Canterbury Road Swingfield Nr Dover Kent CT15 7HX

Planning decision

Case officer
Suzanne Leach
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14583885
Documents
11
Constraints
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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