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The Scared Crow 79 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RB

26/00126/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of public house to form a 3 bed dwelling.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Malling West Malling And Offham
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Scared Crow 79 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RB. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Malling conservation area. 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 6RB
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Malling

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026
Permission expires
23 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Scott Fisher
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 March 2026
Site notice start
18 February 2026
Site notice end
16 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14638666
Documents
18
Constraints
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West 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, 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

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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