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Railway Public House Bow Road Wateringbury ME18 5EB

26/00314/CNAConsultation by Neighbouring AuthorityApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Consultation by Maidstone Borough Council (MBC ref number: 26/500224/ADV): Advertisement Consent for 2 x externally illuminated fascia sign, 11 x non illuminated hoarding sign, 1 x externally illuminated totem pole sign, 2 x externally illuminated hoarding sign, 2 x internally illuminated lanterns, 7 x internally illuminated led flood lights and 4 x internally illuminated up/down lights

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 32 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for signage at Railway Public House Bow Road Wateringbury ME18 5EB. Tonbridge has handled 1,058 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Wateringbury Station conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 postcode area.

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

Postcode
ME18 5EB
Application type
Consultation by Neighbouring Authority
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Destiny Kam
Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wateringbury Station

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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