The North Pole Inn 434 Red Hill Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5BJ
Approved on 31 July 2026
9 conditions
Proposal
Change of use and conversion of existing public house outbuilding (E(b)) to 3x ancillary B&B guestrooms (Class C1) to include internal alterations and addition of fenestration
- Received
- 5 March 2026
- Ward
- East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated30 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 92 days
About this application
This is a planning application for an outbuilding at The North Pole Inn 434 Red Hill Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5BJ. Tonbridge has handled 6,235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 4 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- ME18 5BJ
- Parish
- Wateringbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Larissa Brooks
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
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