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Ivy Cottage 740 Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB

26/00442/LDELawful Development Cert Existing NEWWithdrawn
Lawful development certificate

Withdrawn on 10 June 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate Existing: Use of former agricultural land as residential garden

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
Agent
Kent Design Studio Limited
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 89 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Ivy Cottage 740 Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB. Tonbridge has handled 285 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 89 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Aylesford North And North Downs. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 postcode area.

93% of amendment 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
ME1 3RB
Application type
Lawful Development Cert Existing NEW
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wouldham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
4 May 2026
Consultation start
13 April 2026
Consultation end
4 May 2026
Last date for comments
4 May 2026
Target decision date
9 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Kent Design Studio Limited
Architect profile
KENT DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED
Agent address
The Wool Store Fullers Way Biddenden Ashford TN27 8FQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Scott Fisher
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14767882
Documents
4
Constraints
57

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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