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Land South Of M20 And West Of Greystones Roughetts Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent

26/00474/MINMineral Related ProposalAwaiting decision
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Consultation by Kent County Council: Proposed quarry for the extraction of sand, alteration to an existing access, together with infrastructure including haul road, ancillary offices, weighbridge, attenuation pond, landscaped bunds and mineral processing plant. Restoration by means of backfilling with imported inert materials and reinstatement to agriculture and biodiversity enhancement works (KCC reference KCC/TM/0116/2025)

Received
9 March 2026
Decision due
6 April 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 5 November 2026
Ward
Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 April.

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About this application

This is a planning application at Land South Of M20 And West Of Greystones Roughetts Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent. Tonbridge has handled 52 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh.

94% of all 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

Application type
Mineral Related Proposal
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ryarsh

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Consultation end
13 April 2026
Decision issued
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Decision
Objection Be Raised
Case officer
Matthew Broome
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
23
Constraints
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent DownsPart of the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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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