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Ivy Cottage 740 Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB

26/01089/FLApproved

Approved on 2 September 2026

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

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to residential garden (Retrospective)

Received
9 June 2026
Ward
Aylesford North And North Downs
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Ivy Cottage 740 Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB. Tonbridge has handled 6,225 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. 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.

Application details

Postcode
ME1 3RB
Parish
Wouldham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
KENT DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Scott Fisher

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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