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Ryefields Chapel Street Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LW

26/01116/FLRefused

Refused on 10 August 2026

Council decision: Refuse

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing detached garage and construction of a replacement detached garage with external staircase and office in roofspace

Received
15 June 2026
Ward
Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Ryefields Chapel Street Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LW. 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. The site is in the Ryarsh Village conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME19 5LW
Parish
Ryarsh

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2026
Consultation end
22 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Suzanne Leach

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Ryarsh Village
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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

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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