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Waitrose Ltd Fortune Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QJ

26/01425/FLPlanning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 15 October 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of new pedestrian ramp and steps at junction of existing public footpath and Waitrose car park

Received
28 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Kings Hill
Agent
B+R Architects
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 73 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Waitrose Ltd Fortune Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QJ. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 79 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Kings Hill. We hold 1,037 applications in total for the ME19 postcode area.

93% of full 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
ME19 4QJ
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kings Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2026
Consultation expiry
24 August 2026
Consultation start
3 August 2026
Consultation end
24 August 2026
Last date for comments
24 August 2026
Target decision date
9 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
B+R Architects
Agent address
20 Shepherdess Walk Hackney London N1 7LB

Planning decision

Case officer
Suzanne Leach
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15117984
Documents
23
Constraints
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    15 Oct

    Installation of new pedestrian ramp and steps

    PendingApplication26/01951/FL

Source: Tonbridge

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