Royal Mail Sorting Office 20 Vale Rise Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AA
Proposal
Prior approval for the installation of solar equipment on Non-domestic premises under Class J of Part 14 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (GPDO) (as amended)- Installation of solar PV panels to the rooftops upon Royal Mail Tonbridge, TN9 1AA. An installation of a 719.1kWp solar PV system - (1,530 solar PV modules) - on a non-domestic pitched rooftop, to produce low carbon renewable energy for the site. This system will reduce 135 tonnes of CO2e carbon annually
- Received
- 14 September 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 14 October 2026
- Ward
- Cage Green And Angel
- ReceivedSubmitted14 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Royal Mail Sorting Office 20 Vale Rise Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AA. Tonbridge has handled 6,108 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 58 days. It was submitted on 14 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Cage Green And Angel. We hold 627 applications in total for the TN9 postcode area.
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