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S Smith And Sons Builders Yard 4 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU

Granted Tonbridge and Malling 21/00937/OA Outline Planning Permission

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Outline Application: Erection of 2no detached 4 bedroom dwellings with associated access, parking and soft landscaping

As published by the council, reference 21/00937/OA

Application record

Reference
21/00937/OA
Type
Outline Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Approved
Received
30 Mar 2021
Validated
30 Mar 2021
Decided
25 May 2021
Ward
Higham
Parish
Tonbridge
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN10 4LU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/02070/RD Awaiting decision

    S Smith And Sons Builders Yard 4 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU

    Details of condition 7 (Contamination remediation), condition 13 (Hard landscaping), condition 14 (Drainage strategy) and condition 18 (Biodiversity) pursuant to planning permission 25/01045/PA Section 73 application to Vary Conditions 2 (plans list) and 10 (Permitted Development rights, Plot 3) of planning permission TM/24/00806/PA (Redevelopment of the builders yard and residential garden land associated with no.4 Orchard Drive to provide 3no. residential dwellings, including associated amenity, parking, landscaping, and other associated works.) for omission of two rooflights (Plot 1 and Plot 2); addition of 1 rooflight (Plot 3) to increase daylight to bedroom

    Submitted 11 Dec 2025 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Mar 2021

    Received by Tonbridge and Malling

  2. 25 May 2021

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

10 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 25 May 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • S Smith And Sons Builders Yard 4 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU

    25/02070/RD Submitted 11 Dec 2025 7m away

    95% historically approved · decision due ~5 Feb

    Details of condition 7 (Contamination remediation), condition 13 (Hard landscaping), condition 14 (Drainage strategy) and condition 18 (Biodiversity) pursuant to planning permission 25/01045/PA Section 73 application to Vary Conditions 2 (plans list) and 10 (Permitted Development rights, Plot 3) of planning permission TM/24/00806/PA (Redevelopment of the builders yard and residential garden land associated with no.4 Orchard Drive to provide 3no. residential dwellings, including associated amenity, parking, landscaping, and other associated works.) for omission of two rooflights (Plot 1 and Plot 2); addition of 1 rooflight (Plot 3) to increase daylight to bedroom

    Awaiting decision Outline Loft or dormer 31 docs

  • 4 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU

    21/01938/OA Submitted 9 Jul 2021 21m away

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