Planning application
Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of land to create an extension to the existing holiday park to site an additional 53 holiday lodges and erection of an office, reception, shop, cafe and changing rooms
As published by the council, reference 25/01383/FL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01383/FL
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 20 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- East Malling West Malling And Offham
- Parish
- East Malling And Larkfield
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 4 applications since 2020: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01852/FL Awaiting decision
Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Installation of 4x underground LPG tanks to serve permitted static units
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26/00283/RD Granted
Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Details of Condition 4 (iii) (Archaeological post excavation assessment) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/24/00745/PA (Change of use of land and the creation of an access road and erection of a storage shed for machinery and equipment used in association with the operation of Hillberry Holiday Park)
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20/02185/FL Granted
Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Demolition of the existing disused buildings and the erection of 3 no. three bedroom dwellings and 3 no. two bedroom dwellings
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Aug 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 Aug 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
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13 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approved
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
68 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- POTABLE WATER DEMAND TECHNICAL NOTE / WATER SUPPLY CAPACITY ASSESSMENT
- ADDITONAL INFORMATION - WATER INFORMATION
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- KCC Ecological Advice Service comments
- KCC LLFA (SUDS) Comments
- Drainage Strategy October 2025
- East Malling and Larkfield PC comments
- Objection comment
- Objection Comment
- Agent/highway confirmation
- Site Notice
- Kent Highway Services
- Agent response to comments
- KCC Ecological Advice Service
- Objection
- KCC Heritage Conservation
- Southern Water Services comments
- Objection comment
- Natural England
- KCC LLFA (SUDS)
- Environmental Health Protection comments
- Environmental Health Protection comments
- Interested party comment
- additional information Phase 1 Environmental Report Assessment Pt 3
- additional information Phase 1 Environmental Report Assessment Pt1
- additional information Phase 1 Environmental Report Assessment Pt 2
- Press Notice
- Southern Water Services
- Kent Police
- Strategic Economic Regeneration Manager
- Letter from Southern Water
- Figure 5 Viewpoint 1
- Constraints Plan
- Figure 1 ZTV and viewpoints
- Figure 3 Landscape Character
- Figure 4 Designations
- LP/25/1.0 Site location plan
- Test results table- SOM 6
- Proposed scope of works
- Phase 2 Environmental investigation
- Drainage Strategy April 2025
- BNG Metric
- Constraints Plan
- Design and access statement
- Phase 2 Environmental investigation- part 1
- Phase 2 Environmental investigation- part 2
- Test results table- SOM 1
- Geophysical survey report
- Preliminary Ecological Appraisal
- Biodiversity Net Gain assessment
- Transport assessment
- Landscape and visual appraisal
- Figure 2 Topography and hydrology
- DR-L-00005 Detailed planting plan
- Proposed floor plan and elevations- Lodge 1 Bella Vista
- Proposed floor plan and elevations- Lodge 2 Casa di Lusso
- Proposed floor plans- Lodge 3 Havana
- Proposed elevations- Lodge 3 Havana
- Proposed elevations- Artisan Lodge
- KW/02 Proposed site plan
- EP.01 Proposed elevations- Site shop, reception, office and changing rooms
- Proposed floor plan- Artisan Lodge
- 30780 1 Plans and elevations- Charlene Park Lodge
- FP.01 Proposed floor plans- Site shop, reception, office and changing rooms
- Application Form - Without Personal Data
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 13 August 2026, 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.
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