Planning application
Premier Inn, Castle Way, Leybourne, West Malling
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Details of Condition 15 (Ecological Mitigation, Enhancement and Management Plan) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/24/01098/PA (Demolition of existing hotel restaurant and replacement with new building providing additional hotel bedrooms and breakfast room, together with alterations to the car park and all associated works)
As published by the council, reference 25/01565/RD
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01565/RD
- Type
- Reserved Details
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 22 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 22 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 16 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01672/NMA Granted
Premier Inn, Castle Way, Leybourne, West Malling
Non Material Amendment to planning permission TM/24/01098/PA (Demolition of existing hotel restaurant and replacement with new building providing additional hotel bedrooms and breakfast room, together with alterations to the car park and all associated works) to increase the size of ancillary restaurant/breakfast room to 61no. covers (replacing 6 existing bedrooms - previously replacing 4 bedrooms), addition of new fire exit door from restaurant with ramp and handrail and additional supply/extract grilles to new kitchen and glasswash
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Sep 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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16 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 16 February 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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