Planning application
50, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AF
Works: Demolition Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
S73 application to vary Conditions 2 (Plans list) and 13 (Arboriculture assessment) of planning permission TM/23/00859/FL (Demolition of existing office (Use Class E) building and construction of a 78-bed care home (Use Class C2) with associated parking and development) and Condition 2 (plans list) of planning permission TM/25/00876/PA (Non Material Amendment to planning permission TM/23/00859/FL to change of approved landscape proposals to allow for boundary treatments to secure care home gardens) to allow for the removal of four pine trees
As published by the council, reference 25/01598/FL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01598/FL
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 26 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 26 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 2 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Kings Hill
- Parish
- Kings Hill
- Postcode
- ME19 4AF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01942/PA Granted
50, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AF
Details of Condition 10 (External materials) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/23/00859/FL (Demolition of existing office (Use Class E) building and construction of a 78-bed care home (Use Class C2) with associated parking and development)
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25/01942/RD Granted
50, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AF
Details of Condition 10 (External materials) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/23/00859/FL (Demolition of existing office (Use Class E) building and construction of a 78-bed care home (Use Class C2) with associated parking and development)
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25/01598/PA Granted
50, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AF
S73 application to vary Conditions 2 (Plans list) and 13 (Arboriculture assessment) of planning permission TM/23/00859/FL (Demolition of existing office (Use Class E) building and construction of a 78-bed care home (Use Class C2) with associated parking and development) and Condition 2 (plans list) of planning permission TM/25/00876/PA (Non Material Amendment to planning permission TM/23/00859/FL to change of approved landscape proposals to allow for boundary treatments to secure care home gardens) to allow for the removal of four pine trees
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Sep 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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2 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- Delegated report
- Decision Notice
- Kings Hill PC comments
- Online comment
- Press notice
- Site Notice
- Arboricultural impact assessment
- AL(9) 901 P1 Proposed site plan
- GDK L1 D Landscape proposal
- Application Form - Without Personal Data
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 2 December 2025, 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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