Planning application
42, NEW ROAD, Ditton, AYLESFORD, ME20 6AD
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Notification: Change of use of ground floor from Class E(g)(i)) (Office) to Class C3 (Dwellings) to form 4 flats
As published by the council, reference 25/01722/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01722/PA
- Type
- commercial business to residential PD
- Status
- Prior Approval Required and Granted
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required and Granted
- Received
- 16 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 9 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Aylesford South And Ditton
- Parish
- Ditton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME20 6AD
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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25/01722/PDVMA Granted
42, New Road, Ditton, Aylesford, ME20 6AD
Prior Notification: Change of use of ground floor from Class E(g)(i)) (Office) to Class C3 (Dwellings) to form 4 flats
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Oct 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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9 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and Granted
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 9 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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