Planning application
Coblands Nursery Trench Road Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NG
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Outline Application (access not reserved): Proposed development of up to 350 no dwellings with associated access, landscaping open space, drainage and associated works. Application supported by an Environmental Statement.
As published by the council, reference 25/01976/OAEA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01976/OAEA
- Type
- Outline Planning Permission with EIA
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 25 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 27 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Hildenborough
- Parish
- Hildenborough
- Postcode
- TN11 9NG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Nov 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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27 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Tonbridge and Malling took a median of 65 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
226 documents on file for this application
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- SUPPLEMENTARY COMMITTEE REPORT
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (NEUTRAL) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (NEUTRAL) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- COBLANDS DESIGN CODE PAGES 7 - 12
- PARAMETER PLAN - LAND USE
- COBLANDS DESIGN CODE PAGES 1-6
- COBLANDS DESIGN CODE PAGES 13 - 22
- COBLANDS DESIGN CODE PAGES 41 48
- PARAMETER PLAN - PRINCIPAL PUBLIC REALM AREAS
- COBLANDS DESIGN CODE PAGES 23 -30
- COBLANDS DESIGN CODE PAGES 31 - 40
- COBLANDS DESIGN CODE PAGES 49 - 58
- PARAMETER PLAN - ACCESS AND MOVEMENT
- PARAMETER PLAN - DWELLING TYPES
- PARAMETER PLAN - BUILDING EXTENTS
- HIGHWAY COMMENT PCL RESPONSE
- RESPONSE FROM VELOCITY
- FINAL HIGHWAY COMMENTS
- KCC EAS
- NHS ICB
- SOUTHEAST WATER
- LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN LAYOUT P12
- KCC WEST KENT PROW
- WATER TECHNICAL NOTE
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (SUPPORT) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- PROPOSED BOARDWALK - C4
- COBLANDS NURSERIES_GES_EA_REPORT
- COBLANDS NURSERIES, TONBRIDGE_COVER LETTER
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- KCC ECOLOGICAL SERVICE
- KCC HERITAGE CONSERVATION
- THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION
- PROPOSED FOOTBRIDGE
- LEISURE SERVICES
- PWA_COBLANDS ECOLOGY
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN P10
- TREE REMOVAL PLAN P10
- TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN P08
- COBLANDS NURSERIES_THE STATUTORY METRIC BIODIVERSITY CALCULATION TOOL
- COBLANDS NURSERIES_BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN
- COBLANDS NURSERIES_GES_EA_REPORT
- AIA AND METHOD STATEMENT P09
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION
- PROPOSED BOARDWALK - C3
- PROPOSED MASTERPLAN-C7
- EXISTING SITE PLAN-C4
- SITE LOCATION PLAN-C4
- PROPOSED FOOTBRIDGE
- SITE CONTEXT
- KENT FIRE SERVICE
- RESPONSE TO KCC HIGHWAY COMMENTS
- RESPONSE TO KCC HIGHWAYS
- 4074-LB-XX-00-D-A-106013-PARAMETER PLANS - PRINCIPAL PUBLIC REALM AREAS-C4
- ES FIGURE 1.6-PARAMETER PLANS - ACCESS AND MOVEMENT-C5
- ES FIGURE 1.6-PARAMETER PLANS - ACCESS AND MOVEMENT-C5
- 4074-LB-XX-00-D-A-106012-PARAMETER PLANS - ACCESS AND MOVEMENT-C5
- . ES FIGURE 1.3-PROPOSED MASTERPLAN-C5
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- ASHENDEN ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS
- ROMNEY WAY TONBRIDGE
- OLD HADLOW ROAD TONBRIDGE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- PROPOSED MASTERPLAN
- LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
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- DERNIER ROAD TONBRIDGE
- HALE STREET EAST PECKHAM
- DEAKIN LEAS TONBRIDGE
- GREENVIEW CRESCENT HILDENBOROUGH
- OBJECTION COMMENT
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- TECHNICAL NOTE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- TONBRIDGE ANGELS FOOTBALL CLUB
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- ESTRIDGE WAY TONBRIDGE
- PORTMAN PARK TONBRIDGE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- SHELTON CLOSE TONBRIDGE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- SILVERHURST DRIVE TONBRIDGE
- FORGE ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- STRETTITT GARDENS EAST PECKHAM
- NORTONS WAY FIVE OAK GREEN
- HAWDEN LANE TONBRIDGE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
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- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- KCC HERITAGE CONSERVATION
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- TREE AND LANDSCAPE OFFICER
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- PINE RIDGE TONBRIDGE
- KCC ECOLOGICAL SERVICE
- TONBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- RESPONSE TO COMMENTS FROM TONBRIDGE AND MALLING BOROUGH COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL PR
- Housing Services
- 106012C4 ACCESS AND MOVEMENT
- ES FIGURE 1.6-PARAMETER PLANS - ACCESS AND MOVEMENT-C4--
- NHS West Kent CCG
- Hildenborough PC
- Natural England
- Leisure Services
- KCC Developer Contributions
- Response to EHO with Appendix
- Conservation officer
- Press Notice
- KCC LLFA (SUDS)
- Southern Water Services
- Environmental Health Protection
- Support
- Forestry Commission
- Site Notice
- West Kent PROW
- Active Travel england
- Environment Agency
- Waste Services
- Southern Water Services
- Southern Gas Networks
- Economic Regeneration Officer
- Kent Police
- CCT Kent Fire comments
- BNG metric
- 100001 C3 EXISTING SITE PLAN
- 100003 C3 PROPOSED MASTERPLAN
- Arboricultural impact assessment and method statement
- Application form - no personal data
- 100000 C3 SITE LOCATION PLAN
- 106010 C3 Building extents
- Air quality impact assessment
- 106011C3 Land use
- Ecological appraisal
- Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy- Part 3
- 106013 PRINCIPLE PUBLIC REALM AREAS
- Environmental statement- Volume 1
- 106014 Dwelling types
- Environmental statement- Volume 2- ES figures
- DR-L-0004 P08 LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN
- Environmental statement- Volume 3 - Appendicies
- Environmental statement- Volume 4 - Non technical summary
- Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy- Part 1
- Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy- Part 4
- Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy- Part 2
- Noise assessment
- Sustainability and energy statement
- Phase 1 Land contamination risk assessment
- Design code- Part 1
- Design code- Part 3
- Design code- Part 4
- Design code- Part 5
- Design code- Part 6
- Design code- Part 7
- Design code- Part 2
- Design and access statement- Part 1
- Design and access statement- Part 2
- Design and access statement- Part 3
- Design and access statement- Part 4
- Design and access statement- Part 5
- Affordable housing statement
- Statement of community invlovement
- Planning obligations- Draft heads of term
- Planning statement
- Landscape and visual appraisal
- Green belt contribution appraisal
- 106012C3 Access and movement
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Tonbridge and Malling for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tonbridge and Malling decided outline applications in a median of 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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