Planning application
Premier Inn Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Details of Condition 12 (External Lighting) 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 25/02036/RD
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02036/RD
- Type
- Reserved Details
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 5 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 5 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
- Parish
- Leybourne
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01398/RD Granted
Premier Inn Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent
Details of Condition 9 (Surface water drainage verification report) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/24/01098/FL (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)
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26/00129/RD Granted
Premier Inn Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent
Detail of Condition 18 (Cycle Storage) 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 work)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Dec 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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7 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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29 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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Walsingham Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bourne End
Active · incorporated 2015 · Bourne End
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- KCC EAS
- UPDATED LIGHTING REPORT
- KCC EAS
- LIGHTING REPORT
- KCC ECOLOGICAL SERVICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- COVER LETTER
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING REPORT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 7 July 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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