Planning application
S Smith And Sons Builders Yard 4 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU
Works: Loft or dormer
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Details of condition 7 (Contamination remediation), condition 13 (Hard landscaping), condition 14 (Drainage strategy) and condition 18 (Biodiversity) pursuant to planning permission 25/01045/PA Section 73 application to Vary Conditions 2 (plans list) and 10 (Permitted Development rights, Plot 3) of planning permission TM/24/00806/PA (Redevelopment of the builders yard and residential garden land associated with no.4 Orchard Drive to provide 3no. residential dwellings, including associated amenity, parking, landscaping, and other associated works.) for omission of two rooflights (Plot 1 and Plot 2); addition of 1 rooflight (Plot 3) to increase daylight to bedroom
As published by the council, reference 25/02070/RD
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02070/RD
- Type
- Reserved Details
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 11 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 11 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Higham
- Parish
- Tonbridge
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TN10 4LU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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21/00937/OA Granted
S Smith And Sons Builders Yard 4 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU
Outline Application: Erection of 2no detached 4 bedroom dwellings with associated access, parking and soft landscaping
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Dec 2025
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 February 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 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
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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 69 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About outline applications
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