Planning application
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Details of condition 4 (Phasing Plan) Pursuant to planning permission tm/25/01319/FL Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant
As published by the council, reference 26/00396/RD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00396/RD
- Type
- Reserved Details
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 5 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 3 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Aylesford South And Ditton
- Parish
- Ditton
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 21 applications since 2020: 10 approved, 1 refused.
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26/01855/OB106D Awaiting decision
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of Economic Development Strategy Section, schedule 2 paragraph 2.1 submitted pursuant to S106 Agreement TM/25/01319/FL Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant
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26/01670/RD Awaiting decision
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of Condition 12 (Biodiversity plan) and 13 (Habitat management and monitoring plan) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01144/PA (Re-laying of 1 no. grass pitch into a new hybrid football pitch with associated infrastructure, installation of internal and external boundary treatment, and associated hard and soft landscaping)
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26/01653/RD Awaiting decision
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of Condition 19 (External lighting plan) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01319/FL (Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant)
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26/01380/RD Awaiting decision
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of condition 10 (Landscape levels) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01319/FL (Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant)
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26/01350/RD Granted
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of condition 9 (Excavation for services) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01319/PA Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant
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26/01243/RD Granted
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of condition 4 (noise mitigation) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01144/FL (Re-laying of 1 no. grass pitch into a new hybrid football pitch with associated infrastructure, installation of internal and external boundary treatment, and associated hard and soft landscaping)
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26/01154/RD Awaiting decision
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of condition 3 (CEMP), condition 7 (soil) and condition 37 (RAMS) submitted pursuant to planning permission 25/01319/FL (Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant)
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26/01030/RD Awaiting decision
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of condition 6 (Landscape Management Plan) pursuant of planning permission TM/25/01319/FL Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant
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26/00928/RD Awaiting decision
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of condition 35 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) 38 ( South East Water Landscape proposal) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01319/PA Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant
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26/00780/RD Awaiting decision
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of Conditions 3 (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) and 37 (Groundwater Risk Assessment Method Statement) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01319/FL (Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Mar 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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3 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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8 Aug 2026
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7 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DITTON PARISH COUNCIL
- AYLESFORD PARISH COUNCIL
- COVERING LETTER
- SITE PHASING PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
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