Planning application
Olive Tree Cottage 17 Windmill Lane East West Malling Kent ME19 6HS
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retention and completion of a three-bedroom self-build bungalow with associated amenity space and parking
As published by the council, reference 26/00577/FL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00577/FL
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 30 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Ward
- East Malling West Malling And Offham
- Parish
- West Malling
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- ME19 6HS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Mar 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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18 May 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 13 July 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
bMAC STUDIO Architecture Agent, an architecture practice
19 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 85% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- KCC ECOLOGY
- KCC HERITAGE CONSERVATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONSULTEE RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION
- BNG REPORT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SITE PLANS
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
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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 full applications in a median of 86 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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