Planning application
East Malling Research Station New Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of office/lab building and extension of car park with associated access & landscaping
As published by the council, reference 26/00637/FL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00637/FL
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 8 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 14 May 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 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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21/01030/TPOC Granted
East Malling Research Station New Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Tree: 1352 Common Lime: remove all sucker growth to ground level/stem to facilitate future inspections., within falling distance of road. Base obscured by dense sucker and epicormic growth. Tree: 1369, Sweet Chestnut (TPO ref 88/10084/TPO): fell due to advanced physiological decline and within falling distance of road. Tree: 1406g, Sweet Chestnut (TPO ref 88/10084/TPO), adjacent to third party driveway: fell group of dead stems
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Apr 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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14 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 9 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
Hume Planning Consultancy Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Sandwich
Active · incorporated 2004 · Sandwich
53 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 100% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordThe East Malling Trust Applicant, registered in East Malling
Active · incorporated 2010 · East Malling
1 application on PlanIndex
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
38 documents on file for this application
- KCC EAS
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORT
- BNG METRIC
- KCC HERITAGE CONSERVATION
- KCC HHIGHWAYS
- DITTON PARISH COUNCIL
- KCC SUDS
- EM&L PARISH COUNCIL
- WEST KENT PROW
- SOUTH EAST WATER
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- SOUTHERN WATER
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- BNG METRIC
- BNG MYCELIA VALIDATION RESULTS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL TECHNICAL NOTE JANUARY 2026
- ABORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- LIGHTING
- LIGHTING STRATEGY
- BIO-DIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORT
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT SWDS_PART1
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT SWDS_PART2
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSEMENT SWDS_PART3
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ANALYTICAL SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- HPC1607 PLANNING STATEMENT FINAL
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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.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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