Planning application
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Works: Demolition Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Details of condition 8 (Dimensioned Tree Protection Plan) 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
As published by the council, reference 26/00641/RD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00641/RD
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 8 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 16 Sep 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 20 applications since 2020: 8 approved, 1 refused.
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
26/01350/RD Awaiting decision
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
-
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)
-
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)
-
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
-
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
-
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)
-
26/00769/RD Granted
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Details of Conditions 13 (Surface water drainage) and 14 (Floodplain Compensation Strategy) 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
-
8 Apr 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
-
29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
8 Aug 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
-
16 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approved
-
16 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
- DITTON PARISH COUNCIL
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- TREE PROTECTION AND METHOD STATEMENT
- 260407 COBDOWN PARK CONDITION 8 COVERING LETTER
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 16 September 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.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Tonbridge and Malling's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.