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Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent

Awaiting decision Tonbridge and Malling 26/01030/RD Reserved Details

Works: Demolition

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Proposal

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

As published by the council, reference 26/01030/RD

Application record

Reference
26/01030/RD
Type
Reserved Details
Status
Registered
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 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 21 applications since 2020: 10 approved, 1 refused.

  • 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

    Submitted 8 Oct 2026
  • 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)

    Submitted 9 Sep 2026
  • 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)

    Submitted 7 Sep 2026
  • 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)

    Submitted 22 Jul 2026
  • 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

    Submitted 20 Jul 2026
  • 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)

    Decided 6 Aug 2026
  • 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)

    Submitted 18 Jun 2026
  • 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

    Submitted 14 May 2026 Outline
  • 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)

    Submitted 27 Apr 2026 Outline
  • 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)

    Decided 31 Jul 2026 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 May 2026

    Received by Tonbridge and Malling

  2. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 24 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 65 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

  • KCC EAS Consultee Response · 08 Sep 2026
  • AYLESFORD PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Response · 09 Jul 2026
  • DITTON PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Response · 09 Jul 2026
  • KCC EAS Consultee Response · 02 Jul 2026
  • BNG PLAN Report · 30 Jun 2026
  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 29 May 2026
  • CONDITION 6 COVERING LETTER Correspondence · 29 May 2026
  • LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN Drawing · 29 May 2026

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What 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 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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