Planning application
Former Manor House Walled Garden The Birling Estate Stangate Road Birling West Malling Kent
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate Existing: Use and development to continue and complete the redevelopment of the Site in accordance with planning permission TM/19/02491/FL
As published by the council, reference 26/01282/LDE
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01282/LDE
- Category
- Lawful development
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 8 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh
- Parish
- Birling
- Decision by
- Delegated
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jul 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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10 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 October 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 64 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Birling Estate Agent, registered in West Malling
Active · incorporated 1966 · West Malling
2 applications on PlanIndex
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH AGENT
- HISTORIC DECISION NOTICE
- HISTORIC DELEGATED REPORT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT- TECHNICAL NOTE
- SITE ENTRANCE COMPLETION
- HISTORIC DECISION NOTICE- DETAILS OF CONDITIONS
- BELOW GROUND DRAINAGE LAYOUT
- BELOW GROUND DRAINAGE DETAILS 1
- BELOW GROUND DRAINAGE DETAILS 2
- EXTERNAL WORKS DETAILS
- EXTERNAL WORKS DETAILS
- BELOW GROUND MAIN ACCESS DRAINAGE
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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 lawful development applications in a median of 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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