Planning application
Offham Methodist Church Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Part Retrospective application for the change of use and re-modelling of the Methodist Church (F.1 Use) to a 1 x 4-bed Dwellinghouse (C3 Use) consistent with previous permissions issued under 19/01349/FL & 21/02364/NMA
As published by the council, reference 26/01435/FL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01435/FL
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 30 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Ward
- East Malling West Malling And Offham
- Parish
- Offham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- ME19 5PE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jul 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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5 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 September 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
Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Nottingham
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13 documents on file for this application
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