20 Tainter Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HL

1. 21 Aug 2026

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 1 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 7 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 27 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 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Tonbridge and Malling for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 3 Tainter Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HL

  21/01777/LDE Submitted 24 Jun 2021 79m away

  Lawful Development Certificate Existing: Use of former garage for ancillary residential use and accommodation to existing dwelling

  Decided Lawful development 7 docs
  Domestic

• 18 Twyford Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HJ

  26/00623/FL Submitted 7 Apr 2026 101m away

  Single storey side and rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 11 docs
  Small domestic

• 2 Twyford Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HH

  20/01694/FL Submitted 5 Aug 2020 105m away

  Removal of clay cladding on house, to be replaced with painted rendering

  Granted Full applications 13 docs

• 75, Hope Avenue Tonbridge TN11 0HD

  20/01603/LDP Submitted 27 Jul 2020 143m away

  Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Rear living room extension. Existing entrance and car access remain unchanged. Surface water to discharge to existing soak away and all other services accommodated within existing house services

  Withdrawn Lawful development Extension 9 docs

• 75 Hope Avenue Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HD

  20/02292/FL Submitted 13 Oct 2020 143m away

  Single storey rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 80 Carpenters Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0ER

  23/00359/NMA Submitted 17 Feb 2023 166m away

  Non Material Amendment to planning permission TM/22/02242/FL: Change the roof tile, by using a 49er Castellated Profiled Concrete Tile instead of Plain Tiles.

  Granted Amendments 8 docs

• 26/01657/LDP Awaiting decision

  Kirkira 42 Hilltop Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UN

  Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Dropped kerb extension

  7 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/01632/LDP Awaiting decision

  38 Hunt Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4BE

  Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Creation of a new vehicular access to the existing dwelling, including a new dropped kerb/vehicle crossing across the existing highway verge and the formation of a hard standing driveway within the front garden for off-street parking. The proposed driveway/hard standing will measure approximately 4.0 metres by 6.8 metres

  3 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/01621/LDP Awaiting decision

  13 Cornwallis Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EP

  Lawful Development certificate proposed: Use of the land to site a mobile home for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse

  2 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/01624/LDP Awaiting decision

  57 Chichester Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2TJ

  Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Loft conversion with dormer window to rear elevation & 2 No rooflights to front elevation

  2 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/01623/LDP Awaiting decision

  2 Priestley Drive Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6TX

  Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Extension of dropped kerb

  2 Sep 2026 Lawful development