Planning application
77 - 81 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RX
Relates to 26/00956/FL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Section 73 application to remove condition 5 ( Sound Insulation Assessment) of planning permission TM/26/00956/FL Subdivision of existing commercial unit to form five commercial units including installation of new shopfronts
As published by the council, reference 26/01721/FL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01721/FL
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 16 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Cage Green And Angel
- Parish
- Tonbridge
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TN9 1RX
Comment by 9 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Tonbridge and Malling through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00956/FL Granted
77 - 81 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RX
Subdivision of existing commercial unit to form five commercial units including installation of new shopfronts
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21/01807/LDP Decided
77 - 81 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RX
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: reduce levels and dig trenches for the foundations and base to the residential stair and lift core and fill with concrete to form the foundation, fit new external residential glazed entrance door and metal clad shopfront fronting The Botany, install new stud partition wall to separate the shop unit and created residential lobby from the shopfront to the rear of the unit and form 3 new openings to the rear wall for the entrance to the residential staircase, the lift entrance and the access to the cycle store
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Sep 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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18 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 November 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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26/00956/FL Granted
77 - 81 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RX
Subdivision of existing commercial unit to form five commercial units including installation of new shopfronts
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Architecture Design Limited Agent, an architecture practice registered in Chatham
Active · incorporated 2013 · Chatham
92 applications on PlanIndex · across 42 councils · 92% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
- CONDITION 5 REMOVAL STATEMENT
- LOCATION PLAN
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This application is with Tonbridge and Malling for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tonbridge and Malling's median decision took 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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77 - 81 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RX
Subdivision of existing commercial unit to form five commercial units including installation of new shopfronts
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Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: reduce levels and dig trenches for the foundations and base to the residential stair and lift core and fill with concrete to form the foundation, fit new external residential glazed entrance door and metal clad shopfront fronting The Botany, install new stud partition wall to separate the shop unit and created residential lobby from the shopfront to the rear of the unit and form 3 new openings to the rear wall for the entrance to the residential staircase, the lift entrance and the access to the cycle store
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