®Planning appeal decision
83 High Street, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6NA
Planning appeal 3322794 at 83 High Street, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6NA (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was allowed on 17 January 2024 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the setting of adjacent heritage assets being those of Listed buildings and the West Malling Conservation Area.
the demolition of existing small outbuilding, demolition of brick element of and alterations to existing ragstone wall, demolition of a curved garden wall, and the construction of two houses with associated hard landscaping, boundary wall extension, cycle stores, and fencing
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies N
- Postcode
- ME19 6NA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the setting of adjacent heritage assets being those of Listed buildings and the West Malling Conservation Area
What decided it
The previous Inspector's allowance of a similar scheme, combined with the Council's confirmation that the current proposal represents an improvement and their decision not to defend the appeal, led to the conclusion that the development would not harm heritage assets and should be allowed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP24 of the Tonbridge and Malling Core StrategyPolicy SQ1 of the Managing Development and the Environment Development Plan Document
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Tonbridge and Malling
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Dismissed8 June 2026600425726 The Maltings, Carpenters Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge, TN11 0DQ
- Allowed5 December 20253373454The Woodman, Sweets Lane, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6JF
- Allowed11 August 20253364087111 Douglas Road, Tonbridge, TN9 2UD
- Allowed22 July 20253361029Parkview, 113 High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1DL
- Allowed27 June 20253362362Dairy Farm Common Road, Hadlow, Tonbridge, TN11 0JE
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.