Land Part of Mill Farm, North of 39 Mill Lane, Wateringbury, Kent, ME18 5PE

Planning appeal 3371765 at Land Part of Mill Farm, North of 39 Mill Lane, Wateringbury, Kent, ME18 5PE (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was allowed on 21 January 2026 by Inspector Courtney T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), having regard to the applicable transitional provisions.

the change of use of existing agricultural building to single residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) and land to residential curtilage, together with building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building

Authority: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Courtney T
Postcode: ME18 5PE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), having regard to the applicable transitional provisions

What decided it

The application was made before the transitional cut-off date and therefore benefits from the former Class Q provisions which permitted dwellinghouses up to 465 square metres, and the proposed 240 square metre dwelling falls well within this limit.

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