Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council has launched two separate consultations which affect our area. In relation to off-street car parking, the proposal is to: – increase the charges at the High Street (Tesco) and Ryarsh Lane car parks in West Malling – extend the hours that charging will take place (the High Street car park […]

It has come to light that Savills, the agents acting for the East Malling Trust, are approaching local residents in East Malling village to buy pieces of land to make a partial one way system. We have seen a map but the writing is very small and overall it does not copy clearly and so […]

Gladman have now submitted their application for up to 150 dwellings on agricultural land west of Stickens Lane, East Malling. Access would be from Clare Lane. The application reference is 23/03060 You can view details of the application on line – https://planning.agileapplications.co.uk/…/appli…/156525 If this link doesn’t work try https://planning.agileapplications.co.uk/tmbc/search-applications/results?criteria=%7B%22query%22:%2223%2F03060%22%7D&page=1 Due to an oversight which meant […]

The Government is changing the rules to require that everyone shows some kind of photo identification ID at Polling Stations before they are allowed to vote. This will start next May with Borough Council elections. But only some kinds of photo ID will do. You can check the full list of acceptable ID options here […]

TMBC has published details of the 291 sites across the Borough put forward by developers and landowners for (mainly) housing until 2040. East Malling & Larkfield Parish Council has arranged a public meeting on Sunday 2nd October at a 7pm at East Malling Village Hall which has been advertised across the village, through Trudy Dean’s […]

Last October the Local Plan Inspectors halted the Local Plan hearings over concerns that the Borough had failed in its ‘Duty to Cooperate’, in particular with regard to Sevenoaks.  The Borough Council sent a long and detailed response refuting the Inspectors’ conclusions. Now, by a further letter of 2nd March 2021, the Planning Inspectors say they […]

We want to hear from you you upon the proposal for a 20mph zone across East Malling. You can read details of the scheme, complete our survey, and read Trudy’s latest news bulletin at https://www.tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/local_news…If you would like to receive Trudy’s email Bulletin direct to your inbox please email your request to trudy.dean@kent.gov.uk

Last autumn the examination of TMBC’s draft Local Plan ground to halt following receipt of a letter from the Local Plan Inspectors raising serious concerns as to whether the Borough Council has met its ‘duty to cooperate’, principally with Sevenoaks District Council. TMBC has now issued a lengthy response to the Inspectors which, in a […]

The Public Inquiry into the appeal against the refusal of planning permission for up to 250 homes at Forty Acres west of Winterfield Lane will be starting on 1st December at 10am. Local Parish Councils have come together and will be legally represented at the Inquiry. Through generous public donations over £10,000 has been raised […]

Last summer we held a drop-in meeting at the East Malling Institute Hall to enable residents to share their concerns regarding traffic related issues on High Street, Chapel Street and Wateringbury Road.  We collected data via questionnaires which we subsequently analysed.  Following further fact-finding and research we prepared a detailed 27 page report setting out the whole […]