Berkeley Homes have this week commenced a public consultation regarding their proposals for development on the site at Broadwater Farm that is included in the draft Local Plan currently undergoing examination. You can find the details on their website at http://www.berkeley-broadwater.co.uk Previously the proposals for development have been confined to the area south of Pikey […]

Work is continuing with the legal team representing the local Parish Councils on both the Forty Acres Appeal and the case for the wider issue of the proposed Green Belt extension. The Local Plan hearings began today although the Green Belt hearing is not due to take place until November. The Forty Acres Appeal starts […]

The deadline for comments upon the second application and the appeal are fast approaching – 17th September and 22nd September respectively so if you haven’t done so yet please submit your comments as quickly as possible. Further information upon how to respond, including links to the relevant web pages, is included in our post of […]

You may be surprised and confused to learn that developers, Wates, have lodged a second application to develop Forty Acres when the first application is heading for an Appeal on 1st December. A leaflet from East Malling & Larkfield Parish Council is in the process of being circulated (see copy further down within this post) […]

TMBC have put together a helpful contact sheet containing emergency contact details for a number of services over the Christmas and New Year period (including pharmacies). The list (below) is pretty comprehensive but we don’t think it includes a link for reporting emergency highway issues – this might include fallen trees that are block a […]

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Public Meeting at the East Malling Centre on Monday evening to find out more about the Forty Acres planning application for up to 250 homes on land west of Winterfield Lane. If you wish your views to be taken into account these should be submitted as […]

Following on from our web post on 12th September, we can advise you that East Malling & Larkfield Parish Council has arranged a public meeting on Monday 14th October to give residents the opportunity to hear about the plan for 250 homes at Forty Acres. See flyer below for full details. Forty Acres is the […]

After a Public Inquiry in August lasting several days, we are delighted that the Planning Inspector, Frances Mahoney, has dismissed the appeal by Bellway Homes to build 65 homes on the meadows to the east Lavenders Road, adjacent to Malling Abbey, upholding the decision of Tonbridge and Malling to refuse permission. The Inspector considered ‘… […]

Liberty have appealed the decision to refuse all five applications they submitted to build homes on these two greenfield sites, which fall geographically within East Malling, together with three other sites in Kings Hill that are currently designated for employment. The Public Inquiry to consider all these sites has been set for 3rd December 2019 […]

Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Borough Council elections on 2nd May – and to everyone who supported us in our campaign. We are delighted to now both be Borough Councillors for East Malling, as well as both being Parish Councillors. We are looking forward to continuing our work together, supporting […]