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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]