156 Upper Grosvenor Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2EQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of garage and rear structure; rear/side single storey extension; enlargement of front porch; proposed rear outbuilding Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 2
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £400,000 in May 2023. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- TN1 2EQ
- Received
- 28 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 30 Apr 2026
- Ward
- St. John's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- ARKS DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 93% of demolitions here are.
Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Tunbridge Wells in the last twelve months, from validation. Tunbridge Wells decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14893933
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14893933
- Comments by
- 2 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 12 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 25 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Tunbridge Wells is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #26 out of 296. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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