The National Trust The Estate Office Scotney Castle Hastings Road Lamberhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 8JN Data via plota.co.uk

26/01754/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved
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Proposal

LBC: Internal and external alterations to form new servery and seating area, installation of glazed frontage, replacement staircase, new access ramp Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Validated
14 Aug 2026
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Consultation
21 Aug 2026
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Approved
29 Sept 2026

Approved on 29 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Delegated Report Delegated Report · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF TWBC Conservation Officer Consultee Comment · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Lamberhurst Parish Council Parish Comments · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Scheduled monument: A quadrangular castle and 16th/17th century manor house known as Old Scotney Castle, set in a 19th century landscaped garden
Scheduled monument consent is needed for any work to it, separate from planning permission.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Grade I listed: The Ruins of Old Scotney Castle
List entry 1085287 · 11 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
SSSI: Scotney Castle SSSI
Natural England must be consulted on work that may affect it.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
High Weald National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Registered park or garden: Scotney Castle
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Lowland meadows
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 3 m away: Lowland meadows; Flood defence 42 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Tunbridge Wells
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
TN3 8JD
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Aug 2026
Ward
Rural Tunbridge Wells
Parish
Lamberhurst Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
29 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 7 days faster than Tunbridge Wells's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
512decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Tunbridge Wells in the last twelve months, from validation. Tunbridge Wells decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15091809
Planning Portal ref
PP-15091809
Comments by
18 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
21 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Listed Building Consent - Internal alterations to form new servery and seating area, open…
23/00129/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved
The National Trust The Estate Office Scotney Castle Hastings Road Lamberhurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 8JN
Variation of Condition 1 (Temporary time limit) of 14/500314/FULL (Change of use of land…
17/02309/FULL
2016 Approved
The National Trust The Estate Office Scotney Castle Hastings Road Lamberhurst Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 8JN
Submission of details subject to 15/506902/FULL to discharge Condition 2 ( Scheme of Reme…
16/500083/SUB
Tunbridge Wells
Planning Authority Score
8.7/10
Excellent
#13 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Tunbridge Wells decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #69 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #63 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #26 of 296
25%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #32 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
150 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
47 decided
1,178
Total decisions
83 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings