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Decided 25/02900/SUB
Admin / procedural
Council
Tunbridge Wells 8.7/10
Date received
3 Dec 2025
Date validated
5 Dec 2025
Postcode
TN12 7HS

Description

Submission of details in relation to condition 18 (details of air quality and sustainability) of . Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 5

Site constraints 3

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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Submission of details in relation to Condition 3 (External Materials); Condition 4 (Detai…
25/02743/SUB
2025 Approved
Submission of details in relation to Condition 3 (External Materials); Condition 4 (Detai…
25/02743/SUB
2025 Approved
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 5 - (Sustainable surface water drainage sc…
25/01545/SUB
2025 Approved
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 5 - (Sustainable surface water drainage sc…
25/01545/SUB
2025 Approved
Erection of two dwellings with associated parking spaces in-lieu of the office units & li…
25/01404/FULL
2025 Approved
Erection of two dwellings with associated parking spaces in-lieu of the office units & li…
25/01404/FULL
2024 Approved
Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 22/02640/FULL - Plot 1: Removal of chimne…
24/03204/FULL
2024 Approved
Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 22/02640/FULL - Plot 1: Removal of chimne…
24/03204/FULL
2022 Approved
Demolition of existing structures and re development to provide 4 dwellings (Class C3), 1…
22/02640/FULL
2021 Approved
EIA Screening Opinion - Demolition of existing buildings, and the development of 9 dwelli…
21/01574/ENVSCR
2020 Approved
EIA Screening Opinion - Demolition of existing buildings, and the development of 5 dwelli…
20/02567/ENVSCR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021
Marle Place Manor Marle Place Road Brenchley Tonbridge Kent TN12 7HS
Listed Building Consent: Single storey rear & first floor rear/side extension
21/03143/LBC
Tunbridge Wells
Planning Authority Score
8.7/10
Excellent
#13 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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%).

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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