188 Forest Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5JB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Outbuilding (part-retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 21 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Oct 2026
Documents 19
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 3
Consultation & comments 11
Other documents 1
Site constraints 2
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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £890,000 in June 2018. 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 June 2017, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- TN2 5JB
- Received
- 24 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 26 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Pantiles
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 21 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS LTD
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Refused, as 7% of extensions here are.
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-15170076
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15170076
- Comments by
- 23 Sept 2026
- Site or press notice
- 2 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 21 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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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