Longford House 19 Mount Ephraim Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1EN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from offices to Use Class C2 (healthcare establishment) with ancillary offices; construction of a mansard roof extension; courtyard infill; replacement & enclosure of external fire staircase; partial infill of underground car park. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Apr 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Tunbridge Wells Planning Committee on 15 Apr 2026. Earlier deferred on 11 Mar 2026.
Approved unanimously
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the scheme supports employment, reuses the building and causes only very limited conservation-area harm.
- No residents responded; consultees raised no highway objection, while conservation officers identified low-level harm from the mansard roof.
- Members unanimously approved the application with the reported conditions and an added informative about noise impacts on Lime Hill Road residents.
Source: Plota analysis of Tunbridge Wells's committee minutes of 15 Apr 2026.
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 6
Other documents 4
Site constraints 4
Checked on 11 September 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 1
Last sold for £3,717,500 in December 2024. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- TN1 1EN
- Received
- 19 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 20 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Culverden
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- KLW Planning Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 86 days from validation, 32 days slower than Tunbridge Wells's median of 54 for changes of use. Approved, as 72% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Tunbridge Wells in the last twelve months, from validation. Tunbridge Wells decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14459722
- Comments by
- 13 Feb 2026
- Site or press notice
- 26 Jan 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
31 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
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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