Manchester House The Heath Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8HT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Change of use of ground floor room from an ancillary hairdressers to residential Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Sept 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 2
Other documents 1
Site constraints 5
Show the other 7 with distances
- 34 mThe Gun and Spitroast Public House and Rear CourtyardGrade II
- 41 mHappysGrade II
- 58 mCrowhursts' Shop With Wall Attached HeathsideGrade II
- 81 mHeath CourtGrade II
- 97 mBirch CottageGrade II
- 100 mHeath CottageGrade II
- 148 mDolphin HouseGrade II
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.
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Important details
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
- Postcode
- TN12 8HT
- Received
- 9 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 13 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Rural Tunbridge Wells
- Parish
- Horsmonden Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 7 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Studio Theeba
How this decision compares
Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Refused, as 23% 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-15071082
- 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%).
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