Little Cottage Nursery School 27A Culverden Down Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9SD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior Notification for the change of use from Commercial, Business & Service (Use Class E) to 1 No. dwelling (Use Class C3) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Sept 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Consultation & comments 4
Site constraints 1
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
- Prior Notification Change of use E to C
- Postcode
- TN4 9SD
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Culverden
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 4 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 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-14760627
- Comments by
- 31 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 21 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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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