Dark Horse Digital 9 Castle Street Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1XJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of upper floors from commercial to single dwelling; rear dormer and new window Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Sept 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 6
Show the other 31 with distances
- 24 m2 and 4, Castle StreetGrade II
- 27 m66, High StreetGrade II
- 28 m68, High StreetGrade II
- 28 m64, High StreetGrade II
- 30 m70 and 72, High StreetGrade II
- 34 m74, High StreetGrade II
- 39 m76 and 78, High StreetGrade II
- 74 mYork HouseGrade II
- 74 m5 and 7, Little Mount SionGrade II
- 76 m8a and 9, London RoadGrade II
- 80 m90-94, High StreetGrade II
- 83 m8, London RoadGrade II
- 96 mBlenheimGrade II
- 101 m27 and 29, High StreetGrade II
- 102 mWalmer CottageGrade II
- 104 mGranite Surface to Frog LaneGrade II
- 116 m4, Frog LaneGrade II
- 117 mSion HouseGrade II
- 120 m17, Mount SionGrade II
- 124 m15-25, High StreetGrade II
- 128 mFrog CottageGrade II
- 130 mCaxton CottageGrade II
- 137 mPavement to Bedford TerraceGrade II
- 138 mCaxton HouseGrade II
- 141 m22 and 24, High StreetGrade II
- 141 m14 AND 14A, CHAPEL PLACE (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 141 m11, Chapel PlaceGrade II
- 141 mFarthingsGrade II
- 143 m2-10, Bedford TerraceGrade II
- 145 mGrove VillaGrade II
- 145 m32, Little Mount SionGrade II
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 £275,000 in May 2026. Terraced 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 November 2023, 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
- TN1 1XJ
- Received
- 7 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Culverden
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 28 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 28 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- MSD ARCHITECTS
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Refused, as 28% 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-15059451
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15059451
- Comments by
- 4 Sept 2026
- Site or press notice
- 6 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 28 Sept 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%).
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.
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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