Laurel Bank Etherington Hill Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TN Data via plota.co.uk

26/01542/FULL - Full Application Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Addition of dormer windows, rooflights to main house and garage; outdoor terrace, alterations to fenestration, roof & chimney; conversion of garage to annexe and associated alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jul 2026
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Validated
14 Jul 2026
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Consultation
16 Jul 2026
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Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Delegated Report Delegated Report · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 4

PDF Mrs Rebecca Maestranzi(FULL) Neighbour Comments · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Speldhurst Parish Council(FULL) Consultee Comment · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Southern Water Comments External Comments · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Southern Water Comments - Map External Comments · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
High Weald National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Public footpath 23 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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
Full Application
Postcode
TN3 0TN
Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Rusthall And Speldhurst
Parish
Speldhurst Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
TT Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
418decided in the last year

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-15070715
Comments by
6 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
16 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2023 Refused
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Tunbridge Wells
Planning Authority Score
8.7/10
Excellent
#13 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Tunbridge Wells decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #69 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #63 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #26 of 296
25%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #32 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
150 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
47 decided
1,178
Total decisions
83 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings