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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,561 approved · 181 refused · 103 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 2021 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Flat 1 Fowlers Park Rye Road Hawkhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5DA
Received 28 Mar 20252 Pearsons Green Cottages Pearsons Green Road Brenchley Tonbridge Kent TN12 7DE
Received 28 Mar 2025Four Square Oast Old Hay Brenchley Tonbridge Kent TN12 7DG
Received 28 Mar 202593 Woodhill Park Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4NP
Received 28 Mar 202517 Church Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1HT
Received 28 Mar 2025Garden House Brooksden High Street Cranbrook Kent TN17 3DT
Received 28 Mar 202511 Brendon Close Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3NP
Received 28 Mar 20251 Victoria Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0SA
Received 28 Mar 2025Barn East Of 2 Kenwards Cottages Bubhurst Lane Frittenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 2BD
Received 28 Mar 202562 Newlands Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9AU
Received 28 Mar 20251 The Down Cottages Lamberhurst Down Lamberhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 8EX
Received 28 Mar 2025Glebe House The Street Frittenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 2DG
Received 28 Mar 2025Honnington Laurel Bank Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0DG
Received 28 Mar 2025Hopper Huts 1 & 2 Hazelden Farm Marden Road Cranbrook Kent TN17 2LP
Received 28 Mar 20254 Cumberland Walk Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1UJ
Received 28 Mar 2025Boxhurst Boxhurst Sandhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5PE
Received 31 Mar 2025Boxhurst Boxhurst Sandhurst Cranbrook Kent TN18 5PE
Received 31 Mar 20251 The Down Cottages Lamberhurst Down Lamberhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 8EX
Received 31 Mar 202531 Upper Street Rusthall Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8NX
Received 31 Mar 2025Hillcrest Farm Oast Hawkhurst Road Cranbrook Kent TN17 3QD
Received 31 Mar 2025Buckhurst Farm Sissinghurst Road Sissinghurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 2AA
Received 31 Mar 202525 Royal Chase Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8AX
Received 31 Mar 202522 Knights Ridge Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4HP
Received 31 Mar 2025The Firs 8A Camden Avenue Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4PQ
Received 31 Mar 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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