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Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
3,865Searchable applications
320Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 2,774 approved or refused records
181Refused applications

2,593 approved · 181 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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.

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More application records

  1. Decided25/00800/FULL

    Conversion & part demolition of barn into dwelling with associated parking, amenity & landscaping

    Trenley Barn Trenley Farm Gills Green Cranbrook Kent TN18 5AH

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  2. Decided25/00801/LBC

    Listed Building Consent - Proposed commemorative plaque

    Summerhill House 73 London Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1DX

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  3. Decided25/00802/LBC

    Listed Building Consent (Amended scheme to 23/01552/LBC) - (Works completed) - Repairs to chimney stack

    Church Cottage High Street Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1AJ

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  4. Decided25/00803/FULL

    Erection of detached garage

    Hillywood House Starvenden Lane Sissinghurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 2AN

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  5. Decided25/00804/LAWPRO

    Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Conversion of existing garage to annexe & alterations to existing fenestration

    Hillywood House Starvenden Lane Sissinghurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 2AN

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  6. Decided25/00805/LAWPRO

    Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Construction of rear dormer window & demolition of conservatory with replacement single storey extension

    6 Hargate Close Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5PA

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  7. Decided25/00806/FULL

    Proposed loft conversion, rear dormer extension, 5no. rooflights, removal of chimney & amendments to 3no. ground floor windows

    9 Birchwood Avenue Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UD

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  8. Decided25/00807/TCA

    Trees in Conservation Area Notification: YEW (T1) - Fell or reduce by 3m

    1 Horse Entry High Street Cranbrook Kent TN17 3EB

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  9. Decided25/00808/FULL

    Self-build - Replacement dwelling, conversion of garage and outbuilding to ancillary use

    Blake House Kingswood Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4UJ

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  10. Decided25/00810/FULL

    Single storey extension

    Paygate Winchet Hill Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1JY

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  11. Decided25/00811/TCA

    Trees in Conservation Area Notification: Leylandii (T3, T4 & T5) - Fell & replace

    Deacon Ridge Hastings Road Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4PD

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  12. Decided25/00812/FULL

    Erection of 7 dwellinghouses, provision of access, with associated works and demolition of agricultural outbuildings

    Mascalls Farm Badsell Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent TN12 6LP

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  13. Decided25/00813/FULL

    Erection of 3 No 5 bed dwellings with associated access, parking, cycle and refuse storage and landscaping (Alternate scheme to 20/00993/FUL)

    Little Hollow And South Of Aldershaw House Vauxhall Lane Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0XD

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  14. Decided25/00814/FULL

    Two storey side extension, single storey side extension and associated alterations

    1 Mount Pleasant Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent TN12 6AH

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  15. Decided25/00815/LBC

    Listed Building Consent - removal of internal wall (works carried out)

    4 Stone Cottages Groombridge Hill Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9LZ

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  16. Decided25/00816/FULL

    Demolition of single storey existing outbuilding and replacement with single storey extension

    1 Eastlands Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8JR

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  17. Decided25/00817/LBC

    Listed Building Consent - Works carried out - Removal of gable cladding, timber stud work, battens, rafters & windows with replacements with new materials. Removal of roof tiles with reinstatement. Installation of insulation in the roof. Proposed works - Installation of rigid insulation to existing ground floor, removal & replacement floorboards on first floor, insulation installed within interior face of external walls & removal & replacement of garage doors

    Spring Farm Goudhurst Road Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8AY

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  18. Decided25/00818/SUB

    Submission of Details in relation to Condition 4 - (Hard & Soft Landscaping Plan); Condition 6 - (Lighting Plan) of 24/01920/FULL

    Risebridge Oasthouse Ranters Lane Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 1HN

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  19. Decided25/00819/FULL

    (Part retrospective) Single storey rear & side extension

    4 Pinewood Gardens Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0NN

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  20. Decided25/00820/FULL

    Rear & side two, part first floor and single storey extensions and porch extension

    15 Upper Profit Langton Green Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0BZ

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  21. Decided25/00821/FULL

    Replacement of attached existing double garage with detached double garage to rear of garden; additional store room to rear of property; new dropped kerb onto Kent Close ; single storey side extension

    39 Old Kent Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent TN12 6JB

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  22. Decided25/00822/FULL

    Side extension on first floor, alterations to roof form & dormer to rear, and part two, part single storey rear extensions and porch

    1 Sychem Place Five Oak Green Tonbridge Kent TN12 6TR

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  23. Decided25/00823/FULL

    Two storey side extension and single storey to rear.

    37 Meadow Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0HL

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  24. Decided25/00824/FULL

    Erection of detached single storey annexe building to replace existing structure.

    Perugia Ewehurst Lane Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0JX

    Received 31 Mar 2025

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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.

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