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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

4,256Searchable applications

322Recorded as pending

93%Approval rate · 3,089 approved or refused records

203Refused applications

2,886 approved · 203 refused · 119 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 2021 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records

Decided26/00519/TWORK
Telecommunications Notification - Installation of 10 Cabinets
Various Pavement Sites Around The Speldhurst Road And Holden Park Road Area
Received 3 Mar 2026
Decided26/00520/TCA
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: Yew (T6) - Removal
Craigside Rodmell Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5SR
Received 6 Mar 2026
Decided26/00521/FULL
(Part Retrospective) Erection of a pool house & detached plant room with associated terracing & landscaping; change of use of a defined area of land to residential use
Twyssenden Manor Priors Heath Goudhurst Cranbrook Kent TN17 2RG
Received 6 Mar 2026
Decided26/00523/TWORK
Telecommunications Notification - Installation of 7 cabinets
Various Pavement Sites Around Grange Road, Bretland Road, Allan Close And Tristan Gardens
Received 3 Mar 2026
Decided26/00525/SUB
Resubmission of details for Condition 22 - (external lighting) of 21/02027/FULL, as approved under 22/03656/SUB. Resubmission of details for Condition 11 - (hard and soft landscaping) as approved under 19/03657/REM, and Condition 7 - (amenity areas and boundary treatments, and Condition 9 - (LEMP) of 19/03657/REM as approved under 24/00632/SUB, and for Condition 8 of 21/02027/FULL, as approved under 24/01180/SUB
Bassetts Farm Goudhurst Road Horsmonden Tonbridge Kent TN12 8AS
Received 6 Mar 2026
Decided26/00526/TPO
TREES: Leylandii (T1 within A1) - Remove to ground level
Sandstone Quarry 3 Carlton Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2JS
Received 6 Mar 2026
Decided26/00527/FULL
(Retrospective) front infilled porch and new annexe
16 Brampton Bank Five Oak Green Road Tudeley Tonbridge Kent TN11 0PN
Received 9 Mar 2026
Decided26/00528/TPO
TREES: Ash (T1) - Fell to ground level
47 Ashenden Walk Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3UJ
Received 9 Mar 2026
Decided26/00529/FULL
(Retrospective) Addition of fence and back gate with trellising
19 Prospect Park Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0EQ
Received 9 Mar 2026
Decided26/00531/FULL
Change of use of the land for the stationing of one mobile home, one touring caravan and one day room for Gypsy/Traveller occupation; creation of new access; hard & soft landscaping alterations; ecological enhancements
Land Adjacent To Lindridge Cottages Lamberhurst Quarter Lamberhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent
Received 9 Mar 2026
Decided26/00533/LBC
Listed Building Consent - Alterations to bathroom and replacement windows
2 Course Horn Barn Course Horn Lane Cranbrook Kent TN17 3NR
Received 9 Mar 2026
Decided26/00538/NMAMD
Non-Material Amendment in relation to 24/02777/FULL - (increase in depth of rear extension; alterations to fenestration)
14 Highfield Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9BB
Received 9 Mar 2026
Decided26/00539/FULL
Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/02128/FULL - (Building B: Change of wall materials from vertical timbers to a black brick and standing seam metal, addition of solar panels)
Scriventon Farm Buildings Four Winds Farm Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0TU
Received 9 Mar 2026
Decided26/00540/FULL
Replacement roof materials and rooflights
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints Sandhurst Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 3JS
Received 9 Mar 2026
Decided26/00541/FULL
Dormer window to rear elevation and 4.No rooflight windows to front elevation
4 Chilston Close Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9LS
Received 10 Mar 2026
Decided26/00542/FULL
Demolition of existing side store and greenhouse ; Erection of single storey side extension
22 Woodland Way Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UX
Received 10 Mar 2026
Decided26/00543/TPO
TREES: Oak (T1) - Crown lift, remove three lowest lateral limbs. Reduce upper lateral growth back to previous growth unions removing 2.5 to 3m
3 Impala Gardens Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9PZ
Received 10 Mar 2026
Decided26/00544/LAWPRO
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Use of ground floor as a single dwelling (Class C3)
Apex Project 128 - 130 London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0PL
Received 10 Mar 2026
Decided26/00546/SUB
Submission of Details in relation to Condition 3 - (Ecological mitigation & enhancement scheme) of 25/02425/FULL
Calverley Grounds Mount Pleasant Avenue Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2SH
Received 10 Mar 2026
Unknown26/00547/PNEC
Prior Notification for the conversion of first and second floor to 6 dwellinghouses
Simmonds 64 Calverley Road Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2UG
Received 10 Mar 2026
Decided26/00548/LBC
Listed Building Consent - Replacement windows
22A Calverley Park Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2SL
Received 10 Mar 2026
Decided26/00549/TPO
TREES (excluding non-protected trees within the Arboricultural Condition Survey): Various works on 74no. trees including removal, reduction, crown lifting, re-pollarding & coppicing.
Holmewood House School Barrow Lane Langton Green Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0EB
Received 10 Mar 2026
Decided26/00550/TNOT56
Telecommunications Consultation: Installation of generator; replacement battery, panel, alterations to perimeter fence and ancillary development
Existing Base Station Land At Beacon Farm Benenden Road Benenden TN17 4BU
Received 10 Mar 2026
Decided26/00551/FULL
(Retrospective) Variation of Condition 2, 7 & 8 of 17/02885/FULL - Amendments to fenestration, removal of house rooflight & installation of 3no. garage rooflights; alterations to landscaping conditions to allow post-commencement discharge
Meadow View Goudhurst Road Cranbrook Kent TN17 2PZ
Received 10 Mar 2026

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What these statistics cover

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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