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The Dower House Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS

07/01864/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 August 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of dwelling to private showroom of bathroom equipment (Retrospective)

Received
29 May 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hadlow, Mereworth And West Peckham
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 57 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Dower House Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Oxen Hoath and Hamptons conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,219 applications in total for the TN11 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN11 9SS
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Peckham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2007
Consultation expiry
20 July 2007
Consultation start
15 June 2007
Target decision date
6 August 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 June 2007
Advertisement expiry
20 July 2007
Site notice start
22 June 2007
Site notice end
13 July 2007

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Oxen Hoath and Hamptons
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Dower HouseOn this site
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • Registered park and garden: Oxen Hoath
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    5 Nov

    Change of Use from C3 (Residential dwelling) to C1 (Short term holiday let)

    ApprovedAmendment25/01845/PA
  2. 2025
    5 Nov

    Listed Building Application: Change of Use from C3 (Residential dwelling) to C1 (Short term holiday let)

    ApprovedListed building consent25/01846/PA
  3. 2004
    24 May

    Details of external materials submitted pursuant to condition 2 of planning permission ref. TM/01/02681/FL

    ApprovedReserved Details04/01772/RD
  4. 2003
    27 May

    Details of revised method statement for restoration of gates submitted pursuant to condition 4 of…

    ApprovedListed building consent03/01601/LRD
  5. 2002
    3 Jan

    Dismantle, restore and reconstruct 'Eltham Palace Gate' approximately 15 m north of current site

    ApprovedListed building consent02/00003/LB
  6. 2001
    3 Oct

    Retrospective application for the relocation of the Eltham Place Gate and the proposed construction of a…

    ApprovedPlanning Permission01/02681/FL

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