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FORMER FARM BUILDINGS NORTH OF CUCKOO COTTAGE, Cuckoo Lane, Tonbridge

23/01241/FLMinor planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)18 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations and change of use of 3 disused buildings to residential use comprising 6 no. dwelling houses

Received
9 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 910 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at FORMER FARM BUILDINGS NORTH OF CUCKOO COTTAGE, Cuckoo Lane, Tonbridge. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Higham.

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

Application type
Minor planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tonbridge
District
Team 1

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2023
Consultation expiry
31 July 2025
Consultation start
27 June 2023
Consultation end
31 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 June 2023
Target decision date
4 August 2023
Application expires
28 July 2025
Permission expires
4 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Tracey Dixon 51 Bayham Road Tunbridge Wells TN2 5HU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
10 July 2025
Site notice start
9 July 2025
Site notice end
19 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12183981
UPRN
10094699428
Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • Ancient woodland: Pitts WoodPart of the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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